Ignacy Boerner Memorial

Ignacy Boerner Memorial

The monument in 2018.
Location	Boerner Square, Bemowo, Warsaw, Poland
Coordinates	52°15′46″N20°53′54″E / 52.262707°N 20.898406°E / 52.262707; 20.898406
Type	Bust
Opening date	17 November 2007
Dedicated to	Ignacy Boerner

The Ignacy Boerner Memorial (Polish : Pomnik Ignacego Boernera) is a modernist monument in Warsaw, Poland, placed at the corner of Kaliskiego and Kutrzeby Streets, in the Boernerowo neighbourhood of the Bemowo district. The modernist bust sculpture is dedicated to Ignacy Boerner, a military officer and politician, who was the Minister of Post and Telegraphs of Poland from 1929 to 1933, and the founder of Boernerowo. The monument was unveiled on 17 November 2007.

History

On 11 November 1988, a commemorative plaque dedicated to Ignacy Boerner, was unveiled at the corner of Kaliskiego and Kutrzeby Streets, in the neighbourhood of Boernerowo. ^[1] On 17 November 2007, it was replaced with a modernist monument consisting of a bust of Boerner. ^{[1] [2] [3]} On 17 April 2008, the garden square, on which the monument stands, was named after Boerner, in commemoration of the 70th aniversary of his death. ^{[1] [4]}

Overview

The monument is placed at the Colonel Ignacy Boerner Square (Polish: Skwer płk. Ignacego Boernera) at the corner of Kaliskiego and Kutrzeby Streets, in front of the Church of Our Lady of the Sharp Gate. It has the form of a modernist bust of Ignacy Boerner, placed on a cylidrical pedestal. It features a Polish inscription, which reads:

Polish inscription	English translation
Pułkownik inżynier Ignacy Boerner 1875–1933 Minister Poczt i Telegrafów RP Inicjator budowy Osiedli Łącznościowców W 75-tą rocznicę Powstania Boernerowa 1932–2007 Mieszkańcy	Colonel Engineer Ignacy Boerner 1875–1933 The Minister of Post and Telegraphs of the Republic of Poland The initiator of the construction of the Neighbourhoods of Communications Officers In the 75th anniversary of the founding of Boernerowo 1932–2007 The residents

References

1. Jerzy Kochanowski: Dziwne są losów koleje… Listy i pamiętniki Ignacego Boernera 1914–1918 . Warsaw: State Archives, 2021, p. 48. (in Polish)
2. "Duszpasterstwo wojskowe, cz. 6: Pamięć o kapelane ks. Stefanie Wyszyńskim 'Radwanie III' na przykładzie parafii wojskowo-cywilnej na Boernerowie". archiwum2023-ordynariat.wp.mil.pl (in Polish). 23 August 2021.
3. "Pomnik Boernera na śmietnik? Kontrowersyjny pomysł". tustolica.pl (in Polish). 13 February 2024.
4. "Uchwała Nr XXIX/896/2008 Rady miasta stołecznego Warszawy z dnia 17 kwietnia 2008 r. w sprawie nadania nazwy skwerowi w Dzielnicy Bemowo m. st. Warszawy", [in:]: Dziennik Urzędowy Województwa Mazowieckiego nr 74, position 2702. Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship Office, 15 May 2008. (in Polish)