The street is located on the edge of downtown Bydgoszcz. It starts on the northern side of the Brda river, and stretches northbound to reach Jagiellońska Street.
History
The street appears on the maps of the area only during the second half of the 19th century, at the same time as happened Bromberg's main expansion, thanks to the development of the Prussian Eastern Railway. The city population grew from 12,900 inhabitants in 1852 to 57,700 inhabitants in 1910.[citation needed]
Krakowska Street, then Bollmann Straße during Prussian period, was located on the territory of a neighbouring suburb, Schröttersdorf. It almost marked during those years (1870s to 1920) the border with Bromberg area, stretching from the Brahe river to Promenaden straße (now Jagiellońska Street).[citation needed]
The western side of the street witnessed in the 1860s the inception and expansion of the Bydgoszcz District Gas Plant: the complex initially covered an area of 0.8 ha, but soon grew up to 7.4 ha after World War I. In 1920, after Bydgoszcz reintegrated Polish territory, this suburban district, including Krakowska Street, has been subsumed to be part of Bydgoszcz city area.[citation needed]
The street was finally entirely organized and inhabited only in the late 1900s (1911).[1]
Naming
Through history, the street bore the following names:
1870s–1920, Bollmann Straße,[2] from Hermann Bollmann, an industrial pioneer;
At the time of its erection, the villa was located out of the city limits, in the suburb of Schröterrsdorf, on Promenaden Straße. After 1920 and the re-creation of the Polish state, the expansion of Bydgoszcz subsumed these neighbouring cities; villa's address was then Ulica Promenada 67, then 41 (in 1926), with a landlord named Seweryn Rzymkowski, a merchant.[6]
The villa, recently refurbished in 2014,[7] features superb architectural details: vegetal volutes as cartouches, crying figures on top of pilasters and a corner balcony.
Since the end of the 1890s, the tenement at then Promenadenstraße 51, was the property of Marie Fuhr, the widow of a painter.[1] After 1920, It moved to the hands of Edward Lelito, a merchant,[6] also owner of the tenement at today's Nr.1.
This large corner building impresses by its mass. Recently refurbished, one can notice the curved corner pediment, adorned with an ornamentedfrieze.
The tenement at the time at Bollmann Straße 5, then 18, was the property of Paul Roedke, a contractor in a building company.[8]
Deprived of its original decoration, the main elevation, topped by a mansard roof is noticeable by its large wooden door with a transom light, recalling the rays of the sun.
The first owner of then Bollmann Straße 2a, Franz Schwödler, was a supervisor assistant.[10] In the 1920s.[6]
The building features a round avant-corps, topped by a curved gable. The entrance door still retains a transom light. The tenement had been entirely renovated by privat owner in 2019.[11]
This house is one of the oldest in the street. Originally at Schröttersdorf 2,[12] it was first owned by Willy Berndt, a teacher for deaf children[12] giving language lessons (German: Kurse für spracheidende), as were his neighbours at Nr.10 and 12. Before moving in, Willy Berndt had been living at Elisabeth Straße 2, now 3 Śniadecki Street; he stayed in this house till the end of WWII. At the re-creation of Poland, the villa was administrated by the province of Poznań (Polish: Starostwo krajowego w Poznaniu).[13]
The villa is one of the oldest in the area, with a nice wooden carved side entry.
The first landlord was a telegraph assistant, who moved there after having lived at Promenaden Straße 66 (today's Jagiellońska street).[14]
Typical Art Nouveau tenement facade, from which a part of decoration is unfortunately missing. One can still observe the avant-corps, topped by a terrace, and two oeil-de-boeuf openings.
One of the oldest house in the street, originally at Schröttersdorf 3b. It first belonged to Adalbert Biedermann, a teacher for deaf children[15] giving language lessons (German: Kurse für spracheidende), as were his neighbours at Nr.8 and 12. Adalbert had been living previously at Hempelstraße 17 (now 3rd May street). He stayed at Krakowska 10 till the end of WWII. In the 1920s, Dr. Teodor Brandowski, working at the Municipal Library (Polish: Miejska Biblioteka),[13] established here.
Julius Hillermann, a governmental administrative assistant was the first owner of this villa at then Bollmann Straße 13 then 12a.[14] From 1923 to 1927, bishop Michał Kozal (1893-1943) lived in this house; as the patron of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bydgoszcz, a plaque of his stay has been placed in memoriam.
This large villa displays early modern characteristics, such as long thin tall openings, an angular avant-corps, but also nice eyelid dormers.
This villa at then Bollmann Straße 5 was owned at the beginning of the 20th century by Eduard Podolski, a teacher for deaf children,[17] giving language lessons (German: Kurse für spracheidende), as were his neighbours at Nr.8 and 10. He stayed in this house till the end of World War II. At the re-creation of Poland, the villa was administered by the province of Poznań.[13]
Traditional old brick house from the end of the 19th century, as mentioned by the weather vane.
This semi-detached house at then Bollmann Straße 12, was commissioned by Paul Kramm, working in the telegraph business.[14] In the 1920s, it was the property of a physician, Dr Klimkiewicz.[13]
This building located initially at Bollmann Straße 6 was first owned by Gustav Winter, a rentier.[9] A few years later, another rentier, August Blumenstein, bought the tenement: he lived till the outbreak of WWII.
The main elevation echoes the other Art Nouveau buildings in the same street from this period (Nr.4 and 6), with its middle avant-corps, the curved gable and the flanking shed dormers.
Carl Schmerberg, working as assistant for the telegraph, was the first landlord of the building at then Bollmann Straße 11.[14]
In 2016, a heavy reconstruction of the tenement has revived some nice Art Nouveau details: large cartouche, window pediment or superbly adorned oeil-de-boeuf above the main entrance.
Reinhold Krampiß, a rentier, was the first landlord of then Bollmann Straße 10.[1] Next one was a shop assistant, Kurt ßrillwitz.
The building has a standard shape, with a middle avant-corps topped by a wrought ironbalcony. The facade is highly decorated, with Art Nouveau architectural details: mainly vegetal motifs over pediment openings and women figures.
The building having been re-constructed in the 1920s and today it displays a modern architectural style. One can notice the heavily decorated portal, with columns, a triangular tympanum, a large lintel and a nicely craved door with a transom light.
Although the building has been erected in the 1920s and boasts elements of this period, it also displays some late Art Nouveau details (ogeegable, lintel and portal).
Albeit the facade of the villa boasts 1883 as foundation date, no written accessible evidence can support this fact. First recorded landlord was August Kähler, in 1911, a telegraph assistant.[1] Following owners were mainly rentiers. A private English language and literature school name after "William Wharton", has been opened there in 1993.[19]
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↑ Załącznik do uchwały Nr XXXIV/601/13 Sejmiku Województwa Kujawsko-Pomorskiego z dnia 20 maja 2013 r.
1 2 3 "Właściciele domów". Adresy Miasta Bydgoszczy na rok 1922. Bydgoszcz: Leon Posłuszny. 1922. pp.157, 158, 355.
↑ Lewińska, Aleksandra (23 February 2015). "Jagiellońska 62". bydgoszcz.wyborcza.pl. Wyborcza.pl. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
↑ "Names". Adressbuch nebst allgemeinem Geschäfts-Anzeiger von Bromberg und dessen Vororten auf das Jahr 1908 auf Grund amtlicher und privater Unterlagen. Bromberg: Dittmann. 1908. p.415.
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↑ "Names". Adressbuch nebst allgemeinem Geschäfts-Anzeiger von Bromberg und dessen Vororten auf das Jahr 1915 auf Grund amtlicher und privater Unterlagen. Bromberg: Dittmann. 1915. p.462.
1 2 "Names". Adressbuch nebst allgemeinem Geschäfts-Anzeiger von Bromberg und dessen Vororten auf das Jahr 1887 auf Grund amtlicher und privater Unterlagen. Bromberg: Dittmann. 1887. p.10.
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↑ "Names". Adressbuch nebst allgemeinem Geschäfts-Anzeiger von Bromberg und dessen Vororten auf das Jahr 1889 auf Grund amtlicher und privater Unterlagen. Bromberg: Dittmann. 1889. p.16.
↑ Jasiakiewicz, Roman (24 April 2013). Uchwala NR XLI/875/13. Bydgoszcz: Miasta Bydgoszczy. p.94.
↑ "Names". Adressbuch nebst allgemeinem Geschäfts-Anzeiger von Bromberg und dessen Vororten auf das Jahr 1907 auf Grund amtlicher und privater Unterlagen. Bromberg: Dittmann. 1907. p.362.
↑ Jasiakiewicz, Roman (24 April 2013). Uchwala NR XLI/875/13. Bydgoszcz: Miasta Bydgoszczy. p.124.
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