Eduard Schulz Tenement in Bydgoszcz
| Eduard Schulz Tenement | |
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| Kamienica Eduarda Schulza w Bydgoszczy | |
 Tenement from Gdanska Street | |
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Location within Poland | |
| General information | |
| Type | Tenement |
| Architectural style | Art Nouveau |
| Location | Gdanska Street 66-68, Bydgoszcz, Poland |
| Coordinates | 53°7′54″N 18°0′34″E / 53.13167°N 18.00944°E |
| Groundbreaking | 1904 |
| Completed | 1905 |
| Client | Eduard Schulz |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 4 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Rudolf Kern |
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Eduard Schulz Tenement is a tenement located at Gdanska Street N°66-68, in Bydgoszcz.
Location
The building stands on the eastern side of Gdańska Street, between Słowacki street and Adam Mickiewicz Alley. It is close to Alfred Schleusener Tenement at N°62, another historical building in the same street of Bydgoszcz.
History
19th century
In the middle of the 19th century, Karl Hildebrandt a judicial executor opened in the back yard a summer garden and a bowling. In 1882, in the garden at the back of the property was built a wooden summer theater, originally called Victoria, on the design of architects Józef Święcicki and Anton Hoffmann. Theater and concerts performances were held here.
The new house was standing on a previous building where Eduard Schulz was living since 1893.[1] He had there his restaurant, Elysium.
Eduard Schulz's period
The tenement has been built in 1904-1905 for the restaurateur Eduard Schulz by the architect Rudolf Kern.
The building is stretched along N°66 and N°68 of Gdańska Street: both houses formed a complex network for house and business purposes. Its address was, in Bromberg's time, "Danzigerstrasse 134".[2] Eduard Schulz opened a new restaurant, Zum Reichskanzler (To the Reich Chancelor).
1920s till today
In 1922, the Company Deutsches Haus became the new owner of the lot: it ran in the premises a restaurant, a German theater Deutsche Bühne and a hotel until 1945.
After WWII, a new restaurant, 'Slowianka, has been set up there. In the period 1947-1949 at the very place of the old wood theater was built the actual Bydgoszcz Polish Theatre by architect Alfons Licznerski.
In the upper levels a disco club opened in November 1975.[3]
Today, N°68 houses the District Chamber of Legal Advisers of Bydgoszcz.[4]
Architecture
Eduard Schulz tenement has got an Art Nouveau decorated facade decoration, significantly impoverished as a result of renovation and rehabilitation.[5] From the initial decoration of the frontage of the building on Gdańska Street 66, only a few stucco and bossage elements have survived the modern renovations. By contrast, on the facade of Gdańska Street 68 building, one can still notice gargoyles and stylized floral motifs. Inside are still preserved a staircase with its original door, railings and stuccoes.
Gallery
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Tenements at Gdańska street 66 and 68
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Gdańska 66 building
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Gdańska 68 building
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Art Nouveau elements on the building at N° 66
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Decorations on N°68 building facade
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Gate detail
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Door detail
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Advertising for Eduard Schulz facilities in 1906
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Detail of 1914 Bromberg map with the restaurant "Elysium"
See also
- Gdanska Street in Bydgoszcz
- (Polish) Rudolf Kern
- (Polish) Alfons Licznerski
- (Polish) Bydgoszcz Polish Theatre
- (Polish) Downtown district in Bydgoszcz
External links
(Polish) Site of Bydgoszcz Polish Theatre
Bibliography
- (Polish) Bręczewska-Kulesza Daria, Derkowska-Kostkowska Bogna, Wysocka A., [i inni]: Ulica Gdańska. Przewodnik historyczny, Bydgoszcz 2003
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