Fritz Weidner tenement in Bydgoszcz
| Fritz Weidner house | |
|---|---|
| Kamienica Fritza Weidnera w Bydgoszczy | |
 View from Gdanska street | |
  Location within Poland | |
| General information | |
| Type | Tenement |
| Architectural style | German historicism |
| Location | Gdanska street 34, Bydgoszcz, Poland |
| Country | Poland |
| Coordinates | 53°7′43″N 18°0′23″E / 53.12861°N 18.00639°E |
| Completed | 1906 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 5 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Fritz Weidner |
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Fritz Weidner house is a historical tenement located in downtown Bydgoszcz.
Location
The building stands on the eastern side of Gdanska Street at N°34, between Krasiński and Słowacki streets.
History
The house was built in 1906 for a master painter, Walther Minge[1] on the site of an earlier building. The address at that time was "Danzigerstrasse 16/17".[1]
The architect was Fritz Weidner, a German builder who came to Bydgoszcz at the end of the 19th century, having a frantic building activity in the city between 1896 and 1914. He has lived in the tenement he built at "Danzigerstrasse 16/17" (Gdanska 34) from 1912 on.
In the same area, Fritz Weidner built houses at the following addresses:
- Mix Ernst tenement and movie theatre at Gdanska St. 10 in 1905;
- Thomas Frankowski Tenement at Gdanska St. 28 in 1897;
- George Sikorski Tenement at Gdańska St. 31, in 1906;
- Max Rosental Tenement at Gdanska St. 42 in 1905;
- Ernst Bartsch tenement at Gdańska St.79, in 1898;
- House at Freedom Square 3, in 1903.
He also took part in the design of:
- first reinforced concrete building in Bydgoszcz, designed by Berlin architect Otto Walther at Gdańska 15;
- Department Store Brandt (now Bank PKO SA) at Theatre square N°4.
In the 1920s, a photographic workshop was located there, run by M. Nawroski and Wehram.[2]
During interwar period, the address was Gdanska street 152,[3] a car dealership company "Zagorski & Ska" was housed there.[4]
Architecture
It presents the form of German Historicism, characteristic for projects Fritz Weidner. This style also became popular as "Landhaus Stil", and quickly appeared in the streets of Bydgoszcz. The first implementation of this architecture was realized in 1906 with the present building.[5]
The edifice has an asymmetrical façade, with vertical loggias, bay windows and tall, triangular gables with wattle and daub structure. The architectural style of the building refers to the early modernism, where the stucco decoration is reduced to a minimum, while the most important measure is the artistic arrangement of architectural elements that make up the facade.[5]
Gallery
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Detail of the gable
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Gate detail
See also
- Gdanska Street in Bydgoszcz
- Freedom Square, Bydgoszcz
- Jan and Jędrzej Śniadecki Street in Bydgoszcz
- (Polish) Fritz Weidner
- (Polish) Downtown district in Bydgoszcz
Bibliography
- Bręczewska-Kulesza Daria, Derkowska-Kostkowska Bogna, Wysocka A., : Ulica Gdańska. Przewodnik historyczny, Bydgoszcz 2003
References
- 1 2 Adress und Telefonbücher von Bromberg-1907-p.341
- ↑ Phone book of Bydgoszcz, 1925
- ↑ Adress und Telefonbücher von Bromberg-1925-p.50
- ↑ Adress und Telefonbücher von Bromberg-1929-p.68
- 1 2 Daria Bręczewska-Kulesza Wpływ architektury i architektów berlińskich na bydgoskie budownictwo mieszkaniowe na przełomie XIX i XX stulecia.