Stary Port Street in Bydgoszcz

Stary Port Street
Bydgoszcz
Ulica Stary Port w Bydgoszczy

View of the street from Brda river

Location of Stary Port Street in Bydgoszcz
Former name(s) Kasernenstrasse, Hermann Franke, Wyzwolenia, Julian Marchlewski
Part of Bydgoszcz downtown district
Namesake Old Harbour
Owner City of Bydgoszcz
Length 500 m (1,600 ft)
Location Bydgoszcz
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Stary port Street "Old harbour street" is located in Bydgoszcz Old Town, along the northern side of Brda river.

Location

Street stretches on the northern banks of the Brda river from the intersection with Bernardyńska street to Theatre square. Along the way, the following streets intersects it from the north:

Kasernenstrasse 1899

The renovated walkway along the Brda as been given in 2009 the name of Boulevard Zbigniew Urban ((Polish) "Bulwar Zbigniewa Urbanyiego".

History

The street was founded with as the trail along the old road leading to the Old harbour. The road already existed in the Old Polish period. The river banks were used for storing stored goods and timber rafting. Earliest written mention of the street can be found on a detailed plan drawn by the Prussian geometer Gretha in 1774, where is noticed a row of granaries along the its path. In late XVIIIth century, at the place of today's Main Post Office, was built a complex of barracks for the Prussian garrison: hence the name "Kasernenstrasse". On a 1809 city map appears a complex of buildings in the northern part of the street, with some gardens and farm fields towards Grodztwo.

In the middle of the XIXth century, newly built granaries and few other buildings were standing in the street. More buildings appeared in the end of this century:

In addition, a wide wharf was used for loading and unloading goods from barges plying on the waterways between Vistula and Oder.

The street frontage did not evolve much through the beginning of XXth century and the WWII.

In the 1976-1978 and 1986-1987, Brda river waterfront has been renovated and upgraded, setting up a walkway and recreation areas.[1] In 1989, in front of N°9, has been unveiled a sculpture, "The three Graces ((Polish) Trzy Gracje ). This work realized by Jerzy Buczkowski displays a bronze casting of three women, the Graces, who, according to Greek mythology were goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity, and fertility. the "Three Graces" are considered one of the most successful examples of modern sculpture in Bydgoszcz. The setting emphasizes the area as the most representative renovated section of the Brda riverbanks in Bydgoszcz.

Kasern strasse 1905 Bydgoszcz
Elevations on Stary Port seen from Brda bridge







The "Three Graces"

Naming

The street had the following names through its existence:[2]

Architecture

Frontages of Stary Port belong to buildings erected in the second half of XIXth century, such as half-timbered granaries, and two larger edifices:

Currently, Stary Port street is part of "Zbigniew Urban Boulevard", namesake for Bydgoszcz water way. The area of the city is closely associated with Brda river, with highlighted sights:

and the Main Post Office.

Reflections of facades in the water of the river are part of Bydgoszcz typical scenery.

View from the river to the west

Main places and buildings

Tenements at N°1 & 3

Kuyavian-Pomeranian Heritage list N°601409-Reg.A/1141 (May 6, 1992).[3]

1893-1905 by Józef Święcicki

Neo-Baroque

These houses cover also with Theatre Square N°2 have been built by Bromberg's architect Joseph Święcicki in 1893 for Julius Rosenthal's heirs, a businessman. Originally, it was planned to house "Hohenzollern", a Department store and an apartment. The building was completed in 1894. In 1910, the northern end was razed to build a modern Department store designed by Fritz Weidner. In the 1930s, gables were demolished and decoration moved on the top of the cornice,[4] getting rid of statuesque decorations. In 2011 a thorough refurbishing has been performed on the facade, exposing its initial splendor.[5]

Building elevations display on both sides a lavish Neo-Baroque décor, trademark of Józef Święcicki. It reminds of its famous realization on Gdanska street. Architectural features include, among others:

Post office building

Kuyavian-Pomeranian Heritage list N°601347-Reg.A/749 (December 15, 1971).[3]

Stary Port 11

1883-1899

Neo-Gothic

The building housed the high directorate for post offices and the customs office in the late XIXth century (Prussian era). Today, it still is the seat of the Bydgoszcz Post Office. The building was built in two phases, part on Stary Port street dates back to 1883-1885, the one on Jagiellońska street to the years 1896-1899.

House at N°13

Kuyavian-Pomeranian Heritage list N°601410-Reg.A/1094/1-2 (February 28thth, 1994).[3]

Stary Port 13

1830-1840

Wattle and daub

It is located on the banks of the Brda river, the building has been erected on a rectangular plan, following Wattle and daub technique. It was originally a cereal granary, with two storeys and an attic covered with a gable.[6] On both sides of the house are still standing preserved double gates. Interiors boast massive timber structures on the ground floor.[6] In the 1990s, the building has been converted into a restaurant, "Stary Port 13".

View of Stary Port street frontages from opposite river side

See also

References

  1. ↑ Umiński, Janusz: Bydgoszcz. Przewodnik, Regionalny Oddział PTTK "Szlak Brdy" Bydgoszcz 1996.
  2. ↑ Czachorowski Antoni red.: Atlas historyczny miast polskich. Tom II Kujawy. Zeszyt I Bydgoszcz. Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika. Toruń 1997.
  3. 1 2 3 Załącznik do uchwały Nr XXXIV/601/13 Sejmiku Województwa Kujawsko-Pomorskiego z dnia 20 maja 2013 r.
  4. ↑ http://www.swiecicki.bydgoszcz.pl/ dostęp 16-09-2010
  5. ↑ Aleksandra Lewińska "Estetyczna rewolucja w okolicach Mostowej. Będą remonty"
  6. 1 2 Parucka Krystyna. Zabytki Bydgoszczy – minikatalog. "Tifen" Krystyna Parucka. Bydgoszcz 2008. ISBN 978-83-927191-0-6.

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