Villa Heinrich Dietz in Bydgoszcz

Villa Heinrich Dietz in Bydgoszcz
Willa Heinricha Dietza w Bydgoszczy

Villa Heinrich Dietz from Gdanska street

View from Gdańska Street
Location within Poland
General information
Type Villa
Architectural style Eclecticism & Neo-Gothic
Classification N°601301-Reg.A/1128/1-4, 07th July 1992 and 29th September 1998.[1]
Location Gdańska Street 48, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Country Poland
Coordinates 53°7′47″N 18°0′27″E / 53.12972°N 18.00750°E / 53.12972; 18.00750
Construction started 1897
Completed 1898
Client Heinrich Dietz
Technical details
Floor count 3
Design and construction
Architect Heinrich Seeling
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The Villa Heinrich Dietz is a historical house in downtown Bydgoszcz, also called "Villa Flora".

Location

The building stands on eastern side of Gdańska Street at N°48, between Śniadecki street and Słowacki street.

History

The villa was built in 1897-1898, from a design by design Berlin architect Heinrich Seeling. Initial address was "Villa Dietz, Danzigerstrasse 146, Bromberg".[2] The owner of the villa, Heinrich Dietz, was a rentier, member of the city council and member of the Prussian parliament. The house remained in the hands of his heirs until 1937.[3]

During the Nazi occupation (1940-1945), the building was the seat of SS municipal headquarters. After 1945, it has been handed over to Pomerania and Kujawy Polish Radio. Afterwards, the villa has been linked by a covered walkway to the adjacent house, the Villa Wilhelm Blumwe.

In 1995, the renovation of the building was rewarded: Pomerania and Kujawy Polish Radio received a price by the National Heritage Funds in a competition for the best historical object organized.[4]

Architecture

The villa was built in the eclectic style, with Neo-Gothic elements [5] and Neo-Renaissance.[3] Perhaps this style was also inspired by the architecture of picturesque English influences.[6] The footprint of the building is irregular but rather close to a rectangle. The outside appearance of the villa is highly fragmented, with various avant-corps, balconies and loggias.[5]

Over the main front elevation (on to Gdańska Street) stands a three-story avant-corps with a balcony, set beneath the gable and the pediment. The second avant-corps located on the northern side has an indoor loggia covered by a lean-to roof. Bricked railings are decorated with a stylized trefoil shapes.[5] In facade decoration are also used volutes and obelisk-shaped pinnacles.[3]

The name Villa Flora is related to murals adorning of the gone loggia.

The interior of the building is adorned with painted friezes - birds and flowers. Also survived until today a magnificent woodwork and panelling, the ceiling with gold decorations, all made in papier-mâché technique. The backyard (eastern side of the building) is adjacent to a small garden associated with Villa Wilhelm Blumwe, where stands an original 19th-century fountain decorated with polychrome sculpture of herons.[6]

The building has been put on the Pomeranian heritage list (N°601301-Reg.A/1128/1-4) on the 07th July 1992 and 29 September 1998.[1]

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See also

Bibliography

Panorama of Gdanska street in the vicinity of Villa Heinrich Dietz (right side)

References

  1. 1 2 zabytek-kujawsko-pomorskie-28.02.2014
  2. ↑ Adressbuch nebst allgemeinem Geschäfts-Anzeiger von Bromberg und dessen Vororten auf das Jahr 1899 : auf Grund amtlicher und privater Unterlagen
  3. 1 2 3 Bręczewska-Kulesza Daria: Bydgoskie realizacje Heinricha Seelinga. [w.] Materiały do dziejów kultury i sztuki Bydgoszczy i regionu. Zeszyt 4. Pracownia Dokumentacji i Popularyzacji Zabytków Wojewódzkiego Ośrodka Kultury w Bydgoszczy. Bydgoszcz 1999
  4. ↑ Wysocka Agnieszka: Willa Blumwego. [w.] Materiały do dziejów kultury i sztuki Bydgoszczy i regionu. Zeszyt 2. Pracownia Dokumentacji i Popularyzacji Zabytków Wojewódzkiego Ośrodka Kultury w Bydgoszczy. Bydgoszcz 1997
  5. 1 2 3 Parucka Krystyna. Monuments Bydgoszcz - minikatalog. "Tifen" Krystyna Parucka. Bydgoszcz, 2008. ISBN 978-83-927191-0-6
  6. 1 2 Bręczewska-Kulesza Daria, Derkowska-Kostkowska Bogna, Wysocka A., [i inni]: Ulica Gdańska. Przewodnik historyczny, Bydgoszcz 2003
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