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Bernardyńska Street (Bydgoszcz)
Bernardyńska street is an historic axis of Bydgoszcz Old Town. It bears many historical buildings, of which several are listed on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Heritage list. Location Bernardyńska street delimitates the eastern edge of the Bydgoszcz Old Town. It extends along a north–south axis, from Jagiellonian roundabout to Bernardyński roundabout, via Bernardyński bridge on the Brda (river), Brda river. Its length is approx. 450 m. Naming The street bore the following names: * 1870–1920, Kaiserstraße, referring to William I, German Emperor, Wilhelm I, German Empire, German emperor and king of Kingdom of Prussia, Prussia * 1920–1939, Bernardynska Street * 1939–1945, Kaiserstraße * 1945–1949, Bernardynska Street * 1950–1956, Julian Marchlewski street * 1956–present Bernardyńska Street Bernardynska Street gets its name from the Bernardine Monastery inhabited by monks from 1480 to 1829: today still stands the Church of Our Lady Queen of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Marchlewski
Julian Baltazar Józef Marchlewski (17 May 1866 – 22 March 1925) was a Polish communist politician, revolutionary activist and publicist who served as chairman of the Provisional Polish Revolutionary Committee. He was also known under the aliases Karski and Kujawiak. Life and career Julian Marchlewski was born in Włocławek, which was then under Russian rule, to a Polish Catholic father and a German Protestant mother, both of whom were of noble origin. There was no tradition of political dissent in his family. As a student in Warsaw he joined a Marxist group called The Proletariat. After completing high education in 1885, he sought employment as a weaver or dyer, in factories in Poland and Germany. He returned to Poland, and in 1889, he co-founded the Polish Workers' Union, with Adolf Warski and Bronislaw Wesolowski, which focused on the immediate needs of Polish workers, such as pay and working conditions. Arrested in 1891, after the government moved in to end a wave of stri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
