Świdermajer () is a distinct

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architectural style developed in late 19th and early 20th century in

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along the railroad linking

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with

Otwock Otwock is a city in east-central Poland, some southeast of Warsaw, with 44,635 inhabitants (2019). Otwock is a part of the Warsaw Agglomeration. It is situated on the right bank of Vistula River below the mouth of Swider River. Otwock is hom ...

. The style was applied almost exclusively to wooden villas of the middle classes. Developed by Michał Elwiro Andriolli, the style combined traditional elements of local wooden architecture with the Swiss style popular after the world fair in Vienna of 1873 (wide roofs), Russian traditional houses of the common people (wooden porches with windows) and some elements of the decorative art from the

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region.Robert Lewandowski (2005)
Świdermajer, jak budowano.
Swidermajer.pl, Internet Archive.

Origins

The name Świdermajer was a play on the words " Biedermeier" and " Świder", the latter being the name of both a river along which a number of villas were built and a village between Warsaw and Otwock considered the 'Świdermajer capital'. As local

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, the word was popularized by Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński in an epigram called "Wycieczka do Świdra".Robert Lewandowski
Strona o architekturze świdermajer.
Home, Internet Archive.

References

Świdermajer.pl

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External links

A Guide to the Wooden Villas of Otwock
Architecture of Poland Swidermajer Swidermajer {{authority control