The Tenement Max Zweininger is a building located in

Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz ( , , ; german: Bromberg) is a city in northern Poland, straddling the meeting of the River Vistula with its left-bank tributary, the Brda. With a city population of 339,053 as of December 2021 and an urban agglomeration with more ...

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, in the corner with Gdańska Street.

History

The house was built between 1901 and 1902 for Max Zweininger, the owner of a famous hat manufactory in

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, located on the square. The building was designed by local architect Karl Bergner on the site of an earlier building from the first half of the 19th century. On the ground floor were established shops, including hats and furs retailers. In 1910–1911, Max Zweininger had his own department store built by Fritz Weidner, one of the leading architects in Bydgoszcz. The building still stands today at 4 Theater Square. During

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a confectionery shop took the place of the composition of a cigars maker workshop. In 1940, a ground floor arcade has been added, designed by Jan Kossowski, who also built the Monument on Freedom Square.

Architecture

The building has a rich ornamental decoration facade and is a symbolic example of the

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style in the city. Bas-reliefs portrays in particular: * a sleeping figure * Flower motifs * Crowned faces Balconies are associated with ornamented wrought railings.

Gallery

File:Bdg Focha2 hdr1 05-2013.jpg, View from Jagielloński Street File:Focha2 details.jpg, Tenement details File:Focha2 balcony.jpg, Detail of a balcony File:Focha-Gdanska detail.jpg, Tenement Max Zweininger facade detail File:Focha-Gdanska detail 2.jpg, Detail of the sleeping figure File:Bdg plTeatralny noc 8 07-2013.jpg, By Night

References

External links

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Various pictures of Bydgoszcz buildings

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