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Śródmieście-Zachód
Śródmieście-Zachód (''Downtown-West'') is a municipal neighbourhood in the city of Szczecin, Poland, within the Śródmieście, Szczecin, Downtown district. It is a mid-rise housing estate dominated by tenement houses. The neighbourhood has an area of 0.53 km2, and in 2022, was inhabited by 12,114 people. The area was developed in the 19th century, with construction of tenement houses. Within its boundaries are located the Pionier 1907, one of the oldest continuously-operated cinemas in the world, dating to 1909, and a portion of a campus of the West Pomeranian University of Technology. History In the second half of the 19th century, in the area between current Piastów Avenue, Wojska Polskiego Avenue, Szczecin, Polish Army Avenue, Kopernika Street, and Narutowicza Street, were developed tenement houses.B. Kozińska: ''Rozwój przestrzenny Szczecina od początku XIX wieku do II wojny światowej''. Szczecin, 2002. (in Polish) In the 1980s, alongside the current Polish Arm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Concord Square (Szczecin)
The Concord Square (Polish language, Polish: ''Plac Zgody'') is an town square, urban square in Szczecin, Poland. It is located in the district of Śródmieście, Szczecin, Śródmieście, at the boundary of neighbourhoods of Centrum, Szczecin, Centrum and Śródmieście-Zachód, at the intersection of Wojska Polskiego Avenue, Szczecin, Wojska Polskiego Avenue, Księcia Bogusława X Street, Szczecin, Księcia Bogusława X Street, Bohaterów Getta Warszawskiego Street, and Bałuki Street. History It was constructed in the 1880s, and named in 1880, the Bismarck Square (German language, German: ''Bismarckplatz''; Polish language, Polish: ''Plac Bismarcka'') after Otto von Bismarck, a 19th-century statesman and diplomat, best knosn for his role in the Unification of Germany, of which he was the chancellor from 1871 to 1890. Around the square were placed the four-storey-tall tenements.''Encyklopedia Szczecina'', vol. 2: ''P–Ż''. Szczecin: University of Szczecin, 2000, p. 698. ISBN ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Wojska Polskiego Avenue, Szczecin
The Wojska Polskiego Avenue (literally ''Army of Poland Avenue''; German language, German before 1945: ''Falkenwalder Straße'') is one of the main streets of the Polish city of Szczecin (length 6.9 km), running from the south-east to the north-west. It lies on the territory of eight municipal neighbourhoods: Centrum, Szczecin, Centrum, Śródmieście-Zachód, Śródmieście-Północ, Łękno, Pogodno, Arkońskie-Niemierzyn, Zawadzkiego-Klonowica, and Głębokie-Pilchowo. It constitutes a section of Voivodeship road 115 (Poland), voivodeship road 115. Some press articles, tourist brochures, websites and even the official website of Szczecin City Hall claim that Wojska Polskiego is the longest street in Szczecin. However, the longest street is Floriana Krygiera Street, Szczecin, Floriana Krygiera Street (formerly Autostrada Poznańska), which is approximately 8.5 kilometres long. History Before 1945 Today's Wojska Polskiego Avenue was originally a route leading from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tadeusz Kościuszko Square
The Tadeusz Kościuszko Square, until 1945 known as the Schinkel Square, is an Town square, urban square in Szczecin, Poland. It is located in the neighbourhood of Śródmieście-Zachód, within the district of Śródmieście, Szczecin, Śródmieście, at the intersection of Piastów Avenue, Szczecin, Piastów Avenue, Bolesława Krzywoustego Street, Szczecin, Krzywoustego Street, and Sikorskiego Street. It was constructed in 1878. History The square was constructed between 1877 and 1878, as part of the development of the area. An intersection was established of what are today Piastów Avenue, Szczecin, Piastów Avenue, Bolesława Krzywoustego Street, Szczecin, Krzywoustego Street, and Sikorskiego Street, and around them were constructed lavishly ornamented tenements with electricity. It was named the Schinkel Square (German language, German: ''Schinkelplatz''), after Karl Friedrich Schinkel, a 19th-century architect.Tadeusz Białecki (editor): ''Encyklopedia Szczecina''. Szczeci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
