Śródka is a historic neighbourhood of the city of

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in western

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. It lies on the right bank of the

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river, opposite the island of Ostrów Tumski where the city's cathedral is situated. It belonged to the former district of Nowe Miasto; in the current

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, Ostrów Śródka is part of an ''

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'' which also includes Ostrów Tumski and the neighbourhoods of Zawady and Komandoria. Archaeologists have found evidence of settlement in Śródka which may date from the ninth century. By 1231 Sródka was a ducal settlement, and in 1288 it was granted to the

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. It obtained

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in the 15th century (Ostrówek, at its western end, was a separate town), and was incorporated into the city of Poznań in 1800. Its name is related to the Polish word ''środa'' ("Wednesday"), this being the day of the weekly market once held there. The district is centred on ''Rynek Śródecki'' (Śródka Marketplace), in the centre of which stands the 16th-century St. Margaret's church. On the north-west corner of the square is an

Oratory of Saint Philip Neri The Confederation of Oratories of Saint Philip Neri (), abbreviated C.O. and commonly known as the Oratorians, is a Catholic Church, Catholic society of apostolic life of pontifical right for men (priests and Religious brother, religious brot ...

, founded in 1665, the present building dating from the late 18th century. The small ''Malta''

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, sharing its name with nearby

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, was housed in the building next to the Oratory on the north side of the square, until its closure on 10 May 2010 (it is due to reopen in new premises in Jeżyce later in the year). Since 2015 the Śródka Tale Mural painted on one of its tenement houses, makes up an important landmark of Śródka Marketplace. The mural refers to a history of the neighbourhood and features some local characters such as a butcher, a trumpeter as well as

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, the Duke of all Greater Poland. On the eastern edge of Śródka is the church of St. Kazimierz, built for the

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in 1685, with a monastery added in 1704. The monastery was dissolved by the

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authorities in 1794. The church currently belongs to the Polish branch of the

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, and the former monastery building is used as a school for the deaf. A main road runs just south of Śródka, connecting it with Ostrów Tumski and central Poznań to the west, and with the

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called ''Rondo Śródka'' at the district's south-east corner. This road was built in the 1960s, with the demolition of some buildings on the southern edge of Śródka. Since 7 December 2007 Śródka has also been linked with Ostrów Tumski by a

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(" Bishop Jordan's Bridge", ''Most biskupa Jordana''), constructed from the former main span of the now reconstructed St. Roch road bridge which crosses the Warta further south. A bridge previously existed in this place until 1969. The ancient

Church of St. John of Jerusalem Outside the Walls The Church of Saint John of Jerusalem outside the walls () is a Roman Catholic parish church in the city of Poznań in western Poland. The original church on this site was built at the end of the 11th century, making it one of the oldest churche ...

lies on the south-east corner of Rondo Śródka, just outside the district of Śródka itself.

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External links

'A Śródka Tale' Mural , inyourpocket.com

3D Mural In Poznan, Poland, Painted To Remember Historical Market District , boredpanda.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Srodka Neighbourhoods of Poznań

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