The Tadeusz Kościuszko Square, until 1945 known as the Schinkel Square, is an

urban square A town square (or public square, urban square, city square or simply square), also called a plaza or piazza, is an open public space commonly found in the heart of a traditional town or city, and which is used for community gatherings. Relat ...

Szczecin Szczecin ( , , ; ; ; or ) is the capital city, capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the Poland-Germany border, German border, it is a major port, seaport, the la ...

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. It is located in the neighbourhood of

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 ...

, within the district of Śródmieście, at the intersection of Piastów Avenue, 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, Krzywoustego Street, and Sikorskiego Street, and around them were constructed lavishly ornamented

tenement A tenement is a type of building shared by multiple dwellings, typically with flats or apartments on each floor and with shared entrance stairway access. They are common on the British Isles, particularly in Scotland. In the medieval Old Town, E ...

s with electricity. It was named the Schinkel Square (

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: ''Schinkelplatz''), after

Karl Friedrich Schinkel Karl Friedrich Schinkel (13 March 1781 – 9 October 1841) was a Prussian architect, urban planning, city planner and painter who also designed furniture and stage sets. Schinkel was one of the most prominent architects of Germany and designed b ...

, a 19th-century architect.Tadeusz Białecki (editor): ''Encyklopedia Szczecina''. Szczecin: Szczecińskie Towarzystwo Kultury, 2015, p. 476–477. ISBN 978-83-942725-0-0, OCLC 92494168. (in Polish) Additionally, between Pistów Avenue and Sikorskiego Street was built a

garden square A garden square is a type of communal garden in an urban area wholly or substantially surrounded by buildings; commonly, it continues to be applied to public and private parks formed after such a garden becomes accessible to the public at large. ...

, now known as the Janina Szczerska Square (

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: ''Skwer im. Janiny Szczerskiej''). It was named after Janina Szczerska, a 20th-century teacher, and founder of the Maria Skłodowska-Curie General Education High School no. 1 located nearby. During

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, the corners of the urban square were destroyed, and after the conflict, replaced with stores. In 1945, it was renamed to its current name, after

Tadeusz Kościuszko Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko (; 4 or 12 February 174615 October 1817) was a Polish Military engineering, military engineer, statesman, and military leader who then became a national hero in Poland, the United States, Lithuania, and ...

, an 18th-century military leader who fought in the

Kościuszko Uprising The Kościuszko Uprising, also known as the Polish Uprising of 1794, Second Polish War, Polish Campaign of 1794, and the Polish Revolution of 1794, was an uprising against the Russian and Prussian influence on the Polish–Lithuanian Common ...

and the

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. In 1972, the road intersection at the square was rebuilt, with traffic lights and an

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in the centre being added. Between 2009 and 2010, the Janina Szczerska Square was renovated.

Characteristics

The square is located in the neighbourhood of

, within the district of Śródmieście, at the intersection of Piastów Avenue, Krzywoustego Street, and Sikorskiego Street. Additionally, next to it is attached the

, known as the Janina Szczerska Square (

: ''Skwer im. Janiny Szczerskiej''). It is located between Pistów Avenue and Sikorskiego Street, and Pułaskiego Street.

Notes

References

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