Reinhold Zschiesche Tenement in Bydgoszcz

Reinhold Zschiesche Tenement
Polish: Kamienica Reinholda Zschiesche w Bydgoszczy
Tenement from Gdanska Street
General information
Type	Tenement
Architectural style	Eclecticism
Location	1 Chocimska St., at the intersection with Gdanska Street, Bydgoszcz,  Poland
Coordinates	53°8′04″N 18°0′42″E / 53.13444°N 18.01167°E / 53.13444; 18.01167
Groundbreaking	1885
Completed	1886[1]
Client	Reinhold Zschiesche
Technical details
Floor count	4
Design and construction
Architect	Józef Święcicki

The Reinhold Zschiesche Tenement is a historical habitation building located at 1 Chocimska Street, at the intersection with Gdańska Street in Bydgoszcz, Poland.

Location[]

The building stands on the western side of Gdanska street, at the crossing with Chocimska Street.

It stands close to remarkable tenements in the same street, among others:

• Tenement at 91 Gdańska street;
• Hugo Hecht tenement at 92-94 Gdańska street;
• Carl Bradtke Tenement at 93 Gdańska street;
• Tenement at 95 Gdańska street;
• Stanisław Rolbieski tenement at 96 Gdańska street;
• Carl Peschel tenement at 101 Gdańska street.

History[]

The house was built between 1885 and 1886^[1] for the dealer and restaurateur Reinhold Zschiesche,^[2] according to a project by Józef Święcicki.

In 1908, the ground floor housed a restaurant and pub, owned by Reinhold Zschiesche, with its entrance located at the corner of the building.

In the 1920s, in the backyard, Antoni Zurawski ran a trading company.^[3]

Architecture[]

Building's architecture has eclecticicism style, with plastic details, taken from the repertoire of Neo-Renaissance and Mannerism decoration forms.^[4] The corner of the house is underlined by a two-storey bay window.

In the same area, Józef Święcicki also realized other edifices:

• Hotel "Pod Orlem" at 14 Gdańska Street;
• Oskar Ewald Tenement at 30 Gdańska Street;
• Józef Święcicki tenement at 63 Gdańska Street;
• Tenement at 86 Gdańska Street;
• Villa Hugo Hecht at 88-90 Gdańska Street;
• Hugo Hecht tenement at 92-94 Gdańska Street;
• Tenement at 1 Plac Wolności.

Gallery[]

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  Frontage onto Gdanska Street

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  Detail of the bay window

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  Detail of a relief

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  Detail of the adorned window

See also[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2 Chocimska Street in Bydgoszcz.

• Bydgoszcz
• Gdanska Street in Bydgoszcz
• Józef Święcicki
• (in Polish) Downtown district in Bydgoszcz

References[]

Bibliography[]

• Bręczewska-Kulesza Daria, Derkowska-Kostkowska Bogna, Wysocka A. (2003). Ulica Gdańska. Przewodnik historyczny (in Polish). Bydgoszcz: Wojewódzki Ośrodek Kultury w Bydgoszczy. ISBN 8386970103.