Reinhold Zschiesche Tenement in Bydgoszcz

The Reinhold Zschiesche Tenement is a historical habitation building located at Chocimska Street 1, 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 Gdańska street 91;
• Hugo Hecht tenement at Gdańska street N°92-94;
• Carl Bradtke Tenement at Gdańska street N°93;
• Tenement at Gdańska street 95;
• Stanisław Rolbieski tenement at Gdańska street N°96;
• Carl Peschel tenement Gdańska street at N°101.

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

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

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

References

Bibliography

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