Max Rosenthal Tenement in Bydgoszcz

Max Rosenthal House is a historical tenement located at Gdańska Street N°42 in downtown Bydgoszcz, Poland, built when the city was part of the Kingdom of Prussia. It is registered on the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Heritage List.

Max Rosenthal Tenement
Kamienica Maxa Rosenthala w Bydgoszczy
View from Gdańska Street
Location within Poland
General information
TypeTenement
Architectural styleGerman historicism
ClassificationN°601299-Reg.A/1059, August 26, 1996[1]
LocationGdańska street 42, Bydgoszcz, Poland
CountryPoland
Coordinates53°7′45″N 18°0′26″E
Construction started1905
Completed1906
ClientMax Rosenthal
Technical details
Floor count5
Design and construction
ArchitectFritz Weidner

Location

The building stands on the eastern side of the street, between Krasiński and Słowackiego streets. It is adjacent to the Stanisław Miaskowski house.

History

The building was constructed between 1905 and 1906 on the site of a previous house dating from 1874. At this time, the address was Danziger Strasse 149, Bromberg.[2] It was designed by the architect Fritz Weidner, following a commission from the shipping investor (German: Spediteur) Max Rosenthal. The first tenant was Friedrich Herzer, who ran a men's fashion salon offering elegant clothing, uniforms and sportswear until World War I.[3]

A notable doctor, Elmiar Schendell, lived there from the 1910s to the 1930s.[4] During First World War, he gave nursing courses to young mother at the Infant Dispensary on Kościelecki Square.

Fritz Weidner was a German builder who came to Bydgoszcz at the end of the 19th century. He conducted frantic building activity in the city between 1896 and 1914. From 1912, he lived in the house he built for himself at Gdańska 34.

In the same area, Fritz Weidner built houses at the following addresses:

End of 2017, a thorough refurbishment of the building has anew underlined the features of the elevation on Gdańska street.

Architecture

The tenement at the time reflected the new artistic trends in architecture during the first decade of the 20th century in Germany, where the stucco decoration is reduced to a minimum, leaving room for the system of architectural elements that make up the facade.[5][6]

The tone of the facade underlines the pair of gallery-connected balconies, supported by massive corbels. The whole is crowned with a broken-semicircular mansard roof.

The interiors have still preserved stoves, staircases, glass elevators and stained glass windows.

The building has been put on the Pomeranian heritage list (N°601299-Reg.A/1059), on 26 August 1996.[1]

  • View from Gdanska street
  • Detail of a facade adornement
  • Main door on the street
  • Advertisement For Max Rosenthal in Bromberg

See also

Bibliography
  • Bręczewska-Kulesza Daria, Derkowska-Kostkowska Bogna, Wysocka A.: Ulica Gdańska. Przewodnik historyczny, Bydgoszcz 2003

References
  1. zabytek|kujawsko-pomorskie|data dostępu=28.02.2014
  2. Einwohner-, Adress- und Telefonbücher von Bromberg -1908
  3. Adressbuch nebst Allgemeinem Geschäfts-Anzeiger von Bromberg mit Vororten für das Jahr 1917: auf Grund amtlicher und privater Unterlagen. Bromberg: A. Dittmann. 1917.
  4. Weber, Władysław (1928). "Ulicy". Książka Adresowa Miasta Bydgoszczy : na rok 1928. Bydgoszcz: Bibljoteka polska w Bydgoszczy. p. 359.
  5. Jastrzębska-Puzowska I., Architekt Fritz Weidner i jego rola w kształtowaniu nowego oblicza Bydgoszczy na przełomie XIX i XX wieku
  6. Bręczewska-Kulesza Daria, Derkowska-Kostkowska Bogna, Wysocka A., [i inni]: Ulica Gdańska. Przewodnik historyczny, Bydgoszcz 2003
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