Dworcowa Street in Bydgoszcz
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| Polish: Ulica Dworcowa w Bydgoszczy | |
View in the vicinity of N°39
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| Former name(s) | Bahnhoffstraße - Dworcowa - Albert-Forsterstraße |
| Namesake | Main Station |
| Owner | City of Bydgoszcz |
| Length | 1.24 km (0.77 mi) |
| Area | Downtown Bydgoszcz |
| Location | Bydgoszcz |
Dworcowa Street is one of the main streets of Bydgoszcz, in Downtown district (Polish: Śródmieście). Many of its buildings are registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Heritage List.
Across the street, between Warmia and Marcinkowski street runs the 18°E longitude Meridian, so-called Bydgoszcz Meridian.
The street is located in the western part of Downtown Bydgoszcz. It runs from the intersection with Gdanska Street to the intersection with Sigismund Augustus Street, where is the main train station, Bydgoszcz Główna.
Hence its name: "Train station" in polish is "Dworzec", "Dworcowa Street" thus means "Train Station Street".
Until 1851, the path was a dirty road leading from Bydgoszcz to Koronowo. The development of the street is associated with the building of Bydgoszcz Main Railway Station in 1851, which led to assimilating the close settlement of Bocianowo (German: Brenkenhoff) into the city precinct.
On an 1861 map of the area, the vicinity of the railway station shows dispersed housings: it is only in the early 20th century that compact constructions make their appearance along the street. Some specific quarters near Gdanska street and close to the Main station have shown earlier activity, with the development of hotel buildings:
- Hotel "Pod Orlem" (1893), Hotel Pawlikowski (1898) in Gdanska Street;
- Hotel du Nord (1875), Heises's Hotel (1884), Schliep's Hotel (1889) near the Main Station.
At the end of the XIXth, the street had an industrial and commercial character. In its surroundings flourished trade houses, craft workshops and restaurants or bars. The industrial buildings and warehouses occupied the area between the street and the Brda river, while along the street were located flats and shops. The largest companies in Dworcowa street (then "Bahnhoffstraße") were:
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