Gimnazjalna, Libelta and Szwalbego Streets in Bydgoszcz

Gimnazjalna, Karola Libelta, Andrzeja Szwalbego Streets

Bydgoszcz
Polish: Ulica Gimnazjalna, Ulica Karola Libelta, Ulica Andrzeja Szwalbego
View of Gimnazjalna street
Location of the 3 streets
Former name(s)	Gimnasialstraße, Bachmanstraße
Namesake	Gymnasium, Karol Libelt,
Owner	City of Bydgoszcz
Length	360 m (1,180 ft) Google maps
Area	Downtown district
Location	Bydgoszcz
Construction
Construction start	End of 19th century
Completion	1900

The streets Gimnazjalna, Libelta and Szwalbego are part of the same pathway in downtown Bydgoszcz.

The three streets are lined up on a south-west north-east axis in downtown, parallel to Gdańska Street on the west.

Gimnazjalna street (160m long) heads northbound from Plac Wolnosci and ends at the crossing with Krasiński Street.

Libelta street(140m long) starts from this intersection up north till crossing Kołłątaja street.

Szwalbego street is the shortest, only 60m in length: from the intersection with Kołłątaja street, it heads north east to join the square where stands the Bydgoszcz Pomeranian Philharmonic.

The street was originally a track leaving the Weltzin Platz to the north along the 19th century building of the Gymnasium.

First reference to this path is made on 1876 map by Paul Berthold Jaekel, where a street leaving the Weltzin Platz along the newly built Gymnasium is displayed, without any naming. On the 1880 address book of Bromberg, the appellation "Gymnasialstraße" appears for the first time, with only one reference: the current building at Gimnazjalna N°2.

Through history, this axis has borne the following names:

The name comes from the gymnasium school located in the street.

Patron name comes from Karol Libelt, a Polish philosopher, writer, political and national activist (1807–1875).

This pathway was originally part of Libelta street. In 2007, it received the name of (1923–2002), a Polish lawyer, social and cultural activist, first director of Pomeranian Philharmonic (1953–1991).