Piotra Skargi Street in Bydgoszcz
| Bydgoszcz | |
|---|---|
| Polish: Ulica Księdza Piotra Skargi | |
Eastward view of Piotra Skargi street
|
|
Location of Piotra Skargi street
|
|
| Former name(s) | Hoffmann straße |
| Namesake | Piotr Skarga |
| Owner | City of Bydgoszcz |
| Length | 180 m (590 ft) Google maps |
| Area | Downtown district |
| Location | Bydgoszcz |
| Construction | |
| Construction start | End of the 1860s |
| Completion | 1872 |
Piotra Skargi street is a historical street of downtown Bydgoszcz.
Piotra Skargi Street is a rather short path, starting at Freedom Square or Plac Wolności, on the west side, and leading eastward to May 3rd street.
While the main axis of downtown Bydgoszcz (Polish: ), Gdańska Street, grew quickly after 1835, it took more time for side areas to develop as well. The first reference of Piotr Skarga street in city address book of Bromberg dates back to 1872.
First map to mention the street bears the year 1876.
Through history, the street bore the following names:
Actual namesake comes from Piotr Skarga (1536–1612), a Polish Jesuit, preacher, hagiographer, polemicist, and leading figure of the Counter-Reformation in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Tenement at N°2, in the corner with Casimir the Great Park and Freedom Square
Early 1870s
The house at then Hoffmann straße 13 was initially the villa for the general commanding the 7th Infantry Brigade billeted in Bromberg, today in Pomorska Street. First tenant in 1872 was Ludwig von La Chevallerie. In the 1920s, the tenement was inhabited by displaced Poles that left former eastern territories, or Kresy, as a consequence of the Peace of Riga: Maria Górska and her family. Today, the edifice houses the Regional Inspectorate for the Protection of the Environment (Polish: Wojewódzki Inspektorat Ochrony Środowiska w Bydgoszczy).
...
Wikipedia