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58-620: New Market Square may refer to: Places [ edit ] New Market Square, Bydgoszcz , a city square in Bydgoszcz, Poland New Market Square, Wrocław , a city square in Wrocław, Poland Establishments [ edit ] New Market Square (shopping mall) , a shopping mall in Wichita, Kansas Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

116-424: A shot-blasting plant , and after 1945 a warehouse. The edifice was initially a 19th-century wattle and daub granary , supported by low brick buttresses . During renovations, the interior was changed into a single-story building, and wooden ceilings were installed, with a lower ceiling added to the east porch . The main body is covered with a high gable roof with an onion-shaped ridge turret . Inside, there

174-408: A "L" shape with a side outbuilding and the main entrance on the south elevation. The facades are divided by vertical pilasters and horizontal cornices . The vaulted cellars are still preserved. The edifice is topped by a Mansard roof with eyelid dormers . The fountain called "The Well" ( Polish : Studzienka ) was unveiled on October 4, 1909. Its creator was sculptor Karol Kowalczewski, and

232-433: A collection of medals, plaques, stamps, biographical materials of regional activists, and in 1959 a series of small prints. From the 1950s to the 1970s, the municipal library established many branches throughout the city: a new building has been planned to be erected, but the project was finally rejected and transformed to a major overhaul of the existing edifice. In the 1980s, repairs to a damaged building required to change

290-578: A column. Tenement at 8 1848 Neoclassical architecture From 1849 to 1853, this building housed the Royal Eastern Railway Directorate. In 1880, it was subordinate to other branches located in Berlin , Poznań, Gdańsk and Królewiec . Around 1890, the Directorate moved to a building on Dworcowa Street . After WWI , Antoni Piliński (1883-1938) lived there. At the time, he was one of

348-631: A compartment behind the main altar of the Bernardine Church of Our Lady Queen of Peace . They have been then transferred to the cathedral where they survived until 1907. At the request of the German authorities, these old volumes have been moved to the stock of Bromberg 's Municipal Library. Shortly before the reintegration of Bydgoszcz to the Polish territory in 1920, ecclesiastical authorities (among whom German priest Jan Filipiak) placed these old volumes to

406-604: A member of the Provincial Bar Association, dean of the Bydgoszcz Chamber, and councilor of the Municipal Council in Bydgoszcz. Renovated in 2013, the building has kept very few of its initial features. In particular, none of the two original balconies are present today. Tenement at 6 1850s Eclecticism C. F. Beleites, a merchant, is listed as the first landlord of the tenement in 1855. In 1890,

464-410: A merchant, as its first landlord, who was the owner of the house for fifty years. In 1906, the municipality took ownership of the building. After World War 1 , it housed the lower court office of the Bydgoszcz authorities. The façade, renovated in 2019, displays classical features. The first level contains a wrought iron balcony , flanked by lesenes and an adorned lintel . On the same floor,

522-759: A red granite pedestal made by a Swedish company from Gniewkowo , weighing 20 tons. Together with the pedestal, the statue is 7 meters (23 ft) high. On the pedestal a commemorative plaque is located, with the inscription: Casimir III the Great, King of Poland 1333-1370. Founder of the city of Bydgoszcz on April 19, 1346 . 53°7′12″N 17°59′51″E  /  53.12000°N 17.99750°E  / 53.12000; 17.99750 Provincial and Municipal Public Library in Bydgoszcz The Voivodeship and Municipal Public Library "Dr. Witold Bełza" in Bydgoszcz

580-470: A valuable antique books, coming from the old Bernardine monastery stock. 10 000 old prints are referenced: Currently collection includes 97 incunables (issued before 1500), the following ones being the most precious: Other important volumes: Since 1936, Bernardine library manuscripts are exhibited in the "Royal Hall" and the "Bernardyńska ward" designed by Wiktor Zabielski and Jerzy Rupniewski, with stained glass by Edwarda Kwiatkowski. The facility

638-400: Is an architectural dominant piece of the southern Old Town landscape. An extension to the historical building was unveiled on September 20, 2019, at 12 Nowy Rynek. It has 4 stories, with a two-storey underground car park. There are 10 rooms inside for hearings, conference rooms, and space for detainees and witnesses. The cost of the investment amounted to over 17 million PLN . The extension

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696-474: Is an original 18th-century icon made of black oak, and a collection of 18th and 19th-century icons from eastern workshops . In 1992, the church dome was topped with an Orthodox cross . In 2013, the interior of the church was renovated, conserving icons, banners, and the processional cross, and in 2020, the edifice underwent maintenance of the ceiling and cellars. Tenement at 5 1850-1875 Eclecticism The first registered owner at then 3 Neuer Markt

754-483: Is framed by two bay windows bearing pinnacles , flanking a tall wall gable , which is also replicated on the gable facing the square. The characteristic part of the edifice is its 44 meters (144 ft) tall octagonal tower , equipped at the top with a viewing gallery crowned by a neo-baroque ridge turret . The façades bear, among other details, the coat of arms of Bydgoszcz and the Coat of arms of Prussia . The building

812-635: Is housed in historical buildings located between the Stary Rynek ( Old Market square ) and Długa street , registered on the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Heritage List . It is the oldest (1903) library in activity in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship . Since 2002, it bears the name of Witold Bełza . The public library is an important cultural center of the city with powiat rights Bydgoszcz along with

870-480: Is in an early modernist style, that stems from its rebuilding in the 1910s. A picture from the 1900s shows the asymmetrical appearance of the building, lacking the extension of the left-wing, which was added later. To this day, its façade balcony overlooking the square has been preserved. St. Nicolas Church Orthodox church at 5 Registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Heritage List (Nr.601383 Reg.A/285), 28 December 2004 1870 This building belongs to

928-582: Is positioned 200 meters (660 ft) south of the Old Market Square , at the foot of the Aleja Górska park . Shaped as a rectangle of 120 meters (390 ft) by 50 meters (160 ft), it is at the junction of Wały Jagiellońskie Street in the east and Grudziądzka Street in the west, and runs parallel to Długa Street . Following the Congress of Vienna , Bydgoszcz (then called Bromberg) was reintegrated into

986-458: Is run together by the municipality of Bydgoszcz and the local government of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship . Origins of the actual institution date back to the creation of the Bernardine library in 1488, which stood at the location of today's Church of Our Lady Queen of Peace . In 1591, Wojciech Język from Sambir , then Bernardine guardian, expanded the monastery and built a new brick room for

1044-586: The Bydgoszcz Department . Later on, it housed: From 1908 onward, the edifice has been welcoming the Municipal Library. Before 1908, along Jana Kazimierza street and Zaułek street stood a one-level building, lower than the main edifice, where was established a printing house. Between 1987 and 1999, this edifice has been thoroughly renovated, restoring the original architectural elements of the façade. The building displays architecture elements recalling

1102-710: The Church of the Holy Trinity , for fear of losing them in the hands of the Germans leaving the city. City library was established on October 1, 1903: located initially in a building on the corner of Bernardyńska and Jagiellońska streets, it has then been housed from 1904 to 1906 at Gdańska Street 27 (at the plot where stands today Tenement Carl Meinhardt ). First library resources were offered by German private donators: historian Friedrich Ludwig Georg von Raumer , editor Heinrich Kruse and German scientific societies affiliated to

1160-547: The German Society of Arts and Sciences in Bromberg , mainly Historical Society from Bromberg - Netze District ( German : Historische Gesellschaft für den Netzedistrikt zu Bromberg ). The first director of the institution was Georg Minde-Pouet , who quickly demonstrated a real ability to acquire the funds needed for the maintenance of the library. He had the building expanded, acquiring a wing on Jana Kazimierza street. When

1218-537: The attic facade and the monumental staircase covered with a balustrade . This building has been erected in 1798 for the needs of the court of West Prussia . It became in 1903 property of the Kingdom of Prussia , and served as the seat of the court hearing till the completion of the edifice on 3 Jagiellońska street . Later on it housed the Municipal Police ( Friedrichstraße 58 ). Between both library buildings runs

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1276-417: The neighbouring building at Nr.8 District Court buildings at 2 Wały Jagiellońskie street and 12 Nowy Rynek Registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Heritage List (Nr.601427, A/750), 7 October 1971 1903-1906 and 2019 Neo-gothic architecture The building was designed by Eduard Saal de Bruyn (1848-1922), a Prussian advisor for governmental constructions from Berlin . From 1906 to 1918,

1334-411: The portal framed with rosettes and the round-top windows crowned by a large triangular pediment . The lobby is adorned with stuccoed decoration and contains a staircase with a wooden balustrade . Tenement at 10 Registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Heritage List (Nr.601384, A/283/1-2), 13 December 2004 1844-1848 Neoclassical architecture From 1849 to 1853, the building

1392-815: The starost of Bydgoszcz Jan Kościelecki secured the maintenance of the library by assuring a fixed amount of income from a local sawmill. In 1631, Jan Synodoniusz of Pakość , dying chaplain of the Church of the Holy cross in Bydgoszcz (now gone), bequeathed to the library a sizable collection of books. Likewise the son of Andrzej Rozrażewski, founder of the Poor Clares monastery, gave many Venetian incunables . Other well-known donators include: governor of Kcynia Piotr Czarnkowski (ca 1620), governor of Solec Antoni Grasiński, Bydgoszcz Mayor Wojciech Łochowski or town's woman Elżbieta Szychowa. The library, its adjoined scriptorium and

1450-698: The wings of the building contain a round-top window with a figure. The second-level pediment is crowned by a series of stuccoed festoons . Tenement at 2 1875-1900 Eclecticism Originally registered as 11/12 Neuer Markt , the first landlord was a law doctor and lawyer , Napoleon Hailliant, who previously lived on the Wool Market Square . The building is being renovated in 2021. Both façades have architectural details, including: Tenement at 3 1850s Early modernism Christian Stellbaum, an innkeeper living in nearby Groß Bergstraße (today's Wały Jagiellońskie street) owned this building in

1508-482: The Bernardine academic study of philosophy helped to develop a broader intellectual environment in the city. One of the famous professor of the philosophy was Bartłomiej of Bydgoszcz , a bernardine monk who conducted fruitful scholarship work at the local monastery, issuing the first Latin-polish dictionary in 1532. Several written chronicles written at the beginning of the 17th century by Jan of Kościan describe this fertile scholar period. The library luckily survived

1566-514: The Golden Eagle pharmacy. In 1940, Nazis authorities began to destroy the Jesuit Church that stood on Stary Rynek, and doing so demolished "The Well". Parts of the sculpture, stored in public gardens, survived the occupation period. Franciszek Górski, stationmaster at a warehouse, even saved those bronze pieces from being melting away for military purposes. After the end of World War II ,

1624-514: The Municipal museum or in basements of elementary schools in the suburbs of Bydgoszcz , so as not to be evacuated by German occupation forces. During World War II , 20% of the library stock have been lost, including 99 incunables . After 1946, predominant trend was to collect scientific and popular works. The most valuable items, gathered in the Department of Special Collections, were isolated from

1682-549: The Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church's Kuyavian-Pomeranian deanery , of the Łódź - Poznań diocese, settling in the building in 1980–1981, previously being located in a small annex of the Polish-Catholic Church , at 36 Śniadecki Street . The building, with an entrance from Trybunalska Street, was built in 1870 and was originally used to store a groat . In 1925, it housed a chaff cutter and

1740-799: The Prussian Empire, as the seat of the Bromberg region of the Grand Duchy of Posen . Prussian city authorities laid out zones for the urban development of Bydgoszcz. With the construction of the seat of the region at 3 Jagiellońska Street , multiple buildings were constructed south of the Old Market Square, including the New Market Square in 1835, the district court, and a prison. The New Market Square originally hosted fairs and shooting ranges, before being used for Prussian army parades . In 1902,

1798-519: The building and its resources moved to the hands of Polish authorities in April 1920, the institution consisted of 75 000 volumes, of which only 300 were in Polish. Witold Bełza, the new director, (1920-1939 and 1945-1952), began to acquire more Polish books, and in 1939 the stock increased to 150 000 volumes, including: During interwar period , the collections of the Municipal Library in Bydgoszcz were regarded as

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1856-465: The building at Nr. 1 has housed a branch of the Provincial and Municipal Public Library . Through history, the square bore the following names: Tenement at 1 Mid-19th century Neo-classicism Municipal archives trace back the ownership of the plot to the early 19th century. In 1809, it was owned by a shoemaker , Carl Gottlieb Müller. An address book from 1855 identifies Franz Augustus Dieß,

1914-521: The building houses the siege of the Court, and the District Prosecutor's Office ( Polish : Sąd i Prokuratura Rejonowa ). The neo-classicist front elevation is decorated with a plethora of ornamentation, such as cartouches filled with figures and vegetal motifs , lesenes , friezes , adorned pediments , and a top corbel table , and stuccoed garnishes inside. Renovated in 2008, it is similar to

1972-416: The central database in 1953. It included among others, 1382 volumes from the Bernardine library, 4 900 items related to cartography , 972 manuscripts of artists such as Józef Ignacy Kraszewski , Maria Konopnicka , Julian Krzyżanowski, Jan Matejko , Henryk Sienkiewicz , Adam Grzymała-Siedlecki, Leopold Staff , Stanisław Wyspiański and Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński . In 1957, were incorporated into this Department

2030-712: The edifice housed the Prussian Royal Regional and District Court ( German : Land- und Amtsgericht ). During the interwar period , the City Court was based in the building. After WWII , it harboured the Provincial Court and today the District Court ( Polish : Sąd Okręgowego w Bydgoszczy ). The old building displays features Neo-Gothic style, incorporating elements from Neo-Renaissance and Modern architecture . The front elevation on Wały Jagiellońskie street

2088-417: The first shop was opened in the New Market Square, run by the company Siuchniński i Stobiecki, they sold silk fabric ( Polish : bławat ) and women's and men's clothing. In 1911, they moved to a new store at Stary Rynek 20. During the interwar period, it was the location of scouting activities, under the patronage of Józef Haller . Grudziądzka Street was widened between 1975 and 1976, which altered

2146-562: The following directors: The library complex encompasses two main buildings: one at 24 Stary Rynek , one at 41 Długa street . The building was constructed between 1774 and 1778 in the Neoclassical - Neo-Baroque style, as the seat of the Netze District . From 1781 to 1807, it housed the royal court of West Prussia . During the Duchy of Warsaw (1807-1815), the building contained the seat of

2204-417: The funder Alfred Kupffender, owner of the pharmacy "Under the Golden Eagle" ( Polish : Pod Złotym Orłem ), located on Stary Rynek . The sculpture commemorated the 100th anniversary of the pharmacy, and stood nearby the shop on the western part of the square: Alfred Kupffender donated it in gratitude towards the municipal authorities which decided to disband the geese-market which used to be held in front of

2262-563: The largest mustard , oil, and vinegar producers in Poland, owning brands including Fermenta , Ola, and Polsce . His factory was located on the other side of the New Market Square, at 10 Trybunalska street, and operated until the start of WWII . Nowadays, the building houses law and notary offices, businesses related to the court, and the district prosecutor's office. The edifice is a double-winged, two-story house built in an Empire style . The front elevation has rich ornamentation , especially

2320-570: The library. The monastery had organised manuscripts into several disciplines: In addition, the library had books dealing with law , geography , mathematics , astronomy , medical science, mining and metallurgy. Stocks comprised also historical incunables , colorfully decorated by Bernardine brother Aleksi, famous for his adorning of antiphonary books. Most of the books come from purchase or donations, some have been brought by monks travelling abroad (Dionizy Szyjka, Jan of Kościan , Melchior Dębiński, Wawrzyniec of Słupca and others). In 1574,

2378-414: The location of part of the stock. In 1968, the institution has been granted a scientific department, and in 1975, the library was labelled as provincial library . In 2009, a plaque in memory of Józef Wybicki , a Polish jurist, political and military activist, has been unveiled on a wall of the Municipal Library, recalling its judicial past. Since its inception, the Municipal Library has been managed by

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2436-436: The mid-19th century. At the beginning of the 20th century, the landlord was a merchant, Theofil Sypniewski. The building, then at 2 Neuer Markt, housed his clothes and fashion shop. In the 1910s, he moved it to 1/2 Neue ßfarrstraße (present-day Jezuicka Street ), where it was co-managed with his relative Richard. At the same time, the house was sold to a master carpenter, Teodor Kosicki. The frontage, renovated in 2019,

2494-497: The narrow Zaułek street: to unite the architectural ensemble, a covered passage called the "Bridge of Sighs" ( Polish : Most Westchnień ), has been built in 1920. Since the 1920s, the Municipal Library owns the edifice. The outbuilding on the first floor harbours a collection of antique books from the ancient Bernardine monastery library, which stood in the 16th century in Bernardyńska Street . The building at 41 Długa has

2552-400: The new owner, a baker named Emil Teßlass, lived in the building. He was also the landholder of the house at 3 Neuer Markt (today's Nr.5). The frontage, now in need of refurbishing, still features a tall entrance door with a fanlight , and embellished openings flanked with column pairs on upper floors. The second and third level windows over the entrance display tracery in the shape of

2610-511: The rectangular shape of the square. On the north-eastern side of the square were the buildings of the Masonic lodge "Janus in the East" ( Polish : Janus na Wschodzie ), where the statue of Casimir III the Great is now. Of the two buildings, erected on the eve of the 19th century, one burned down in 1945 and the other was demolished during the widening of Grudziądzka Street. Until September 14, 2020,

2668-513: The richest on Kujawy in terms of literature . During the occupation the library has been isolated, forbidden to be consulted. Part of the Polish-language literature was handed over for destruction, even though many books were rescued by Polish citizens working in the warehouse. The historian Michał Nycz moved many royal manuscripts away from the Nazi authorities. Some of the books were hidden in

2726-410: The second burnt down in a fire in 1945. The concept of a monument to Casimir the Great emerged at the celebration of the 650th anniversary of the city's founding in 1996. The monument was to be a tribute to the king who gave Bydgoszcz Town privileges on April 19, 1346. Funding came from public fundraising and city authorities. On August 16, 2001, a nationwide competition for the design of the monument

2784-598: The surrounding Bydgoszcz County , as well as the remainder of the Western part of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship . The institution organizes exhibitions of collections, meetings with authors and numerous events aimed for all ages: in 2014, its various activities gathered more than 31 000 visitors. Bydgoszcz public library comprises 34 branches, among which 10 for children and 17 for adults. The Library ensemble possessed altogether nearly 1 million volumes, had 50 000 registered readers in 2014. The library has: The library has

2842-503: The title New Market Square . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New_Market_Square&oldid=1213577665 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages New Market Square, Bydgoszcz The New Market Square

2900-410: The urban residence style, mixing late Rococo and early Neoclassical styles. The front elevation on Stary Rynek boasts 14 pilaster with ionic -type capitals . The central part of the facade is crowned with a line of vases and balustrade , mirroring the decoration of the double entrance stairs below. The basement ceiling exhibits vaults and cross vaults . A reconstruction in 1870-1876 dismantled

2958-567: The violent times of Polish history, such as the Swedish invasion (1656-1660) or the Great Northern War (1700-1721). In 1810, only 2400 volumes were left in stock; at the dissolution of the monastery in 1829, the library, then under the authority of the Head of the city police, was moved to the nearby House of Loreto 's order and at the demolition of the monastery in 1838, the books have been placed in

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3016-433: Was a rentier , Mrs. Gerlich, in the late 1860s. A few years later, a restaurateur named Felix Dylewski moved in, and lived in the property until the 1880s. In 1890, the owner was a baker , Emil Teßlass, who had lived on the square at what was then Nr.10, now Nr.6. Soon a restaurateur, Theofil Sypniewski, took over ownership of the edifice. Sypniewski had the building redesigned by local architect Józef Święcicki . He

3074-429: Was also a shopkeeper, as he opened a clothes store at today's Nr.3 in the early 1900s. When the shop moved away in the 1910s, he kept the property of the tenement but did not live there. At the beginning of the 20th century, the building also housed a wine shop called Zięłak & Milchert . In 2014, a commemorative plaque in memorial of Jan Cieluch ( Świeca -1899, Bydgoszcz-1983), a lawyer who practiced in Bydgoszcz,

3132-473: Was announced, and adjudicated on March 14, 2002. Sculptor Mariusz Białecki, from Gdańsk , won the competition. Initially, Theatre square was identified as the location. However, on January 10, 2006, the committee decided to erect the monument on the place between Nowy Rynek and Pod Blankami street, where the former city walls used to stand. The unveiling ceremony took place on October 26, 2006, presided by Konstanty Dombrowicz , then city mayor . The monument

3190-474: Was built on the site of an old red brick warehouse, which was not protected by the monument conservation register. Monument to Casimir III the Great 2006, equestrian statue by Mariusz Białecki This location used to be, among others, a plot owned by the city masonic lodge Janus to the East ( Polish : Janus na Wschodzie ), consisting of two buildings. The first building was torn down during construction to widen Wały Jagiellońskie street in 1930, while

3248-510: Was cast in the studio of Robert Sobociński, in Siemianów , near Śrem , by the Poznań sculpture studio "Art-Product". The sculpture shows the king in armor riding a horse. Casimir is holding a sceptre in his right hand and a scroll in his left hand, representing the town privileges. The monarch's face has been modelled on the portrait by Jan Matejko . The 3-ton statue is made of bronze , and stands on

3306-594: Was unveiled on the wall of the tenement. During the interwar period, he was involved in political activity as a member of the "Piast" Party . After being arrested in April 1940 by the Gestapo, Cieluch was imprisoned in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp and later at Mauthausen . During his imprisonment, he was active in the camp resistance movement and was freed in May 1945. After the war, he resumed his intense professional life as

3364-635: Was used to accommodate overflow from the Royal Eastern Railway Directorate, which was housed at Nr.8. Between 1907 and 1914, it was the seat of the Prussian Chamber of Commerce ( German : Handelskammer ) which became the Polish Chamber of Industry and Commerce ( Polish : Izba Przemysłowo-Handlowa in 1923, until the outbreak of WWII. During the German occupation , it was renamed Handelskammer, before reverting to its Polish name in 1945–1947. Currently,

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