Reinhold Zschiesche Tenement

The Reinhold Zschiesche Tenement is a historical habitation building located at 1 Chocimska street, at the intersection with Gdańska Street in Bydgoszcz, Poland.

Reinhold Zschiesche Tenement
Polish: Kamienica Reinholda Zschiesche w Bydgoszczy
Tenement from Gdańska Street
General information
Type	Tenement
Architectural style	Eclecticism
Location	1 Chocimska St., at the intersection with Gdańska Street, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Coordinates	53°8′04″N 18°0′42″E
Groundbreaking	1885
Completed	1886
Client	Reinhold Zschiesche
Technical details
Floor count	4
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Józef Święcicki

Location

The building stands on the western side of Gdańska street, at the crossing with Chocimska Street.

It stands close to remarkable tenements in the same street, among others:

• Tenement at 91 Gdańska street;
• Hugo Hecht tenement at 92-94 Gdańska street;
• Carl Bradtke Tenement at 93 Gdańska street;
• Tenement at 95 Gdańska street;
• Stanisław Rolbieski tenement at 96 Gdańska street;
• Carl Peschel tenement at 101 Gdańska street.

History

The house was built between 1885 and 1886 for the dealer and restaurateur Reinhold Zschiesche, according to a project by Józef Święcicki.

In 1908, the ground floor housed a restaurant and pub, owned by Reinhold Zschiesche, with its entrance located at the corner of the building.

In the 1920s, in the backyard, Antoni Zurawski ran a trading company.

Architecture

Building's architecture has eclecticicism style, with plastic details, taken from the repertoire of Neo-Renaissance and Mannerism decoration forms. The corner of the house is underlined by a two-storey bay window.

In the same area, Józef Święcicki also realized other edifices:

• Hotel "Pod Orlem" at 14 Gdańska Street;
• Oskar Ewald Tenement at 30 Gdańska Street;
• Józef Święcicki tenement at 63 Gdańska Street;
• Tenement at 86 Gdańska Street;
• Villa Hugo Hecht at 88-90 Gdańska Street;
• Hugo Hecht tenement at 92-94 Gdańska Street;
• Tenement at 1 Plac Wolności.

Gallery

• 
  Frontage onto Gdańska Street
• 
  Detail of the bay window
• 
  Detail of a relief
• 
  Detail of the adorned window

See also

• Bydgoszcz
• Gdanska Street in Bydgoszcz
• Józef Święcicki
• (in Polish) Downtown district in Bydgoszcz

Bibliography

• Bręczewska-Kulesza Daria, Derkowska-Kostkowska Bogna, Wysocka A. (2003). Ulica Gdańska. Przewodnik historyczny (in Polish). Bydgoszcz: Wojewódzki Ośrodek Kultury w Bydgoszczy. ISBN 8386970103.