Max Zweininger Building

Tenement Max Zweininger
Polish: Kamienica Max Zweiningera w Bydgoszczy
Tenement Max Zweininger Southern facade Southern facade
Location in Poland
General information
Type	Habitation and shopping building
Architectural style	Vienna Secession
Location	Bydgoszcz, Poland
Address	Foch Street 2
Coordinates
Construction started	1901
Completed	1902
Technical details
Floor count	4
Design and construction
Architect	Karl Bergner

The Tenement Max Zweininger is a building located in Bydgoszcz at Foch Street N°2, in the corner with Gdanska Street.

History

The house was built between 1901 and 1902 for Max Zweininger, the owner of a famous hat manufactory in Bromberg, located on the square. The building was designed by local architect Karl Bergner on the site of an earlier building from the first half of the 19th century. On the ground floor were established shops, including hats and furs retailers.

In 1910-1911, Max Zweininger had his own Department store built by Fritz Weidner, one of the leading architects in Bydgoszcz. The building still stands today on Theater Square N°4.

During interwar period a confectionery shop took the place the place of the composition of a cigars maker workshop.

In 1940, a ground floor arcade has been added, designed by Jan Kossowski, who later has built the Monument on Freedom Square.

Architecture

The building has a rich ornamental decoration facade and is a symbolic example of the Art Nouveau style in the city. Bas-reliefs portrays in particular:

• a sleeping figure
• Flower motifs
• Crowned faces

Balconies are associated with ornamented wrought railings.

Gallery

• Bdg Focha2 hdr1 05-2013.jpg

  View from Jagielloński Street

• Focha2 details.jpg

  Tenement details

• Focha2 balcony.jpg

  Detail of a balcony

• Focha-Gdanska detail.jpg

  Tenement Max Zweininger facade detail

• Focha-Gdanska detail 2.jpg

  Detail of the sleeping figure

• Bdg plTeatralny noc 8 07-2013.jpg

  By Night

See also

• Gdanska Street in Bydgoszcz
• (Polish) Foch Street in Bydgoszcz
• (Polish) Downtown district in Bydgoszcz
• (Polish) Karl Bergner

External links

• (Polish) Various pictures of Bydgoszcz buildings

Bibliography

• (Polish) Bręczewska-Kulesza Daria, Derkowska-Kostkowska Bogna, Wysocka A., [i inni]: Ulica Gdańska. Przewodnik historyczny, Bydgoszcz 2003
• (Polish) Ulica Gdanska w Bydgoszczy: Stadion im. Zdzislawa Krzyszkowiaka, Hotel Pod Orlem w Bydgoszczy, Pomorski Dom Sztuki w Bydgoszczy (Polish Edition) - ISBN 9781231876893
• (Polish) Kamienice W Bydgoszczy: Kamienica Stary Rynek 7 W Bydgoszczy, Budynek Muzeum Gdanska 4 W Bydgoszczy, Kamienica Plac Wolnosci 1 W Bydgoszczy - ISBN 9781232681328