Tenement in Bydgoszcz, Poland Otto Riedl Tenement Polish: Kamienica Otto Riedla w Bydgoszczy Tenement from Gdanska Street General information Type| Tenement Architectural style| Modern architecture Location| 2 Świętojańska Street, at the intersection with Gdańska Street, Bydgoszcz, Poland Coordinates| 53°7′56″N 18°0′34″E / 53.13222°N 18.00944°E / 53.13222; 18.00944 Groundbreaking| 1911 Completed| 1912 Client| Otto Riedl Technical details Floor count| 5 Design and construction Architect(s)| Paul Sellner Otto Riedl Tenement is a habitation building located at 2 Świętojańska Street, in Bydgoszcz, Poland. ## Contents * 1 Location * 2 History * 3 Architecture * 4 Gallery * 5 See also * 6 References * 7 Bibliography * 8 External links ## Location[edit] The building stands on the western side of Gdańska street at the intersection with Świętojańska Street. It stands close to remarkable tenements in the same street: * Tenement at 71 Gdanska street; * Tenement at 75 Gdanska street; * Ernst Bartsch tenement at 79; * Paul Storz Tenement at 81; * Rudolf Kern Tenement. ## History[edit] The house was built in 1911–1912[1] for the baker (German: bäckermeister) Otto Riedel, according to a design by the architect Paul Sellner. Paul Sellner has been a student of the architect Karl Bergner. In 1904, he opened his own architectural study office in Bromberg, where he stayed at least until 1922.[2] In Bydgoszcz Paul Sellner also designed, the building at Gdanska Street 95 in 1912–1913. Otto Riedel moved to Świętojańska Street 2, then 48 Danzigerstrasse, in 1891[3] to establish his bakery. He had the house rebuilt in 1911–1912 and kept his business running in the new building.[4] The edifice also housed a hardware store, German: Engelhardt Droguen since 1915.[4] Otto Riedel lived there until at least 1933. There is still today a hardware store ("Drogeria Aster") at this address. Vincent Bigoński established here his bakery in 1924.[5] After his death, his son and now his grand-niece have been running the shop at Gdańska Street till 2020.[6] ## Architecture[edit] The house reflects the architectural characteristic of years 1900–1910, as far as early Modern architecture is concerned.[2] The building block is massive, in that way it balances the symmetry with the opposite building. Both facades have a modest decoration but it is underlined by various components (pilasters, balconies). ## Gallery[edit] * Advertising for Bigoński bakery in the 1930s * View from Swietojanska street * Facade onto Gdańska street * Facade detail * Detail of the roof * Relief detail ## See also[edit] Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2 Świętojańska Street in Bydgoszcz. * Bydgoszcz * Gdanska Street in Bydgoszcz * Paul Sellner * (in Polish) Downtown district in Bydgoszcz ## References[edit] 1. ^ Gminna Ewidencja Zabytków Miasta Bydgosky. Bydgoszcz: Miasta Bydgoszczy. 24 April 2013. p. 131. 2. ^ a b Bręczewska-Kulesza Daria, Derkowska-Kostkowska Bogna, Wysocka A (2003). Ulica Gdańska. Przewodnik historyczny. Bydgoszcz: Wojewódzki Ośrodek Kultury w Bydgoszczy. ISBN 8386970103. 3. ^ Adressbuch nebst allgemeinem Geschäfts-Anzeiger von Bromberg und dessen Vororten auf das Jahr 1891 : auf Grund amtlicher und privater Unterlagen. Bromberg: Dittmann. 1891. 4. ^ a b Adressbuch nebst allgemeinem Geschäfts-Anzeiger von Bromberg und dessen Vororten auf das Jahr 1915: auf Grund amtlicher und privater Unterlagen. Bromberg: Dittmann. 1915. p. 68. 5. ^ Bydgoszcz Guide. Bydgoszcz: City of Bydgoszcz. July 2014. p. 1851\. ISBN 83-917786-7-3. 6. ^ mc (17 March 2021). "Czy piec z piekarni Bigońskich będzie atrakcją Spichrza Mącznego? Negocjacje w toku". bydgoszcz.wyborcza.pl. Agora SA. Retrieved 12 May 2021. ## Bibliography[edit] * (in Polish) Bręczewska-Kulesza Daria, Derkowska-Kostkowska Bogna, Wysocka A. (2003). Ulica Gdańska. Przewodnik historyczny. Bydgoszcz: Wojewódzki Ośrodek Kultury w Bydgoszczy. ISBN 9788386970100. ## External links[edit] * (in Polish) Newspaper article on the Bigoński family Panorama of Gdanska and Świętojańską streets intersection. 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