Otto Riedl Tenement in Bydgoszcz

Otto Riedl Tenement
Polish: Kamienica Otto Riedla w Bydgoszczy
Tenement from Gdanska Street
Bydgoszcz Location within Poland
General information
Type	Tenement
Architectural style	Modern architecture
Location	Świętojańska Street 2, at the intersection with Gdanska Street, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Coordinates	53°7′56″N 18°0′34″E / 53.13222°N 18.00944°E
Groundbreaking	1911
Completed	1912
Client	Otto Riedl
Technical details
Floor count	5
Design and construction
Architect	Paul Sellner

Otto Riedl Tenement is a habitation building located at Świętojańska Street 2, in Bydgoszcz.

Location

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 Gdanska street 71;
• Tenement at Gdanska street 75;
• Ernst Bartsch tenement at N°79;
• Paul Storz Tenement at N°81;
• Rudolf Kern Tenement.

History

The house was built in 1911–1912 for the baker (German: bäckermeister) Otto Riedel, according to a design by the architect Paul Sellner.

Paul Sellner has been a student of Karl Bergner. In 1904, he opened his own architectural study office in Bydgoszcz, where he stayed at least until 1922.^[1] In Bydgoszcz Paul Sellner also designed, the habitation house at Gdanska St.95 in 1912–1913.

Otto Riedel moved to Świętojańska Street 2, then "Danzigerstrasse 48", in 1891^[2] to establish his bakery. He had the house rebuilt in 1911–1912 and kept his business running in the new building.^[3] The new edifice also housed a hardware store, German: Engelhardt Droguen since 1915.^[3] Otto Riedel lived there until at least 1933.^[4]

Vincent Bigoński established his bakery in 1924.^[5] After his death his son and now his grand-niece are still running the shop at Gdanska Street.^[6]

There is still today a hardware store ("Drogeria Aster") at this address.

Features

The house reflects the architectural characteristic of years 1900–1910, as far as early Modern architecture is concerned.^[1]

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

• 
  Advertising for Bigonski bakery in the 1930s
• 
  View from Swietojanska street
• 
  Facade onto Gdańska street
• 
  Facade detail
• 
  Detail of the roof
• 
  Relief detail

See also

• Gdanska Street in Bydgoszcz
• (Polish) Downtown district in Bydgoszcz
• (Polish) Paul Sellner

Bibliography

• Bręczewska-Kulesza Daria, Derkowska-Kostkowska Bogna, Wysocka A., [i inni]: Ulica Gdańska. Przewodnik historyczny, Bydgoszcz 2003

External links

• (Polish) Newspaper article on the Bigoński family

Panorama of Gdanska and Świętojańską streets intersection. Otto Riedl Tenement is on the right

References

1. Bręczewska-Kulesza Daria, Derkowska-Kostkowska Bogna, Wysocka A., [i inni]: Ulica Gdańska. Przewodnik historyczny, Bydgoszcz 2003
2. inwohner-, Adress- und Telefonbücher von Bromberg 1891
3. inwohner-, Adress- und Telefonbücher von Bromberg 1915, p68
4. inwohner-, Adress- und Telefonbücher von Bromberg 1933
5. Bydgoszcz Guide. Bydgoszcz: City of Bydgoszcz. July 2014. p. 1851. ISBN 83-917786-7-3.
6. "Historia bydgoskich rodów: Bigońscy - 17 lutego 2013". pomorska.pl. Retrieved 7 March 2015.