Type Villa Completed 1896 Opened 1896 Construction started 1895 | Country Poland Client Fritz Heroldt Floors 4 Architect Fritz Weidner | |
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Classification N°601324 - Reg. A/1097/1-2, 15 April 1994 Location Gdanska street 119, Bydgoszcz, Poland Architectural style Baroque Revival architecture Similar Mix Ernst tenement in Bydgos, Villa Heinrich Dietz in B, Villa Carl Grosse in Bydgoszcz, Villa Wilhelm Blumwe i, Hugo Hecht tenement | ||
The Villa Fritz Heroldt is a historical house in downtown Bydgoszcz. It is registered on the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Heritage List.
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Location
The building stands on western side of Gdańska Street at N°119, between Chocimski street and Artyleryjski street.
History
The building was built between 1895 and 1896 for Emilie and Fritz Heroldt, a couple of rentiers. At the time, the address was Danzigerstrasse 67, Bromberg. They lived there until 1899. Fritz Heroldt had also a tenement built in 1896 in Dworcowa Street N°71 by Fritz Weidner.
At the beginning of the 20th century Antoni Chołoniewski (1872-1924) lived in the villa. He was a journalist and Polish national activist who wrote the Spirit of Polish History (Polish: Duch dziejów Polski). As a remembrance, a plaque has been placed on the facade.
Later a school for girls has been established there.
Today the building houses a language school.
Architecture
This was the first realization of Berliner architect Fritz Weidner when he came to Bydgoszcz.
The elevation is decorated with characteristic Neo-Baroque ornaments:
- puttoes figures,
- garlands and friezes,
- volutes,
- caryatids.
The building has been put on the Pomeranian heritage list (N°601324 - Reg. A/1097/1-2) on the 15th April 1994.