Krakowska Street, Bydgoszcz

The street appears on the maps of the area only during the second half of the 19th century, at the same time as happened Bromberg's main expansion, thanks to the development of the Prussian Eastern Railway.

Registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship heritage list, Nr.760205 Reg.A/1588 (May 10, 2011)[5] 1907–1908 Art Nouveau At the time of its erection, the villa was located out of the city limits, in the suburb of Schröterrsdorf, on Promenaden Straße.

After 1920 and the re-creation of the Polish state, the expansion of Bydgoszcz subsumed these neighbouring cities; villa's address was then Ulica Promenada 67, then 41 (in 1926), with a landlord named Seweryn Rzymkowski, a merchant.

[6] The villa, recently refurbished in 2014,[7] features superb architectural details: vegetal volutes as cartouches, crying figures on top of pilasters and a corner balcony.

[8] Deprived of its original decoration, the main elevation, topped by a mansard roof is noticeable by its large wooden door with a transom light, recalling the rays of the sun.

Originally at Schröttersdorf 2,[12] it was first owned by Willy Berndt, a teacher for deaf children[12] giving language lessons (German: Kurse für spracheidende), as were his neighbours at Nr.10 and 12.

It first belonged to Adalbert Biedermann, a teacher for deaf children[15] giving language lessons (German: Kurse für spracheidende), as were his neighbours at Nr.8 and 12.

1910 Late Art Nouveau, early Modern architecture Julius Hillermann, a governmental administrative assistant was the first owner of this villa at then Bollmann Straße 13 then 12a.

This large villa displays early modern characteristics, such as long thin tall openings, an angular avant-corps, but also nice eyelid dormers.

1910 Early Modern architecture, elements of Art Nouveau This semi-detached house at then Bollmann Straße 12, was commissioned by Paul Kramm, working in the telegraph business.

The main elevation echoes the other Art Nouveau buildings in the same street from this period (Nr.4 and 6), with its middle avant-corps, the curved gable and the flanking shed dormers.

1910 Art Nouveau, elements of Modern architecture Carl Schmerberg, working as assistant for the telegraph, was the first landlord of the building at then Bollmann Straße 11.

[14] In 2016, a heavy reconstruction of the tenement has revived some nice Art Nouveau details: large cartouche, window pediment or superbly adorned oeil-de-boeuf above the main entrance.

The facade is highly decorated, with Art Nouveau architectural details: mainly vegetal motifs over pediment openings and women figures.

One can notice the heavily decorated portal, with columns, a triangular tympanum, a large lintel and a nicely craved door with a transom light.

[19] Few Art Nouveau elements can still be noticed: an eyelid dormer, a slight bay window, a pair of pilasters on the facade and two finials over the roof.

The street in c. 1914