The New Market Square originally hosted fairs and shooting ranges, before being used for Prussian army parades.
[3] In 1902, the first shop was opened in the New Market Square, run by the company Siuchniński i Stobiecki, they sold silk fabric (Polish: bławat) and women's and men's clothing.
[7] An address book from 1855 identifies Franz Augustus Dieß, a merchant, as its first landlord,[8] who was the owner of the house for fifty years.
Tenement at 2 1875-1900[6] Eclecticism Originally registered as 11/12 Neuer Markt, the first landlord was a law doctor and lawyer, Napoleon Hailliant,[12] who previously lived on the Wool Market Square.
Both façades have architectural details, including: Tenement at 3 1850s[6] Early modernism Christian Stellbaum, an innkeeper living in nearby Groß Bergstraße (today's Wały Jagiellońskie street) owned this building in the mid-19th century.
In 2013, the interior of the church was renovated, conserving icons, banners, and the processional cross,[20] and in 2020, the edifice underwent maintenance of the ceiling and cellars.
[14] In 2014, a commemorative plaque in memorial of Jan Cieluch (Świeca-1899, Bydgoszcz-1983), a lawyer who practiced in Bydgoszcz, was unveiled on the wall of the tenement.
After being arrested in April 1940 by the Gestapo, Cieluch was imprisoned in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp and later at Mauthausen.
[24] The frontage, now in need of refurbishing, still features a tall entrance door with a fanlight, and embellished openings flanked with column pairs on upper floors.
At the time, he was one of the largest mustard, oil, and vinegar producers in Poland, owning brands including Fermenta, Ola, and Polsce.
His factory was located on the other side of the New Market Square, at 10 Trybunalska street, and operated until the start of WWII.
The front elevation has rich ornamentation, especially the portal framed with rosettes and the round-top windows crowned by a large triangular pediment.
Tenement at 10 Registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Heritage List (Nr.601384, A/283/1-2), 13 December 2004[16] 1844-1848[6] Neoclassical architecture From 1849 to 1853, the building was used to accommodate overflow from the Royal Eastern Railway Directorate, which was housed at Nr.8.
Currently, the building houses the siege of the Court, and the District Prosecutor's Office (Polish: Sąd i Prokuratura Rejonowa).
[29] The neo-classicist front elevation is decorated with a plethora of ornamentation, such as cartouches filled with figures and vegetal motifs, lesenes, friezes, adorned pediments, and a top corbel table, and stuccoed garnishes inside.
[32] From 1906 to 1918, the edifice housed the Prussian Royal Regional and District Court (German: Land- und Amtsgericht).
The old building displays features Neo-Gothic style, incorporating elements from Neo-Renaissance and Modern architecture.
The characteristic part of the edifice is its 44 meters (144 ft) tall octagonal tower, equipped at the top with a viewing gallery crowned by a neo-baroque ridge turret.
[35] The extension was built on the site of an old red brick warehouse, which was not protected by the monument conservation register.
The concept of a monument to Casimir the Great emerged at the celebration of the 650th anniversary of the city's founding in 1996.
However, on January 10, 2006, the committee decided to erect the monument on the place between Nowy Rynek and Pod Blankami street, where the former city walls used to stand.
On the pedestal a commemorative plaque is located, with the inscription: Casimir III the Great, King of Poland 1333-1370.