Villa Wilhelm Blumwe

The Villa Wilhelm Blumwe is an historic house in central Bydgoszcz, registered on the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Heritage List.

On top of the front tympanum pediment of the building stood an urn with the ashes of Carl Blumwe, until the occupation of Bydgoszcz by Nazi forces in 1940.

[4] In September 1940, the villa was occupied by the Nazi county leadership (German: Kreisleitung der NSDAP Westpreussen): it was at that time that the urn with Carl Blumwe's ashes was destroyed from the top of the tympanum.

In 1995, the villa was fully renovated: the project supported by Radio PIK received a prize in the competition organized by Polish heritage secretary for the best historic building rehabilitation.

The building possesses the classical shape of a palace, with a style referring to Palladian architecture,[7] popular in Europe in the late 19th century.

The villa has a rectangular footprint, consisting of a front part and a lower ground floor storey on the east, with a terrace overlooking the garden.

The façades are adorned with pilasters, bossage, Ionic capitals, metal and stone railings, terraces, a balcony and windows with triangular pediments.