page_title: Piastowski Square in Bydgoszcz
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Piastowski Square in Bydgoszcz / History
caption_attribution_description: English: View in 1902
context_page_description: Piastowski Square is a large and important square in downtown Bydgoszcz, bearing several buildings registered on the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Heritage List.
context_section_description: This vast square dates back to the creation of Sniadecki Street, after the second half 
  of the 19th century. It has always kept its original functions, as a marketplace, hence its original name Elisabethmarkt, after Elisabeth Straße, original name of Sniadecki Street.
  The area is roughly depicted on an 1857 map of Bromberg, but earliest documented reference appears in the 1870s, with a mention in the 1872 city address book.
  Through history, the square bore the following names:
  1870s-1920, Elisabeth Markt, in honor of Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria, wife of the reigning King of Prussia, Frederick William IV of Prussia
  1920-1940, Piastowski Square;
  1940-1945, Dr. Goebbels Platz;
  Since 1945, Piastowski Square (Polish: Plac Piastowski).
  The current namesake comes from the Piast dynasty, first historical ruling dynasty of Poland, which started with Prince Miesko I in 960 and ended with Casimir III the Great in 1370.
caption: View of the square ca 1902
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