page_title: Dworcowa Street
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Dworcowa Street / History
caption_attribution_description: Polski: Ulica Dworcowa w Bydgoszczy na odcinku od ul. Gdańskiej do ul. Warmińskiego
context_page_description: Dworcowa Street is one of the main streets of Bydgoszcz, in Downtown district. Many of its buildings
  are registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Heritage List.
  Across the street, between Warmia and Marcinkowskiego street runs the 18°E longitude Meridian, so-called Bydgoszcz Meridian.
context_section_description: Until 1851, the path was a dirty road leading from Bydgoszcz to Koronowo. The development of the street is associated with the building of Bydgoszcz Main Railway Station in 1851, which led to assimilating the close settlement of Bocianowo (German: Brenkenhoff) into the city precinct.
  On an 1861 map of the area, the vicinity of the railway station shows dispersed housings: it is only in the early 20th century that compact constructions make their appearance along the street. Some specific quarters near Gdanska street and close to the Main station have shown earlier activity, with the development of hotel buildings:
  Hotel "Pod Orlem" (1893), Hotel Pawlikowski (1898) in Gdanska Street;
  Hotel du Nord (1875), Heises's Hotel (1884), Schliep's Hotel (1889) near the Main Station.
  At the end of the 19th century, Dworcowa street had an industrial and commercial character. In its surroundings flourished trade houses, craft workshops and restaurants or bars. The industrial buildings and warehouses occupied the area between the street and the Brda river, while along the street were located flats and shops. The largest companies at then Bahnhoffstraße were:
  Fabryka Sygnałów Kolejowych (Railway Signals Factory);
  J.G. Neumann's Brick factory (German: Ziegelfabrik);
  Printhouse Ortis (established by Hermann and Emil Dittmann) They published the "Deutsche Rundschau", and after World War II all the local newspapers.
  Between 1890 and 1914, many houses along the street have been transformed into 3 to 4 storey buildings, displaying ornated facades (e.g. building at No.55, decorated with a head of Hermes), turning the venue into one of the most representative in the city. In the final section of the street near the Main Railway Station, there used to stand five hotels, furnished as tenements.
  Street trams have been operated since 1888, first horse powered, then electrical ones in 1896. The line (Red) ran along the entire length of the street from the station to Gdańska Street.
  In 1990, tram traffic has been suspended for technical reasons. Since then a partial restoration of the line has been performed after the revitalization of the street.
  Through history, this street had the following names:
  1852-1920 - Bahnhoffstraße (Main Station street in German);
  1920-1939 - Ulica Dworcowa;
  1939-1945 - Albert-Forsterstrasse (named after nazi leaderAlbert Forster);
  From 1945 -  Ulica Dworcowa .
caption: Eastern tip of Dworcowa Street
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