Mariensztat

Mariensztat is a Warsaw housing estate, built in 1948-1949 Powiśle district as part of the construction project Trasa WZ (east -west route ).

History

The name " Mariensztat " sounded originally " Marie City". In the 17th and 18th centuries, parts of the city of Warsaw were Italian, French or German sounding names. The name " Marie City " was the living quarters Count Potocki in honor of his wife Maria.

Before the Second World War there was a connection of the castle square ( Plac Zamkowy ) with the Praga district on the right bank of the Vistula by the old, narrow Kierbedz bridge and steeply falling Pancer Viaduct. Both were blown up in 1944. The Warsaw city planners showed imagination and restore instead of the pre-war state, they designed the middle of the sea of ​​ruins a road tunnel under the castle court, the past should redirect the traffic to the old town. The viaduct Pancer was canceled, built on the pillars of the bridge built in 1859, a new, wider bridge. On July 22, 1949, the East-West route was opened. In addition to route a small settlement with the historic name " Mariensztat " was built. It was located between the Vistula and the Krakow suburb, between the new route and the Bednarska Street. This should be a flagship of the new, socialist living. The designed by the architect Zygmunt Stępiński and Józef Sigalin houses with mostly two storeys, with steep roofs ceramic found a general acceptance among the inhabitants of Warsaw.

No conclusions were drawn from the success of the Mariensztat settlement. The next Warsaw settlements were built with the simplest means.

Swell

• Encyklopedia Warszawy Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, 1994, ISBN 83-01-08836-2.
• Adam Dylewski: Warszawa i okolice, Pascal, 2008, ISBN 978-83-7513-139-0.