Manufaktura

more The Manufaktura project unites the past with the present, it connects the historical look with the modern design, creating a new image. Next to the old brick walls there is a facade made of glass, build as an entrance of the shopping mall. The interior has been designed in such a way as to remind about the history of Lodz, it brings together the modern design with an old industrial architecture.[Lodz]

Marshal Jozef Pilsudski's Park

more The park was founded in place of the suburban forest felled during the World War I, situated to the west of the Warsaw-Kalisz railway from 1903. The original park scheme was planned already in the early 20th century, It was finally realized in 1924-1929, while the existing older plans were corrected and supplemented by S. Rogowicz in the 1930s. The park was supposed to serve for the inhabitants' active rest and recreation and it was supplied with a number of additional attraction, like the zoo (founded in 1938), children's playgrounds - the Jordan gardens, lunapark, exhibition areas, the 'Polesie Konstantynowskie' nature reserve, sports objects, etc.[Lodz]

The Zrodliska's Park

more The public park, also called the Walk or the English Garden was founded near Wodny Rynek in 1843 according to J. Brochocki's scheme. The conception of the park underwent a number of changes throughout its history. After the mid-19th century it started to be called the Kwela, then Polonized as Zrodliska (Springs). The name was derived from the springs which had once existed there. Today the park consists of two parts - the eastern and the western one, separated with the former Scheibler factory estate of 1854. The industrialist's seat and the garden surrounding it were situated on the Wodny Rynek side.

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The Decalogue Memorial in Park Staromiejski

more The monument rises at the edge of the Old Town, going back to the Middle Ages. In the 19th c. it became the residential area concentrating mostly the Jewish population. Until the times of the Holocaust one of the most beautiful Lodz synagogues functioned there. Demolished by the Nazis, it had a most picturesque facade, inspired by the Moresque motifs. Along Wolborska street followed the tenements of the Jewish quarter, then the ghetto, and the poor and chaotic architecture distended to the level of the river - bed.
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The Archicathedral of St. Stanislaw Kostka

more The monumental temple, situated in the former Factory Market, now John Paul II Square, is the main centre of religious life of the Lodz Roman Catholics. Built in the style of Cathedral Gothic the church is the largest sacred edifice of the city, and the lofty, 100metre bell-tower is the highest dominante of the street. The building was created in the years 1901-1912, and it was designed by several architects. The competition-winning design by Emil Zillmann From 1898 was modified and corrected by Jan Dziekonski, Slawomir Odrzywolski and Kazimierz Sokolowski, but also by the Vienese Siegfried Stern.
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Town Hall

more The seat of the city authorities of former Lodz is located in Plac Wolnosci (Wolnosci Square), formerly Rynek Nowomiejski (New Town Market). It was designed by Bonifacy Witkowski, author of the town halls in Lowicz and Skierniewice, but also the Protestant church east of Piotrkow Trakt, today's Piotrkowska Street. He also designed the no longer existing uniform residential architecture enclosing the square.[Lodz]

Orthodox Church of Alexander Newski

more It was built in 1884 according to the project of Hilary Majewski who gave it a neo - Byzantine look clearly visible in the domes and decoration details. Richly decorated interior has a beautiful iconostas, old icons and metal procession banners.[Lodz]

The New Jewish Cemetery

more The Jewish cemetery in Bracka Street was founded in 1892. Originally it was used as a burial ground for the victims of the choleric disease. The complex is encompassed from the south and the east by the Dory residential district and the school complex. It is further protected by the high, brick wall, while the ornamented gate from Chryzantem Street has been long since closed. The visitor's immediate contact with the necropolis of the Lodz Jews is the more unexpected since the cemetery is now entered through a side gate from Bracka Street.[Lodz]

Petersilge's House

more Jan Petersilge is an honorable figure of the Lodz printing and the local press. He started the first local newspaper, which first came out in 1863. The publisher's house was erected in 1896, its authors were F. Chelminski and K. Pomian-Sokolowski. The luxurious town house used to house the shops, the editorial board's office, some other offices, a printing house, and some private flats on the higher floors.

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Old Market Square

more The oldest Lodz square is the Old Town market. The transformations that this fragment of Lodz has undergone are so vast it is now difficult to imagine not only the look of the medieval little town, but even the architecture from before World War II. The tract from Piotrkow to Leczyca and the local roads to Lutomiersk or Brzeziny used to pass across the market. Behind its southern front spread a mill pond, supplied by the Lodka rivulette. The houses, including the simple town hall used to be built of wood for centuries. In was only in the 19th c. that brick buildings were raised there, with simple Classicist decor.
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Herbst's residence

more Edward Herbst (1844-1921) married Matylda Scheibler in May 1875. He was a promising manager of the largest Lodz textile enterprise, she was the daughter of the maker of its power. Their residence in Ksiezy Mlyn, most probably designed by Hilary Majewski, was erected in the same year. Built in the style of Italian Renaissance, the Beat was an element of a larger spatial arrangement comprising: a huge factory complex, a workers' estate and the above-mentioned residence. Following the example of the oldest Scheibler Lodz investment in Wodny Rynek the seat of the director stood in the close vicinity of the factory itself. E. Herbst could hear the hum of his machinery in the nearby spinning-house.
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Church of the Holy Trinity

more In 1826-1828 reared at Piotrkowska Street Classical, Evangelical church of the Holy Trinity designed by Bonifacy Witkowski - architect of the Mazovian Voivodship Committee.
The church, the main dominante of the square, acquired its present-day form in the years 1889-1896.
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Liberty Square

more Several hundred metres south of the Old Town a new settlement grew in the 1820s. It opened up the straight-line course of Piotrkowski Trakt, its making was the beginning of the industrial development of the city. The square in the middle of the settlement functioned as a market place. It can be still seen in the post-cards from the beginning of the century. The architecture of the oldest part of the frontage had an interesting look, too.
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Botanic Garden

more The idea of establishing the Botanic Garden had already been present in the project of Park Ludowy (People's Park) in Zdrowie district, prepared in the 1930s by Stefan Rogowicz, the manager of Urban Plantations. The Botanical Gardens occupy the area of 64.1 ha next to the extensive park in the "Zdrowie" (Health) recreational district. The nearly 3,500 plant species and varieties are housed in the following sections: taxonomy of herbaceous plants, an alpine garden, plant biology, park greenery, decorative plants, herbs and medicinal plants for industrial use, flora of Poland, arboretum and the Japanese garden.
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Palm House

more Palm House in Lodz has trees and plants that are about 130 years old. There are also many carnivorous plants in the Palm House at Lodz, which are really dangerous. As a result, pets are not allowed in the garden.  Palm House is one of the most interesting places to visit in the Polish city. This place is a favorite with avid nature lovers and with people, who love forests.
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Lagiewniki

more Lagiewniki is one of the most valuable nature fragment of Lodz. Lagiewniki remains old Lodz primeval forest. This complex is situated in north – east part of the Lodz and a distant to the center of the city is only a few kilometers. The characteristic for a landscape is differentiated relief, that the heights oscillate between 215 to 260 m above sea level. It is situated in Bzura river basin that takes the beginning in a foot of Lagiewnickie hill. In a source section on a river are create three water basin in Arturowek ( origin of the name is from a name of a hero November insurrection – Artur Zawisza ), which are locate in picturesque valley between the forest and gave a beginning for the biggest recreation and holiday base with kayak and rowing port.[Lodz]

Piotrkowska Street

more Piotrkowska Street, situated between Wolnosci and Niepodleglosci Squares, is the most elegant of all the city streets. It is also one of the major attractions of Lodz. Once it was part of the route, joining the oldest part of the city with the clothiers' settlement (Nowe Miasto) and cotton workers' settlement (Lodka) to Piotrkow Trybunalski. Hence, the name of the street. Though this four-kilometer-long street is not the longest one in the city, it is certainly a symbol of Lodz. It is also one of the longest promenades in Europe. Formally, it is not a pedestrianized area but the street with limited traffic. Thus, not a promenade in the full meaning of the word.[Lodz]

Karol Poznanski's Palace

more Izrael Kalmanowicz Poznanski erected his own family residence at the crossing of the former Dluga Street - the present-day Gdanska Street and Schulz Passage - now called 1 Maja Street. The palace was designed by Adolf Seligson, author of, among others, Silberstein's mill in Piotrkowska Street, a number of other residences and palaces, yet also the ritual buildings in the Jewish cemetery. The residence was given its stylistic attire following the manner of the Florentine Renaissance with its characteristic double-Windows and impressive rustications upon the facades, the motifs known from the l5th c. residences of Toscany.[Lodz]

Ksiezy Mlyn

more The name „Ksiezy Mlyn” came from the property that was intended for industry development and mill situated there, which on the beginning of XIX century was possession of Lodz rector, and from 1825 was included to new linen – cotton settlement. From 1870 this area became a possession of Karol Wilhelm Scheibler, which after season of “cotton crisis”, was the biggest Lodz industrialist and he used the land that he bought to expansion his company, named as a central station. During the 70 – ties years of XIX century on the area of “Ksiezy Mlyn” was created a urbaniste – architectural group, which included : factories, factory settlement and owner’s residence, later on, they added a new elements such as like: fire – brigade building, school, shops and hospital.
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Izrael Poznanski's Palace

more The system of the monumental edifices located in ul. Ogrodowa is one of the most spectacular examples of the power of the Lodz industry of the 'steam-engine' era. A line of huge buildings opens up with the Poznanski residence. Its truly palatial aspect, exposed situation, yet also its present day function have granted it its leading position among the other Lodz palaces.
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Philharmonic Lodz

more The history of the Arthur Rubinstein Lodz Philharmonic Orchestra begins on February 17th in 1915. Back then, at ‘The Great’ theatre ( which is non-existent today) on then called Konstantynowska Street the Grand Symphonic Concert took place ‘for the benefit of poor musicians’. It was organized by the pianist, Tadeusz Mazurkiewicz, a conductor and composer, amateur violinist and the owner of compositions of notes created by Joseph Friedberg and Gotlib Teschner, the owner of a bookshop and a musical instruments store as well as a cello teacher.[Lodz]

Museum Sztuki in Lodz

more Mission of the Museum is to create conditions enabling contemporary viewer to communicate with the artistic oeuvre of the past and present generations and through it to awake his ability to independent viewing, understanding and feeling surrounding him reality. Museum promotes art as en essential element of social life, which is able to make human existence fuller and more valuable. Mission purpose is realized through collecting, conserving, and elaborating collection as well as through realization of the artistic undertakings and broadly understood scientific, educational and popularization activity.[Lodz]

The Film Museum

more The museum is housed in the mid-nineteenth century small palace (residence) of Karol Scheibler, one of the most important Lodz industrialists of German origin, known as "The Cotton King" because of his wealth and the scale of his production. The palace was rebuilt in 1886-88 in the form of the present neo-renaissance style. Situated in the historic Zrodlisko park, next to the extensive former factory complex and workers' estate, it exemplifies the city's multicultural past and its former power as a centre of the textile industry. The quiet harmonious facade of the building is in sharp contrast to the richness of the multiple styles of the eclectic interiors. The elements of the interior which have survived in relatively good condition are the stucco decoration, fireplaces, painted decoration, wooden panelling and furniture, fabric for furniture covering, wallpaper, mosaics, floors and stained-glass windows.[Lodz]

Museum of the Factory

more The Museum of the Factory is a place where you can discover the history of textile factory founded by Izrael Poznanski in mid 19th century. In the times of its past glory the factory produced million of metres of cotton material. The industrial empire of Poznanski was a self-sufficient district which included the owner's residence, factory, workers housing complex, church and a hospital. Today Manufaktura is located in these historic buildings. The Museum of the Factory is the place where you will not only discover the history of Poznanski industrial empire but also how the factory developed in time, what was the material production technique and also how did the day of ordinary factory workers looked like.
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Centrum Museum of Textiles

more The idea of organizing the museum of textiles in Lodz was born already in 1946. In the city with rich textile tradition, the biggest Polish centre of textile industry, this idea seemed unquestioned. The conception was reminded to the authorities of the City, Ministry of Art and Culture in 1949, 1950, 1951, but it was only in 1952 when the department of textiles (not the museum) was established in the Museum of Art in Lodz. After 1955 it had its seat, although it was connected with evicting of the former users, major repair and adaptation. The seat was the White Factory, a magnificent complex of classicist buildings, one of the most beautiful monuments of industrial architecture in Poland.
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