Chodkiewicz Palace (Miodowa)

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Chodkiewicz Palace
The classical facade of the palace facing Ulica Miodowa.  The entrance to the traditional restaurant "Honoratka" is on the ground floor of the central risalit with three window axes

The classical facade of the palace facing Ulica Miodowa . The entrance to the traditional restaurant "Honoratka" is on the ground floor of the central risalit with three window axes

Creation time : before 1800
Castle type : palace
Conservation status: Reconstructed
Place: Warsaw
Geographical location 52 ° 14 '50 "  N , 21 ° 0' 33"  E Coordinates: 52 ° 14 '50 "  N , 21 ° 0' 33"  E
Chodkiewicz Palace (Lesser Poland)
Chodkiewicz Palace
The facade of the building facing the courtyard; here the risalit has no gable triangle
The entrance to the courtyard of the Ulica Podwale from

The Chodkiewicz Palace is located on Ulica Miodowa (No. 14) in Warsaw's inner city district . The 18th century building was destroyed in the Second World War, later rebuilt and now houses a restaurant and offices of various organizations and companies.

location

The main building of the palace is on the northern side of the historically significant Miodowa . The rear outbuildings extend to Ulica Podwale , where the gate entrance to the main courtyard is also located. The partly restored fortress wall of the old town runs here . The building complex is located in the east on the narrow ulica Kapitulna , which connects the Miodowa with the Podwale . A Ukrainian-Greek-Catholic monastery of the Order of the Basilians of St. Josaphat (Polish: Cerkiew i monaster Zaśnięcia Najświętszej Marii Panny ) borders the palace grounds in the west . Opposite the Miodowa is the entrance to the Pac Palace .

history

The building history of the ensemble is controversial. Ambiguities arise from the dimension of the property, on which several objects presumably stood. A first mansion was probably built here in 1630 for Bishop Jakub Zadzik . This building burned down during the Swedish invasion . In 1670 Andrzej Kazimierz Giełgut, a royal secretary, owned the estate. In 1743 Konstancja, the wife of voivod Piotr Jan Czapski , was the owner. Subsequent owners (possibly only in parts) came from the Zyberkow and Rzewuski families.

In the 1750s a palace was built for Jan Karol Mniszech, a chamberlain to the Lithuanian crown . It is unknown whether this palace included the previous building. Such a place could have been built for Crown Marshal Jerzy Mniszech at the end of the 17th century. It is believed that the design for the new palace came from Giacomo Fontana . After Mniszech's death the palace fell to Ludwika Mniszech nee. Sułkowska.

Chodkiewicz family

From 1790 to 1824 the palace was owned by the Chodkiewicz family of magnates . Towards the end of the 19th century, the interior of the palace was designed in classicist forms from the previous Rococo style . The renovation could have been commissioned by Piotr Ożarowski, a hetman of the Grand Crown or Aleksander Chodkiewicz. This Chodkiewicz, a chemist, had set up a laboratory in the palace at the beginning of the 19th century; In 1827, in collaboration with Jan Siestrzyński, the first lithographic printing house in Warsaw was established. Probably in the years 1824 to 1829 the building was raised by one floor according to a design by Stanisław Kostka Hoffmann. From 1824 the palace was owned by the Czaczkowski family, from 1827 Jan Kochanowski and from 1851 Jan Hryniewicz the owners.

Commercial use

In the first half of the 19th century the “Honoratka” café opened on the ground floor of the palace. It exists - as a restaurant - to this day. In 1831 meetings of the Patriotic Society (Polish: Towarzystwa Patriotycznego , also Klub Patriotyczny ) took place here. It also took Frederic Chopin , Joachim Lelewel , Ksawery Bronikowski, Maurycy Mochnacki and Piotr Wysoki part. There was also an Anglican chapel in the building at the time . In 1852 a restoration took place under the direction of Alfons Kropiwnicki . Leon Skiwski acquired the building in 1862, later it fell to his heirs.

In 1920 the Christian Craftsmen Association (Polish: Związek Rzemieślników Chrześcijan ) bought the palace. The building burned down during the Warsaw Uprising ; Remnants left behind were partly torn off. In 1948 and 1949 the palace was rebuilt under the direction of Jan Bogusławski and Józef Łowiński. From 1950 to 1956 Henryk Grunwald created the decorative latticework. The current, elongated outbuildings correspond neither in form nor dimension to the original development; they were built in the context of the post-war design of the property according to practical aspects. After the war, the palace was assigned to the then Central Association of Polish Crafts (Polish: Centralny Związek Rzemiosła Polskiego ).

present

Today in the palace next to the Honoratka restaurant there is the seat of the Association of Chamber of Crafts ( Związek Izb Rzemieślniczych ) and the Warsaw Chamber of Crafts ( Izby Rzemieślnicznej w Warszawie ). The offices of the German-Polish Chamber of Industry and Commerce (AHK Poland) and Germany Trade and Invest are also located here - along with many other companies .

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References and comments

  1. January Siestrzyński was (1788-1824), a Polish doctor, educator and printers
  2. Ksawery Bronikowski (1796-1852) was a Polish politician and publicist
  3. ^ Henryk Grunwald (1904–1958) was a Polish draftsman, painter, blacksmith and poet
  4. according to Website of the Association

See also

literature

  • Julius A. Chroscicki and Andrzej Rottermund, Architectural Atlas of Warsaw , 1st edition, Arkady, Warsaw 1978, p. 170

Web links

Commons : Chodkiewicz Palace  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
  • Craftsmen Association website (in English)
  • Honoratka restaurant website (in Polish)
  • Website of the German-Polish Chamber of Commerce and Industry