Franciszek Bieliński

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Franciszek Bieliński with marshal's baton and ribbon and star of the White Eagle Order; Painting by an unknown painter (possibly Augustyn Myris), oil on canvas, created after 1766

Franciszek Bieliński , also: Franciszek II. Bieliński (* around 1683 ; † October 8, 1766 in Warsaw ) was a Polish politician in various offices. Significant for the development of Warsaw was its activity in the urban and economic reorganization of the city in the middle of the 18th century.

Life

His parents were the Grand Crown Marshal Kazimierz Ludwik Bieliński and Ludwika Maria, geb. Morsztyn, daughter of Jan Andrzej Morsztyn .

Bieliński was an officer and in the course of his political career held functions as Starost in Malbork , Czersk , Grójec and Garwolin , as Wojwode in ( Chełmno ), as Court Marshal (from 1732) and Marshal of the Crown and as Grand Treasurer of Prussia .

Modernization of Warsaw

During the reign of August III. Bieliński was appointed chairman of the Warsaw Plastics Commission in the Polish kingdom in 1742 . During the period in which the commission was headed by him, not only was the Warsaw street and sewer system reorganized and modernized, street lighting and the regulation of residential and production areas were also implemented. Among other things, he arranged for the majority (222) of Warsaw's streets to be paved.

In order to create a basis for his planning, Bieliński commissioned the French Pierre Ricaud de Tirregaille to draw up the first precise city map of Warsaw. In 1752 he initiated the establishment of the first fire brigade unit in Poland (in his manor Ostrów Wielkopolski ).

In 1713 he acquired the palace in Otwock near Warsaw, which he rebuilt and expanded. Around 1730 he built his Warsaw residence in Szumowski between the estate of the Crown Chancellor Jan Małachowski and the Bishop of Płock , Antoni Sebastian Dembowski. In 1757 he created the Jurydyka Bielino, which developed into a small town and is now part of the inner city of Warsaw . He called the road connecting Bielino and Warsaw's old town, which he also built, with Ulica Bielińska .

Bieliński was with Dorota Henrietta, b. Przebendowska († 1755) married, the widow of the voivode of Nowogródek , Jan Mikołaj Radziwiłł . He died childless. In 1770 the ul. Bielińska he had built was renamed ulica Marszałkowska ( Marshal's Street ) in his honor; it still bears the name today and has become one of Warsaw's most important arteries.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b according to Jacek Kałuszko and Paweł Ajdacki, Otwock i Okolice , ISBN 83-89188-49-X , publisher: Rewasz, Pruszków 2006, p. 222 (in Polish)
  2. ↑ according to Discover Małgorzata Danecka, Thorsten Hoppe, Warsaw. Tours through the Polish capital, Trescher Verlag, ISBN 978-3-89794-116-8 , Berlin 2008, p. 22
  3. ↑ a b according to Jerzy Kowecki, Hanna Szwankowska and Andrzej Zahorski, Warszawa XVIII wieku , Volume 12, Studia warszawskie , Publisher: PWN, Warsaw 1972, p. 96 (in Polish)

Web links

Commons : Franciszek Bieliński  - collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

  • Janusz Durko, album Warszawski / Warsaw album. The image of the city from the collections in the Historical Museum of the Capital City of Warsaw , German-Polish edition, Agencja Reklamowo-Wydawnicza A. Grzegorczyk, ISBN 83-86902-73-6 , Warsaw 2000, p. 126
personal data
SURNAME Bieliński, Franciszek
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish nobleman and politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1683
DATE OF DEATH October 8, 1766
Place of death Warszawa