Tamka

Tamka
	View of Tamka from the west
Waters	Or
Geographical location	51 ° 6 '53.7 " N , 17 ° 2' 13.8" E Coordinates: 51 ° 6 '53.7 " N , 17 ° 2' 13.8" E
length	170 m
width	50 m
surface	0.4 ha
	Matthias Bridge with the former house of the Silesian Society for Patriotic Culture

Tamka ( German Matthiasinsel ) is one of the smaller Oder islands in the old town of Wroclaw . It is connected to the old town by the Matthias Bridge ( most Świętego Macieja ) at the level of the former Matthias High School and today's Ossolineum . With a length of 170 m and a width of up to 50 m, the area of the island is less than half a hectare. It is only a few meters away from the banks of the Oder. The Matthias weir is located between Tamka and the island of Wyspa Daliowa ("Dahlia Island").

history

There was a water mill on the island as early as the 13th century . In 1534 a water art was built here, the Matthias Art , which supplied Wroclaw with water from the Oder. It burned down in 1825, but was rebuilt the following year and equipped with a steam engine.

In 1783, after Mannheim (1777) and Vienna (1881) , Breslau received one of the first bathing establishments in Germany. A second was added on Matthias Island before the end of the 18th century. It consisted of three bathing rafts and a building for hot baths , sweat baths , showers and galvanic baths. In 1841 there were two bathing establishments on the island - the Lindersche tub and river baths and the Kallenbach river baths . Kallenbach had also built a gym and a summer gymnasium here.

Starting in 1897, Julius Franz , the director of the observatory in the university's mathematical tower , relocated the place for his observations to Matthias Island in order to avoid the disturbances in the city center. It was not until the end of the 1920s that Alexander Wilkens had a new observation pavilion built in Scheitinger Park .

In 1906 the Silesian Society for Patriotic Culture had a new society house built in the southeast of Matthias Island according to plans by the Berlin architect Rudolf Zahn . It was inaugurated on October 27, 1907. In 1932 the municipal youth center was located on the western part of Matthiasinsel.

After 1945 the island got its current name. The two buildings were damaged in the war. The Society House was taken over by the Medical Academy, today's Medical University of Wroclaw , and the youth home after its reconstruction in the 1970s by the Faculty of Chemistry at the University of Wroclaw. The houses, including the land, were sold in 2015 and 2016 for a total of almost 20 million złoty to the Łódź- based company Tamka Investments , which therefore owns the entire island.

Individual evidence

^ Joseph Partsch: Silesia . Part 2: Landscapes and Settlements . Ferdinand Hirt, Breslau 1911, p. 402 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
↑ Marcin Torz: Wrocław: 140 lat miejskich wodociągów in Gazeta Wrocławska on March 25, 2011, accessed on July 6, 2017 (Polish).
^ Eduard Philipp: History of the city of Breslau . Schulz, Breslau 1831, p. 482 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
^ Carl Wolf: Public bathing and swimming establishments . Göschen, Leipzig 1908, p. 38 .
^ Moritz Vogt: Breslau and its surroundings . Krone, Breslau 1841, p. 10 f. ( limited preview in Google Book search).
^ Priebatsch: Contributions to the history of the city of Breslau . Volumes 5–8, 1938, p. 160 ( limited preview in Google book search).
↑ Brief history of the Astronomical Institute of the University of Wroclaw on their website, accessed on July 1, 2017 (Polish)
^ Conrad Buchwald: The home of the Silesian Society for Patriotic Culture in Breslau . In: Berliner Architekturwelt . Volume 11, No. 1, 1909, pp. 2-21.
↑ Joachim Bahlcke, Roland Gehrke: Institutions of historical care and historical research in Silesia . Böhlau. Köln / Weimar 2017, p. 131 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
^ Map from 1932, accessed on July 6, 2017.
↑ Marcin Kaźmierczak: Wyspa Tamka sprzedana za ponad 9 mln zł. Będzie tam hotel? in Gazeta Wrocławska on December 14, 2016, accessed on July 6, 2017 (Polish).
↑ Tomasz Matejuk: Wyspa Tamka w Calosci sprzedana. W zabytkowych budynkach powstanie hotel? on investmap.pl, December 13, 2016, accessed on July 6, 2017 (Polish).

Web links

Commons : Tamka - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wratislaviae Amici: Wyspa Tamka , historical photographs of Matthias Island

[1] Joseph Partsch: Silesia . Part 2: Landscapes and Settlements . Ferdinand Hirt, Breslau 1911, p. 402 ( limited preview in the Google book search).

[2] Marcin Torz: Wrocław: 140 lat miejskich wodociągów in Gazeta Wrocławska on March 25, 2011, accessed on July 6, 2017 (Polish).

[3] Eduard Philipp: History of the city of Breslau . Schulz, Breslau 1831, p. 482 ( limited preview in the Google book search).

[4] Carl Wolf: Public bathing and swimming establishments . Göschen, Leipzig 1908, p. 38 .

[5] Moritz Vogt: Breslau and its surroundings . Krone, Breslau 1841, p. 10 f. ( limited preview in Google Book search).

[6] Priebatsch: Contributions to the history of the city of Breslau . Volumes 5–8, 1938, p. 160 ( limited preview in Google book search).

[7] Brief history of the Astronomical Institute of the University of Wroclaw on their website, accessed on July 1, 2017 (Polish)

[8] Conrad Buchwald: The home of the Silesian Society for Patriotic Culture in Breslau . In: Berliner Architekturwelt . Volume 11, No. 1, 1909, pp. 2-21.

[9] Joachim Bahlcke, Roland Gehrke: Institutions of historical care and historical research in Silesia . Böhlau. Köln / Weimar 2017, p. 131 ( limited preview in the Google book search).

[10] Map from 1932, accessed on July 6, 2017.

[11] Marcin Kaźmierczak: Wyspa Tamka sprzedana za ponad 9 mln zł. Będzie tam hotel? in Gazeta Wrocławska on December 14, 2016, accessed on July 6, 2017 (Polish).

[12] Tomasz Matejuk: Wyspa Tamka w Calosci sprzedana. W zabytkowych budynkach powstanie hotel? on investmap.pl, December 13, 2016, accessed on July 6, 2017 (Polish).