Bogdan Raczkowski Bogdan Raczkowski was born on March 12, 1888, in
Poznań. In March 1921, he moved to
Bydgoszcz, where on 29 December, he took the post of city councilor, head of the Ground Construction Office. He served as deputy chairman of the city council for many years. During his mandate as a counselor, several Bydgoszcz districts have been enriched by a number of residential complexes financed by city
magistrates: Babia Wieś, Biedaszkowo, Bielawy, Jachcice and Śródmieście (downtown). Many renovations were made and the aesthetics of the city improved. Raczkowski planned and co-designed the construction of a 600-bed city hospital. After
Invasion of Poland in September 1939, his home at 1
Asnyka street being already occupied by a German dignitary, the family lived with a relative at
Weyssenhoff Square. On October 2, 1939, they were all arrested and shot probably in the forest north of the city (
Las Gdański), on October 4. Only Raczkowski's son Zdzisław escaped the arrest and survived
WWII. File:Stadion Polonii przy ul. Sportowej. - Widok ze skweru Mariana Norkowskiego - panoramio (1).jpg|
Polonia Stadium (1922) File:Bdg4.jpg|View of Jurasz hospital, initial design by Bogdan Raczkowski File:Bdg ulLibelta&Kollotaja 2 07-2013.jpg| Building at 5
Libelta street (1928–1929) File:Bdg kscswStanislawa 15 07-2013.jpg|St.
Stanislaus of Szczepanów church in Bydgoszcz
Jan Kossowski Jan Kossowski (July 13, 1898, in
Belarus-December 9, 1958, in Bydgoszcz) was a very prolific Polish architect and builder, mainly associated with Bydgoszcz. His professional activity stretches from the
interwar period to the 1940s. The best villas designed by Kossowski were erected in the Sielanka and Leśne districts and in Sułkowskiego Street. Not only did he design houses, but also performed reconstruction of public, industrial buildings and sacral buildings. He is as well the author of the
Freedom Monument in downtown Bydgoszcz. File:Al Ossolińskich 5.jpg|Villa at
Ossoliński Alley 5 File:Pasamon 1938.jpg|Pasamon complex at 117
Jagiellońska street in Bydgoszcz File:Bydgoszcz Pomnik Wolności.jpg|
Freedom Monument File:Bdg pl Wolności 7 03-2013.jpg|Tenement at 7
Plac Wolnosci Alfons Licznerski Alfons Licznerski was born on September 25, 1902, in the village of
Sampława then part of
East Prussia. He was the son of Józef, a farmer, also
Schultheiß of the village. His parents moved to
Rożental in 1906, and Alfons attended elementary and primary schools there from 1908 to 1915. In the autumn of 1915, he began his studies in the pre-gymnasium in
Lubawa. There, he became interested in socio-national issues and in 1917, he joined the activist movement of the
Society of Tomasz Zan. During the meetings of the society, he learned Polish history and literature. In 1919, he was a member of the forbidden Polish
Scouting movement, and from 1920, he was in the first junior high school scouting team. He then attended a classical gymnasium in 1921 in
Toruń and after graduation in 1924, he was appointed for military service in
Grudziądz. However, after an accident, he was permanently released from the army. From 1925 to 1933, Alfons Licznerski studied at the Faculty of Architecture of the
Gdańsk University of Technology, obtaining in March 1934 the diploma of
Civil engineer. During his studies he participated in corporation trips in
Pomerelia and
Kashubia cities. During his studies he took longer professional practices in firms and construction offices in
Gdynia and
Gdańsk (1928–1933). As such he participated, among others, in the building of: • the
Władysławowo railway station (1928); • a port warehouse and storage facility (Gdynia, 1929–1932); • a residential worker colony (Gdynia, 1932–1933). After graduating, he designed the municipal slaughterhouse in
Płock (1934–1935), or the expansion of the gymnasium in Gdańsk (1935–1936). He also traveled to gain professional expertise, in Poland and abroad (e.g. Germany), studying urban issues and problems of industrial construction. In September 1936, he settled in
Bydgoszcz, where he worked in the Construction Department of the Municipal Board until the outbreak of
World War II. During
Occupation of Poland (1939–1945), he kept his position at the Technical Department of the city. At the end of February 1944, he was drafted into the
Wehrmacht. He returned to Bydgoszcz in November 1945 and started working at the Regional Directorate of Spatial Planning, where he was the head of the urban studio (1945–1948). In 1947, at the request of the Theater Reconstruction Committee, he designed a new theater building (today's
Polish Theatre in Bydgoszcz). Alfons Licznerski initiated the systematic collection of photographs of Bydgoszcz monuments. After many years in the municipal and regional construction boards and offices, he retired in 1968. In 1971, was awarded the title of Honorary Member of the
Association of the Supporters of Bydgoszcz (). He died on June 8, 1976, in Bydgoszcz and was buried in the Nowofarny Cemetery in Bydgoszcz. File:Teatr Polski 1950s.jpg|Polish Theatre in Bydgoszcz ca 1950 File:Bdg TeatrPolski 1 07-2013.jpg|The building today
Stefan Klajbor Stefan Klajbor was born on October 20, 1924, in Bydgoszcz. After
WWII, he joined the Presidium of Bydgoszcz National Council and was the main architect of the city until 1958. He had a continuous active production till December 1989, when he retired. He died in Bydgoszcz in 1991. His most important achievements in Bydgoszcz include the designs of (among others): • the
Pomeranian Philharmonic building (1959); • the building of Bydgoszcz
Polish Federation of Engineering Associations (); • the project of Recreation and Culture Forest Park () in Myślęcinek district. File:NOT Bydgoszcz.jpg|Bydgoszcz
NOT building File:Bdg Filharmonia kat 07-2013.jpg|
Pomeranian Philharmonic building
Other active Polish architects File:Aleja Ossolińskich 7 willa NIK.jpg|Villa at
Ossoliński Alley 7 (1927–1929). Registered on
Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship heritage list. During the Nazi occupation, the building housed the Westpreußen seat of
Selbstschutz of western Prussia, as well as the
Abwehr. After
World War II, it was used by
NKVD, and between 1947 and 2004, by a delegation of
Polish Supreme Audit Office. File:Aleja Ossolińskich Fortis Bank noc.jpg|Villa at
Ossoliński Alley 25 (1927–1929). File:Gimnazjalna 2 2015.jpg|Tenement at
2 Gimnazjalna (1920s). File:Markwarta 5 2.jpg|Villa at 2 Kasprowicza, corner with
Markwarta street File:Bdg Sielanka2 2.jpg|Villa at 2
Sielanka street, corner with
Markwarta street File:4 Sielanka 2.jpg|Villa at 4
Sielanka street (1927–1930) File:Bdg Sielanka8 2.jpg|Gustaw Bernaczek Villa at 8
Sielanka street (1927–1929) File:10 Sielanka.jpg|Villa at 10
Sielanka street (1927) File:Bdg Asnyka5.jpg|Villa at 5
Asnyka Street (1927–1931) File:Bdg Sielanka 17 07-2013.jpg|Villa at 2
Jana Kasprowicza Street (1927–1929) File:Telefonika Kable Bydgoszcz a.jpg|New hall of the
Bydgoszcz Cable Factory (1928) File:Bdg Kopernika7a 2.jpg|Villa at 7a
Kopernika Street (1933–1935).
Functionalism style. File:Kopernika 9.jpg|Villa at 9
Kopernika Street (1927–1929). File:Aleja Ossolińskich 17.jpg|Villa at 17
Ossoliński Alley (1932–1933). File:Aleja Ossolińskich 19.jpg|Villa at 19
Ossoliński Alley (1932–1933). File:Aleja Ossolińskich 21.jpg|Villa at 21
Ossoliński Alley (1932–1933). File:Sielanka 1 1.jpg|Villa at 1 Sielanka, corner with
Markwarta street File:Asnyka 2.jpg|Villa at 2
Asnyka street File:Bdg Asnyka3 01-2014.jpg|Villa at 3
Asnyka street File:Bdg Kasprowicza4.jpg|Villa at 4
Jana Kasprowicza Street (1933–1934) File:Bdg Sielanka 3 10-2013.jpg|Villa at 3
Kopernika Street (1933–1935).
Functionalism style. File:Gdanska 100.jpg|Tenement at 100
Gdańska Street (1930s).
Functionalism style. File:Markwarta 7 Wojewodzka Stacja Pogotowia Ratunkowego.jpg|7
Markwarta street (1927–1928).
Functionalism. File:Bdg Markwarta9 1.jpg|9
Markwarta street (1927–1929).
Functionalism. File:18 Sielanka.jpg|18
Sielanka Street (1927–1930).
Functionalism. File:Gdańska 100 róg Chodkiewicza.jpg|98
Gdańska Street, corner with
Chodkiewicza Street (1932–1933).
Functionalism.
Other noteworthy architects since 1920 ==See also==