Street Pędzichów, Kraków

Pędzichów street

Kraków
View of the street
Part of	Kraków Old town district
Owner	City of Kraków
Location	Kraków, Poland

Pędzichów Street in Kraków is a street in Kraków, in District I of the Old Town in Kleparz.

This street was most likely the main road of the village of Pędzichów, bordering Kleparz, a reminder of which is the boundary stone, preserved to this day, placed at the mouth of the street. The name may come from the herding of cattle to the city here, the proper name Pędzich, or the leading of convicts to the city gallows, which were located at the end of the street.

Since 1441, at the corner of today's Długa and Pędzichów streets, there was the church of St. Valentine. Destroyed several times by fires and wars, then rebuilt, it was finally demolished in 1819.

Buildings

The houses are mainly tenement houses and a few public buildings. Most of them were built in the last two decades of the 19th century, replacing the wooden buildings on the street.

• Street Pędzichów 1 (Street Długa 29) – tenement house. Designed by Maksymilian Nitsch in 1875. From the side of ul. There is a stone built in Pędzichów, bordered by the inscription: "Znak granicy między Kleparzem y Pędzichowem 1782".
• Street Pędzichów 2 (Street Długa 31) – the tenement house was built in the years 1883–1885, in 1910 rebuilt according to the design of Henryk Lamensdorf into a 3-story house for the landowner Artur Teodor Rayski. His son, the founder of Polish aviation, Brigadier General, lived in the tenement house. pilot Ludomił Rayski. On the facade there is a commemorative plaque dedicated to the general. In front of the tenement house, in a small square, there is a column with a statue of Our Lady from 1865.
• Street Pędzichów 5 (Street Wróblewskiego 1-3) – tenement. Designed by Józef Pokutyński in 1904. Formerly the Municipal Police Headquarters in Kraków, currently it houses the 1st Police Station.
• Street Pędzichów 8 – tenement house. Designed by Stefan Ertel in 1890.
• Street Pędzichów 11 – the building of the former care facility of the "Family House" association. Designed by Aleksander Biborski in 1900. Currently a pilgrimage and excursion house.
• Street Pędzichów 13 – the building of the former care facility of the "Family House" association. Designed by Piotr Kozłowski in 1897. Currently a pilgrimage and excursion house and Catholic Schools.

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  Border sign between Pędzichów and Kleparz
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  Street Pędzichów 2, "Dom Turecki"
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  Street Pędzichów 4
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  Street Pędzichów 7
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  Street Pędzichów 15
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  Street Pędzichów 16-16a
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  Street Pędzichów 17
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  Street Pędzichów 19
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  Street Pędzichów 21

Bibliography

• Zabytki Architektury i budownictwa w Polsce (in Polish). Warsaw: Krajowy Ośrodek Badań i Dokumentacji Zabytków. 2007. ISBN 97883-92290681.
• Encyklopedia Krakowa (in Polish). Kraków: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. 2000. ISBN 8301133252.