Miodowa Street, Kraków

Miodowa street
Kraków
View from Krakowska Street
Interactive map of Miodowa street
Part ofKraków Old Town district
OwnerCity of Kraków
LocationKraków, Poland
TypeCultural
Criteriaiv
Designated1978
Part ofHistoric Centre of Kraków
Reference no.29
RegionEurope and North America
Designated1994-09-08
Part ofKraków historical city complex
Reference no.M.P. 1994 nr 50 poz. 418[1]

Miodowa Street is a street in Kraków in Grzegórzki and Kazimierz (the part east of the road underpass).

History

Between the city walls of Kazimierz and the Vistula River, a suburban road ran along the walls in the Middle Ages. After the demolition of Kazimierz’s city walls in the early 19th century, a street called Podbrzeże or Podbrzezie emerged, named after the suburb between the river and the walls. It was laid out around 1865 based on regulatory plans from 1828 and 1844.[2][3]

The current name was given in 1858.[2]

Before 1889, the street was extended beyond Starowiślna Street. In its eastern section, the street passes through a road underpass beneath railway line No. 91.[2][3]

Architecture

The buildings consist mainly of late 19th- and early 20th-century tenement houses, synagogues, and schools:[4][5]

  • 3 Miodowa Street – Tenement house, designed by Karol Knaus (1901).
  • 6 Miodowa Street – Tenement house, designed by Karol Knaus (1899).
  • 9 Miodowa Street – Tenement house, designed by Władysław Kleinberger (1898).
  • 10 Miodowa Street (corner of 4 Bożego Ciała Street) – Tenement house, designed by August Pluszczyński (1835). Currently (2024), after renovation, it has been extended by two floors.
  • 13 Miodowa Street – Tenement house, designed by Leopold Tlachna (1937). It housed a synagogue of Hasidic Jews from Cieszanów.
  • 15 Miodowa Street – Tenement house, designed by Beniamin Torbe (1896).
  • 19 Miodowa Street – Tenement house, designed by Aleksander Biborski (1905). The only Art Nouveau tenement in Kazimierz.
  • 24 Miodowa Street – Tempel Synagogue.
  • 24 Miodowa Street – Jewish Community Center.
  • 24a Miodowa Street – Tenement house, designed by Zygmunt Prokesz (1929). It housed the Cheder Iwri Jewish elementary school and the Tachkemoni high school.
  • 27 Miodowa Street (corner of 8 Warszauera Street) – Kupa Synagogue.
  • 29 Miodowa Street – Tenement house, designed by Adam Dębski (1898).
  • 36–36a Miodowa Street – Former Municipal School of Fr. Piramowicz, designed by Stefan Żołdani (1884). Now Primary School No. 11.
  • 55 Miodowa Street – Funeral home, designed by Władysław Kleinberger (1903).
  • 55 Miodowa Street – New Jewish Cemetery, established in 1800.

References

  1. ^ Zarządzenie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 8 września 1994 r. w sprawie uznania za pomnik historii., M.P., 1994, vol. 50, No. 418
  2. ^ a b c Encyklopedia Krakowa, (volume I) (in Polish). Kraków: Biblioteka Kraków, Muzeum Krakowa. 2023. p. 985. ISBN 978-83-66253-46-9.
  3. ^ a b Nazwy ulic Krakowa (in Polish). Kraków: Wydawnictwo Instytutu Języka Polskiego PAN. 1995. p. 104. ISBN 83-85579-48-6.
  4. ^ Zabytki Architektury i budownictwa w Polsce. Kraków (in Polish). Warsaw: Krajowy Ośrodek Badań i Dokumentacji Zabytków. 2007. pp. 257–259.
  5. ^ Gminna ewidencja zabytków - Kraków (in Polish), Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej, 2025-06-15