Grzegórzki, Kraków

Grzegórzki
Grzegórzki
Dzielnica of Kraków
	Rondo Mogilskie - main transport hub of the district
	Location of Grzegórzki within Kraków
	Coordinates: 50°3′23.8″N 19°57′11.8″E / 50.056611°N 19.953278°E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lesser Poland
County/City	Kraków
Government
• President	Małgorzata Ciemięga
Area
• Total	5.85 km2 (2.26 sq mi)
Population (2014)
• Total	28,960
• Density	5,000/km2 (13,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code	+48 12
Website	http://www.dzielnica2.krakow.pl

Grzegórzki is one of 18 districts of Kraków, located in the central part of the city. The name Grzegórzki comes from a village of same name that is now a part of the district.

According to the Central Statistical Office data, the district's area is 5.85 square kilometres (2.26 square miles) and 28 960 people inhabit Grzegórzki.^[1]

History

The oldest part of the district is Wesoła, stretching along Lubicz and Kopernika Streets, which originated as a suburb around St Nicolas' Church on today's Kopernika Street.^[2] Situated next to it, Grzegórzki is a former village, incorporated into Krakow in 1910.^[2] At the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century it was heavily industrialised.^[2] A strike in 1936 at the Semperit factory was bloodily suppressed, resulting in 8 deaths.^[3] In the northern part of the district, mainly along Beliny-Prażmowskiego and Brodowicza streets, the Officers' housing estate was built from 1925.^[2] From the end of the 20th century, the district gradually lost its industrial character and was transformed into an office and residential area. Some of the former factories have been revitalised and transformed into multi-functional complexes, such as Browar Lubicz, Fabryczna City complex and Galeria Kazimierz

Population

Subdivisions of Grzegórzki

Grzegórzki is divided into smaller subdivisions (osiedla). Here's a list of them.

Dąbie
Olsza
Wesoła
Grzegórzki
Osiedle Oficerskie

Landmarks

Church of the Immaculate Conception - former Carmelite church, built 1634-1683 in Baroque style
Botanic Garden of the Jagiellonian University - founded in 1783
Kraków University of Economics - designed by Tadeusz Stryjeński and Władysław Ekielski and built 1891-1893 in Renaissance Revival style
Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus - designed by Franciszek Mączyński, built 1907–1921 in Art Nouveau style with historical motifs
Krakow Market Hall - built 1937-1940 in modernist style
K1 Building - skyscraper built 1972-1998 in Postmodern style
Unity Tower - skyscraper built 1975-2019 in Postmodern style
Kraków Opera - designed by Romuald Loegler and built 2004-2008 in Postmodern style
Galeria Kazimierz - shopping mall built 2004-2005 on the site of the former city slaughterhouse with some of its buildings incorporated into the complex
Lubicz Brewery - former brewery converted into a multifunctional complex
Fabryczna City - former distillery converted into a multifunctional complex
Monument to the Armed Deed of the Krakow Proletariat - commemorating the bloodily suppressed strike at the ‘Semperit’ factory in 1936