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Zipser's Villa in Bielsko-Biała

Zipser's Villa in Bielsko-Biała, Historical villa at Bystrzańska 52, Bielsko-Biała, Poland.

Zipser's Villa is a historicist villa built in 1890 for the Bielsko cloth manufacturer Edward Zipser, next to his cloth factory. It was given a so-called French costume: a high mansard roof with an openwork balustrade along the ridge, modelled on the villas of the Bois de Boulogne. The building is part of a palace complex that also includes a villa park.

Edward Zipser, a Bielsko cloth manufacturer, had this villa built in 1890 next to his own cloth factory. The design, in the historicist French costume style, was chosen by Zipser himself; no architect is named in the sources. After 1945 the building housed a primary school and later a boarding school for a special education centre, and it has been in private hands since 2010.

After World War II, the building became a school and dormitory serving the local community. This shift shows how a private mansion was adapted to meet public needs over time.

The villa stands at ul. Bystrzańska 52 in the Mikuszowice district, beside the former Zipser cloth factory. It is a private property, so the interior is not open; the mansard roof and ridge balustrade can be seen from the street. The grounds form a villa park that belongs to the palace complex.

The villa's high mansard roof with an openwork balustrade along the ridge refers to the villa buildings of the Bois de Boulogne in Paris, a style that became popular across Europe after 1871. The building was given a so-called French costume within historicism.

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1890
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Emanuel Rost
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Bystrzańska 52
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49.79039,19.05852
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