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Mariensztat
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Mariensztat (ˈmarjɛnʂtat) is a historic neighbourhood along the Vistula river in central Warsaw, the capital of Poland. Situated between the riverbank and the UNESCO-protected Old Town, Mariensztat is part of the larger Śródmieście (Downtown) borough and is one of the city's smallest suburbs.
Most of contemporary Mariensztat was once beneath the water level, however, as the waters in the Vistula shifted eastward, more land on the river's western bank emerged and became available for settlement.
The historical neighbourhood was officially established in 1762, when local nobleman Eustachy Potocki married Maria Kątska and received the parcel of land as part of Kątska's dowry. He established a jurydyka (an administrative self-governing exclave of the city) and named the settlement Maryenstadt after his wife, adding the German suffix stadt to please the Saxon king of Poland. After World War II, the spelling "Mariensztat" was adopted, though with a different pronunciation (ˈmarjɛnʂtat) than Marienstadt maˈʁiːənʃtat has in German. The town was mostly a place for trade, particularly for fresh produce that arrived by the river. The majority of the area's dwellings were wooden manors; several brick or stone tenement houses with red-terracotta roof tiles were owned by wealthier merchants. In 1784, it was incorporated into Warsaw and lost its independent town status.
With the arrival of industrialization, Mariensztat became a site of many transformations and disparities. The Pancer Viaduct, completed in 1846, connected the Royal Castle with the Kierbedź Bridge that led to the Praga borough across the river. The sudden surge of people and visitors travelling on the viaduct to Old Town increased the potential for economic activity. In the 1860s, Samuel Orgelbrand established a printing presses at Bednarska Street, one of the most modern in Congress Poland; several other factories were set up in the vicinity which attracted more settlers. By 1865, the little market square at Mariensztat was enlarged and became an important trading place along the Vistula.
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