Historic Weaver's House

The second historic weaver's house in Aleksandrów Łódzki stands at ulica Warszawska 43, in a different part of the city from the building at Wojska Polskiego. It is also a wooden remnant of the weaver settlement from which the city's history began.

City built on weaving

Aleksandrów Łódzki was founded around 1816 on the lands of Rafał Bratoszewski as a weaver settlement, and received city rights on 22 March 1822. It was settled primarily by weavers of German origin and Protestant faith, alongside Polish Catholics and Jews.

Building with workshop under one roof

Weaver houses were built as wooden, one- or two-storey structures with a wide frontage, a pitched roof and a passage in the middle, which led to rooms on the ground floor and attic. Such an arrangement combined residential function with a weaving workshop, and buildings were erected with settlers arriving from Prussian and Saxon territories in mind.

Warszawska Street as a trace of the settlement

Warszawska Street, alongside Wojska Polskiego, is among the places where such houses have survived to this day, although many of them require restoration. A similar building, historic weaver's house at Wojska Polskiego, shows the same type of building in another part of the city.

Practical information

• Address: ul. Warszawska 43, city centre of Aleksandrów Łódzki.
• Access: city centre, near the former tsaddik's manor.
• What to expect: wooden building on the outside, no access to the interior.