Garncarska Street in Kraków is a street in Kraków, in District I Old Town, in Piasek. It runs from Krupnicza Street to Józef Piłsudski Street, beyond the intersection of which it becomes Retoryka Street.
History.
The street is located in the area of a former settlement called Krupniki, documented since the 16th century, which was part of the suburban municipal jurisdiction of Garbary near Kraków. The settlement was primarily inhabited by "krupnicy" – craftsmen involved in the production of flour and groats. For this reason, the street has been called Krupnicza or Krupniki since the 16th century. The current name was first mentioned in 1836 and was also used at that time to refer to what is now Krupnicza Street. Regulations in 1883 and 1896 shaped Garncarska Street into its current route.
Buildings.
The street is primarily lined with 2- and 3-story tenement houses from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, built in eclectic and modernist styles.