MIASTO TKACZY W ZGIERZU. PARK KULTUROWY JAKO INSTRUMENT OCHRONY I REWITALIZACJI KRAJOBRAZU KULTUROWEGO

The Weavers’ Town Culture Park of Zgierz was created at the end of 2003 to protect the cultural heritage of Zgierz – historical wooden architecture and a traditional arrangement of urban space – illustrating the history of a clothmakers’ settlement dating back to the nineteenth century. The establishment of a culture park was envisaged as part of a wider programme for the revitalisation of the neglected and socially degraded centre of Zgierz and associated efforts to obtain Union and so-called Norwegian funds. The currently implemented project, entitled The revitalisation of the development of the historical complex of the wooden architecture of the town of Zgierz, encompasses the translocation of three weavers’ houses outside the boundary of the park, the modernisation of a single building located within the range of the Wavers’ Town and the recreation of the historical surface of Narutowicza Street (formerly: Szczęśliwa Street) and Rembowskiego Street (formerly: Średnia Street). The purpose of the undertaken work is to restore the historical development of the area of the New Market Square (today: Kilińskiego Square) and the recreation of the nineteenth- century character of this terrain. Together with granting these building new functions (cultural, tourist, etc.) the above listed endeavours intend to set up in the centre of Zgierz an attractive tourist highlight, based on the preserved cultural heritage of the site.