Poznan – 19th c. Postindustrial areas and buildings in the city centre

Poznan post-industrial areas, still with some remains of industrial buildings from the turn of the century, are slowly disappearing as the sites are being converted, they are “no man’s land”, filled with vacant space and ruins. This paper presents the situation as it is today in the city centre, it attempts to locate the sites and buildings, where production was conducted. Poznan industry in the nineteenth century primarily involved small factories producing food, household chemicals, ferrous products, mechanical products as well as railway and urban infrastructure. The symbols of the situation are the biggest monuments of the industrial architecture of Poznan, the sad fate of which is known only to the citizens of Poznań as well as the Old Brewery, known to the whole Poland