Most pływający na Wiśle między Kazimierzem a Podgórzem, zwany Skórzanym
A floating bridge on the Vistula between Kazimierz and Podgórze called the “Leather Bridge”

Summary/Abstract: The Leather Bridge was a floating bridge connecting Kazimierz and Podgórze. Built after 1775, it served as a key crossing on the border between the Polish‑Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Habsburg monarchy until it was dismantled in 1802. Despite its unusual construction and makeshift appearance, it was not criticised by observers of the time, although it clearly contrasted with the architecture of Kraków. Its exact location was determined by an analysis of historical cartographic plans, indicating that it stood about 120 metres east of the contemporary Piłsudski Bridge. The structure consisted of two independent parts floating on wooden beams; the parts were connected by a removable passage. Although we have no iconographic documentation of the Leather Bridge, its description survives in written sources, including the works of Sebastian Sierakowski and police and cartographic documentation from the late eighteenth century.

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