Ignacy Boerner Memorial
The Ignacy Boerner Memorial is a modernist monument in Warsaw, Poland, placed at the corner of Kaliskiego and Kutrzeby Streets, in the Boernerowo neighbourhood of the Bemowo district. The modernist bust sculpture is dedicated to Ignacy Boerner, a military officer and politician, who was the Minister of Post and Telegraphs of Poland from 1929 to 1933, and the founder of Boernerowo. The monument was unveiled on 17 November 2007.
History
On 11 November 1988, a commemorative plaque dedicated to Ignacy Boerner, was unveiled at the corner of Kaliskiego and Kutrzeby Streets, in the neighbourhood of Boernerowo. On 17 November 2007, it was replaced with a modernist monument consisting of a bust of Boerner. On 17 April 2008, the garden square, on which the monument stands, was named after Boerner, in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of his death.
Overview
The monument is placed at the Colonel Ignacy Boerner Square at the corner of Kaliskiego and Kutrzeby Streets, in front of the Church of Our Lady of the Sharp Gate. It has the form of a modernist bust of Ignacy Boerner, placed on a cylidrical pedestal. It features a Polish inscription, which reads: