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LUBLIN Partnership agreement from March 4, 1996 Population: over 350 000 habitants
Lublin, administrative centre of the voivodship and the capital of the Lublin Region, and home to 365 thousand inhabitants, is the biggest town in Eastern Poland. The location of the town atop loessial rolling hills of the Lublin Upland in the valley of the Bystrzyca and its tributaries is one of its assets. During the 5th and 7th centuries the inhabitants of Lublin grew in number, and by 1317 Lublin was granted municipal status. In 1474 Lublin became the capital of the voivodship, a role it has continuously played to this day. During the years of the first Republic, Lublin, which was centrally located, was inhabited by different nationalities and religious denominations that constituted a rich and varied community.
Assets of Lublin: • An academic centre recognized in Poland and abroad, with universities such as Maria Sklodowska-Curie University, Catholic University of Lublin, the European Ph.D. College of Polish and Ukrainian Universities, numerous vocational colleges and over a 100-thousand society of students and a colourful Campus. • City of highbrow culture hosting events such as Theatre Confrontations International Festival, Oldest Songs from Little Europe International Festival, Everlasting International Guitar Festival, Culture Night, Jagiellonian Fair, student and niche events. Lublin means also the Old Town with the original medieval spatial arrangement and the Holy Trinity Chapel from the 16th century decorated with Byzantine and Russian mural paintings coming from the year 1418, which is entered, along with the Basilica of the Dominican Friars and the Union of Lublin monument, into the list of the treasures of the European cultural heritage. • City which gladly welcomes guests from 17 twin cities across Europe, USA and Canada as well as guests from numerous friendly cities from the East and from the West; laureate of the “Golden Star of Partnership” and the European Diploma for international cooperation. • City of ambitious and well-educated people able to take up challenges • On the current job and competition market, a city with the rapidly developing services sector, investor-friendly, providing favourable conditions for making good business • City which nourishes good relationships with the closest neighbouring countries – cities in Ukraine and Belarus that cultivate their traditional multiculturalism and at the same time gain dynamism and look into the future.
OLSZTYN Partnership oath from December 19, 1997 Population: 174 473 habitants Olsztyn is a city in northeast Poland, on the River Lyna. Historically the capital of Warmia, Olsztyn is the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship since 1999, previously Olsztyn Voivodship (1945-1975 and 1975-1998 in different shapes). Olsztyn is divided into 22 districts. The city is situated in a lake region of forests and plains. There are 15 lakes inside the administrative bounds of the city (13 with the area greater than 1 ha). The overall area of lakes in Olsztyn is about 725 ha which constitutes 8.25 % of the total city area. More than a half of the forests occupying 21.2 % of the city area forms a single complex of the Municipal Forest (1050 ha) used mainly for recreation and tourism purposes. Within the Municipal Forest area, two sanctuaries of the peat-land flora: Mszar and Redykajny, are situated. Municipal greenery (560 ha, 6.5 % of the city area) developed in the form of numerous parks, green spots and also three over 100 years old cemeteries includes 910 monuments of nature and groups of protected trees in the form of beech, oak, maple and lime lined avenues.
RZESZOW Partnership agreement from November 20, 1991 Population: 165 500 habitants Rzeszów is a city in south-eastern Poland with a population of 164,000 (2005), granted a town charter in 1354, the capital and largest city of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship (since 1999), previously of Rzeszów Voivodship (1945-1998). Rzeszów is located on both sides of the Wis³ok river. It is located in the heartland of the Sandomierska valley. Rzeszów is also the capital of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship, and site of the Rzeszów County. Rzeszów was founded in 1354 by king Casimir III of Poland. For a long time it was just a domain of the noble family of Lubomirski, one of the most important in Poland. Besides having a famous annual market, Rzeszów remained only another city on the trade route to Hungary. In 1658 Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski established the Piarist school, the second secondary school in Poland. During the XIX century Rzeszów began to lose significance in favour of Przemyœl. Development of Rzeszów started when in 1937 military industry was located in the city: Pañstwowe Zak³ady Lotnicze, producing aircraft engines, and a cannon factory — a branch of Hipolit Cegielski factory. In 1944 Rzeszów became the capital of voivodship and the most important city in southeastern Poland. Many factories were built in the next 30 years. Nowadays, Rzeszów is continuously growing in population, new villages join the city and a lot of work is done to modernize it. Partnership agreement from October 17, 2008 Population: 200000 habitants Torun is a city in northern Poland, on the Vistula River. Population (2006) was 207,190, which makes Torun the second as of October 21, 2007 biggest city of the Kujawy-Pomerania Province, after Bydgoszcz. The medieval old town, birthplace of Nicolaus Copernicus, is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Previously the capital of Torun Voivodship (1975-98) and Pomeranian Voivodship (1921-39), since 1999 the self-government of the Kujawy-Pomerania Province has had its headquarters in the city (the government administration is located in Bydgoszcz). Torun forms, with Bydgoszcz, 45 km away, the Bydgoszcz-Torun urban agglomeration. In September 2004, Bydgoszcz Medical School, in Bydgoszcz, joined Torun's Nicolaus Copernicus University as its Collegium Medicum. Torun has been listed on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites since 1997. The town contains many monuments from the Middle Ages, and also from the 20th century (200 military objects). The city is famous for having preserved almost intact its medieval spatial layout and many Gothic buildings, all built from brick, including monumental churches, the Town Hall and many burgher houses. Thanks to numerous monuments of architecture Torun is visited by about 1.5 million tourists a year. This number may vary depending on source and means of calculation, nevertheless tourism is a quite important branch of local economy. Although such things like time spent in the city by individual tourists or number of hotels which can serve them are still considered as not satisfying.
ZAMOSC Partnership agreement from June 4, 2005 Population: 67 000 habitants Zamość is a town in southeastern Poland situated in the Lublin voivodship (since 1999). About 20 kilometers from the town is the Roztocze National Park. The historical city centre was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List (in 1992). Zamość was founded in the year 1580 by the Chancellor and Hetman (head of the army of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth) Jan Zamoyski, on the trade route linking western and northern Europe with the Black Sea. After World War II, Zamość started a period of development. In the 1970s and 1980s the population grew rapidly (from 39,100 in 1975 to 68,800 in 2003), as the city started to gain significant profits from the old trade routes linking Germany with Ukraine and the ports on the Black Sea. During years 1975–1998 Zamość was the capital of Zamość Voivodship. Noted conservator and artist Professor Wiktor Zin was responsible for the design and oversight of conservation work on the Arsenal and the Armenian quarter in Zamość. The city is located on the broad gauge railway line linking former Soviet Union with Upper Silesian coal and sulphur mines as well as less than 60 kilometres from the border crossings to Ukraine.
BREST Partnership agreement from August 23, 2003 Population: over 300 thousands of habitants Brest is a city in Belarus close to the Polish border where the Western Bug and Mukhavets Rivers meet. It is the capital city of the Brest voblast. Being situated on the main Berlin–Moscow railway line and intercontinental highway, Brest became a principal border crossing since World War II in Soviet times. Today it links the European Union and the Commonwealth of Independent States. Because of the break-of-gauge at Brest between the Russian broad-gauge system and the European standard gauge, all through rail passenger cars must have their bogies changed here, cargo in freight trains must be transshipped. Some of the land in the Brest rail yards remains contaminated as a result of the transshipment of radioactive materials here since Soviet days. As Berestye it was first mentioned in the Russian Primary Chronicle in 1019 as a town in Kievan Rus. It was subdued several times by Poland and by Lithuania, laid waste by the Mongols in 1241, and was not rebuilt till 1275; its suburbs were burned by the Teutonic Knights in 1379; and in the end of the 15th century the whole town met a similar fate at the hands of the khan of the Crimea. It was renamed Brest-Litovsk in the 16th century, after it became part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1569. According to the agreements of the Yalta Conference of February 1945, Brest's status as part of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic was officially recognized and the Poles, the majority of the inhabitants, were expelled. It is now part of the independent country of Belarus.
XIANGTAN Partnership agreement from October 1, 2003 Population: 525 448 habitants The city of Xiangtan is the ancient city with history more than 1 500 years, it is a home town of Mao Tszedun, large leader of people of China, and Ki Bashi (Qi Baishi), world-wide master of the Chinese painting. Xiangtan was founded in VIII age and became accessible for the external trading of 1905. The city began to develop as a production center in 1950 and 1960th and presently is a part of industrial area, concentrated in nearby Changsha. Xiangtan is a city located in the center of Hunan province, China. It is part of the "ChangZhuTan Golden Triangle" (comprising the cities of Changsha, Zhuzhou and Xiangtan). It consists of two county-level cities Xiangxiang and Shaoshan, one county Xiangtan county and two district Yuetang district and Tuhu district.Xiangtan is one of the main industrial cities in the province of Hunan, with the row of large and middle industrial enterprises, including Xiangtan Enterprise of Iron and Steel, Group of Cement of Shaofengu and Hunan Cable Group. Nearby there are more than 80 tourist attractive places. The natal place of Mao Tszedun in Vushi is well known to the both Chinese and foreign tourists. The view of the city changes annually. Its perfect network of infrastructure, which is made of beautiful roads, comfortable transport, water supply, gas and electric power, environment protection, gardens and vegetation, provides good terms for investments. There are also a lot of parks and gardens in the city.
GORI Partnership agreement from August 23, 2008 Population: 60 000 habitants Gory is situated in Kartly valley in the creeks of Kura and Liakchy rivers in the southwest direction from Tbilisi. The historian said that Gory was founded at the beginning of XII century by one the greatest regent of Georgia – David the Builder. Gory is administrative, cultural and industrial center in the large agricultural region. Structure of population: Georgians – 83,3 %, Azerbaijanian – 6,5 %, Armenian – 5,7 %, Russian, Ukrainian, - 1,5 %. Gory’s economy is presented by the textile complex, tinned food factory, fruit-vegetable base. There are the Scientific research institute of production process’s automation, teacher’s training collage and some specialized schools of general education. The Historical and ethnographical museum, house-museum of S. Kamo and I. Stalin, ruins of medieval castle (VI century) and balneal resort Goridzvary are very interesting for the tourists. The agreement about the partnership between Lutsk and Gory was signed on August 23, 2008.
TRAKAI
Partnership agreement from August 25, 2009 Population: 5 357 habitants Trakai is a historic city in Lithuania. It lies 28 km west of Vilnius, capital of Lithuania. Trakai is the administrative centre of Trakai district municipality. The town covers 11.52 km2 of area. A notable feature of Trakai is that the town was built and preserved by people of different nationalities. Historically, communities of Karaims, Tatars, Lithuanians, Russians, Jews and Poles lived here side by side. Trakai's majority of inhabitants (61%) is Lithuanian, it has a substantial Polish minority (21%), as well as Russian. There are 200 lakes in the region. The deepest one (46.7 m) is Galve which covers an area of 3.88 km2. There are Trakai Historical National Park and Aukštadvaris Regional Park. Trakai Historical National Park was founded on April 23, 1991 to preserve Trakai as a centre of Lithuanian statehood as well as its authentic nature. It is the only historical national park not only in Lithuania but also throughout Europe. Aukštadvaris Regional Park was founded in 1992 to preserve the valuable landscapes of Verknė and Streva. There is a number of architectural, cultural and historical monuments in Trakai. The history museum in the castle was established in 1962. Festivals and concerts take place in the island castle in summer. The first settlements in this area appeared as early as the first millennium A.D. The town, as well as its surroundings, started developing in the 13th century in the place of Senieji Trakai (Old Trakai). According a legend, after a successful hunting party, Grand Duke Gediminas discovered a beautiful lake-surrounded place not far from Kernave, then capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and decided to build a castle in the location. That is how the Old Trakai Castle was built in Senieji Trakai. The name of Trakai was first mentioned in Teotonic Knights chronicles in 1337. This year is considered to be the official date of town's foundation. When Grand Duke Gediminas finally settled in Vilnius, Senieji Trakai was inherited by his son the Duke Kesttutis. Duchy of Trakai developed and the town entered its best decades.
The agreement about the partnership between Lutsk and Trakai was signed on August 25, 2009. |
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