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Szkoła Podstawowa nr 25 z Oddziałami Integracyjnymi im. H.Ch. Andersena
w Olsztynie
POLAND
Poland - Basic Facts*Official name: Republic of Poland
Location: Central Europe.
Area: 312,000 sq km
Population: 38,000,000
Density of population: 100 person/square km
Borders: Germany, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Russia and the Baltic Sea coast (500 km long).
Length of borders: 3582 km
* http://www.warsaw-hotel-guide.net/en/poland-tourist-information/basic-facts.php
Capital city: Warsaw
Major cities: Gdansk, Katowice, Cracow, Lodz, Poznan, Szczecin, Wroclaw
Administration: 16 administrative provinces known as voivodeships, the voivodeships are divided into powiaty (counties) and then gminy (communes).
Time zone: GMT + 1 in winter (GMT + 2 in summer)
Official language: Polish
Religion: Roman Catholic
Highest point: Rysy, at 2,499 m
National emblem: Crowned white eagle
Currency:zloty, abbreviated as zl or PLN. * http://www.warsaw-hotel-guide.net/en/poland-tourist-information/basic-facts.php
Poland – more Facts*
A short animated history of Poland „1000 years in 10 minutes” can be watched on youtube at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGNFJPjvrnA
Olsztyn is stuated in the north of Poland
Olsztyn is the capital of Warmia and Mazuria Province (region)
Olsztyn -basic facts
Area: 88,33 sq km
Population: 176,463
Density of population: 1997.8 person/square km
Flag: coat of arms:
Olsztyn is one of the oldest places in Warmia. It was set up in the middle of 14th century. It received the civic privilege from
The Cathedral Chapter and the bishop according to Chełmno law in 1353. Olsztyn and Warmia became a part of Prussia in 1772 because of the annexation. Later, there were many disasters in Olsztyn - fires were especially disastrous, so it did not develop much in the Middle Ages.
At the time of annexation there were merely 1770 citizens here.
The location of the town was very important for its further development. First, it became a communication centre. Second, as the centre of the Polish part of Warmia, it developed into an important centre of administrative authority. In 1905 comprising Polish Warmia and Polish Mazury a regency was established. After World War II Olsztyn it became the first capital of Mazuria District and since 1946 – the capital of the whole province of Warmia and Mazuria.
Gazeta Olsztyńska Museum
Krzywe Lake
Long time ago Nicolaus
Copernicuslived and worked
in Olsztyn
Olsztyn water – tower
built in 1897
Olsztyn Planetarium opened on February 19, 1973 on the 500th birthday of Nicolaus Copernicus
Neo –
Renaissance
edifice of
the New Town Hall built in
1912 - 1915
Higher Gate Tower commonly called
High Gate. It was built
at the end of the 14th century
Gothic Castle of the Cathedral Chapter
Our city and region on the Internet
A song about Olsztynhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW4qevskpi8
A hymn of Mazury http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xzknQGmaHU
A slide show with a song about Mazuryhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPNU2PH2Tqk&feature=related
Our region is among the new7wonders contest finalists – have a look and vote for us!!http://www.votemazury.org/en/anthem.html