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Białystok
Białystok is the largest city in northeastern Poland and the capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is the tenth-largest city in Poland, second in terms of population density, and thirteenth in area. Białystok is located in the Białystok Uplands of the Podlachian Plain on the banks of the Biała River, by road northeast of Warsaw. It has historically attracted migrants from elsewhere in Poland and beyond, particularly from Central and Eastern Europe. This is facilitated by the nearby border with Belarus also being the eastern border of the European Union, as well as the Schengen Area. The city and its adjacent municipalities constitute Metropolitan Białystok. The city has a warm summer continental climate, characterized by warm summers and long frosty winters. Forests are an important part of Białystok's character and occupy around (18% of the administrative area of the city) which places it as the fifth-most forested city in Poland. The first settlers arrived in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of Białystok
:''This is a sub-article to Białystok'' The city of Białystok is divided into 29 administrative units known in Polish as ''osiedle'' (housing estate, or residential neighborhood A neighbourhood (British English, Irish English, Australian English and Canadian English) or neighborhood (American English; see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town, suburb or rural area, ...; plural: ''osiedla''). The first 27 of these were created by City Council bylaw no. XXXI/331/04 of October 25, 2004. The 28th, Dojlidy Górne, was created by City Council bylaw no. LXII/787/06 of October 23, 2006, out of three settlements which had been incorporated into the city: Dojlidy Górne, Kolonia Halickie, and Zagórki. A new district called Bagnówka was created at the beginning of 2021. Osiedla of the city of Białystok References *Bulletin of Białystok City Hall: City Council resolutions on the administrative division of the city < ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osiedle Centrum, Białystok
Osiedle Centrum is the oldest, central, representative district of the Polish city of Białystok. Points of interest In Białystok–Centrum, points of interest include: * Branicki Palace, housing the Medical University of Białystok, and Branicki park complex * Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary with the Renaissance old Parish church * St. Roch's Church, a Historic Monument of Poland *Town Hall (at present Podlasie Museum) * Kościuszko Square (''Rynek Kościuszki'') with the Józef Piłsudski Monument * Baroque Branicki Guest Palace *''Cekhauz'', former arsenal, formerly housed the state archive * Aleksandr Węgierki Drama Theatre in Białystok * Army Museum in Białystok * Orthodox Cathedral of St. Nicholas *Orthodox church of Marie Magdalene *St. Wincent Sisters of Mercy Monastery * Białystok Puppet Theatre *Monument to Heroes of the Białystok region *Rev. Jerzy Popiełuszko Monument * Ludwik Zamenhof Monument *Former Masonic Lodge *Jadwiga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osiedle Skorupy, Białystok
Skorupy is one of the districts of the Polish city of Białystok Białystok is the largest city in northeastern Poland and the capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is the tenth-largest city in Poland, second in terms of population density, and thirteenth in area. Białystok is located in the Białystok Up ..., located in the eastern part of the city and contains industrial and residential buildings. History In the 15th century, the area of the village of Skorupy belonged to the Białystok estate, which was received in the 30s of that century by a descendant of the boyars of Lithuania, Raczko Tabutowicz of Łabędź. The village of Skorupy was first recorded in 1633 during a visit to the Białystok Roman Catholic couple. All locations that were under the clerical authority of the presbytery in Bialystok were indicated. Were it not for sale in 1528 and inclusion within the boundaries of the Zabłudów estate, the Dojlidzkie estate with the village of Skorupa would remain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kościuszko Square In Białystok
Kościuszko Square ( pl, Rynek Kościuszki) is the representative and central square of Białystok, capital of Podlaskie Voivodeship in north-eastern Poland. History image:20200509 174658 May 2020 Rynek Kościuszki in Białystok.jpg, 200px, View of the square, May 2020 The beginnings of the Białystok Market Square date back to the 15th century. It was created at the intersection of roads leading to Suraż, Wasilków and Choroszcz. With time around spontaneously created square, without a clearly defined plan, buildings began to grow. About In 1547, in the south-eastern part of it, a wooden church was built, in place of the present buildings of the monastery of the Sisters of Mercy. In 1708, the square was given its final shape. Its elongated, slightly curved frontage -south and north - they narrowed at the central point of the square so that it divided into two parts. The first of them eastern, clearly associated with the royal residence. The area was occupied of parish church ther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osiedle Wygoda, Białystok
Wygoda is one of the districts of the Polish city of Białystok, located north and north-east of the historic city center. History In the nineteenth century, the areas which today make up the district's territory belonged to the Kryński family and was the location of the villages Bagnówka, Pieczurki and Pietrasze. Its name comes from the forest inn "Wygoda" which was located on the road to Supraśl, around which the settlement developed. After the January Uprising, the tsarist authorities deported the family to Siberia, and their property was confiscated. A Voltaire received them, who later sold the land to two people, Koch and Sosnowski who in turn allocated a plot for the construction of tsarist military barracks, and the 64th Kazan infantry regiment (russian: Казанский 64-й пехотный полк) moved to there. With the liberation of Białystok in 1919 and the establishment of the Second Polish Republic, the Polish Army occupied the barracks. They were rebuil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osiedle Nowe Miasto, Białystok
Nowe Miasto is one of the districts of the Polish city of Białystok Białystok is the largest city in northeastern Poland and the capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is the tenth-largest city in Poland, second in terms of population density, and thirteenth in area. Białystok is located in the Białystok Up .... History The area of today's Nowe Miasto got its name in the 1980s but its territory was the location of old settlements such as the village Słoboda. It was founded at the end of the 17th century between today's Ogodną and Świerkową streets. It had about 11–12 houses. Residents were probably exempt from taxes hence the name Sloboda (liberty). In May 1919 the village was included in Greater Bialystok and designated as "garden city" which was then divided into building plots in 1925, an official colony. It is part of the architectural assumption of this colony laid out according to the assumptions of the Garden City. The Central Square of the Garden City is loca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osiedle Antoniuk, Białystok
Antoniuk is one of the districts of the Polish city of Białystok, located in the central part of the city. History Antoniuk is named after a man called Antoniuk from the nearby former village of Wysokie. The district is built on what was one of the two mill settlements in today's Białystok, located on the Biała River. The dam damming the pond (which no longer exists) was located near the bridge through which today runs Antoniukowska Street. Mention of a pond Antoniukowski contains Teka Glinki. At the bottom of a drained pond there was a stadium and a training ground for the "Włókniarz" sports club. Later, an apartment building was built here. Antoniuk settlement was located parallel to the fields of the village of Białostoczek, from the border with Pietraszami to Antoniukowska Street. The shape of the settlement was similar to a rectangle and bordered on from the east with the village of Białostoczek, from the north with Dziesięciny, from the west with today's street D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tadeusz Truskolaski
Tadeusz Truskolaski (born 10 April 1958, in Stare Kapice, Białystok County, Poland) is an economist and politician. A member of the Civic Platform ''(Platforma Obywatelska)'' party, he has been the president (mayor) of the Polish city of Białystok since 5 December 2006, succeeding Ryszard Tur of the Christian National Union. Since 2011 he is a member of the European Alliance Group at the European Committee of the Regions. Academic career Descended from the Polish nobility officially extinguished in 1921, his is one of 530 family names which traditionally bear the Ślepowron coat of arms. After graduation he began work as a university teacher. In 1996 he earned a doctorate in economic sciences at the Bialystok campus of the University of Warsaw. His Ph.D. thesis was ''Transport planning as a factor in the development of cities in Northeastern Poland''. On 3 April 2007 he was habilitated at the University of Bialystok after defending a second dissertation entitled ''Transp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osiedle Bojary, Białystok
Bojary is one of the districts of the Polish city of Białystok. History Bojary is first mentioned on December 5, 1581. The then owner of the Białystok estate, Piotr Wiesiołowski mentions the village under the name Miłosze. This tiny settlement was located along today's Warszawska Street on its section from Sienkiewicza to Pałacowa Street. Inhabitants of the village, apart from cottages and farms, had a considerable area of arable land. They stretched from Słonimska St. to Sobieskiego St. In the second half of the 18th century the territories of Bojary were incorporated to the city of Bialystok. Branicki enlarged the city but for many years the section of Warszawska Street, the location high school, a post office, hospital, bank or Trylling Palace was called Bojarska Street. Despite the incarnation of the term 'Bojary', the inclusion of today's Warszawska Street (from Pałacowa to Sienkiewicza) to the city, the lives of the inhabitants retained their rural character until t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osiedle Słoneczny Stok, Białystok
Słoneczny Stok is a district in the Polish city of Białystok Białystok is the largest city in northeastern Poland and the capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is the tenth-largest city in Poland, second in terms of population density, and thirteenth in area. Białystok is located in the Białystok Up ..., located in the western part of the city. The name means literally 'Sunny Slope' and is a pun on the name Białystok, which stands for 'White slope'. History The plan was that hat the buildings would rise along with the terrain. From the side of Hetmańska Street, low atrial and terraced houses are planned, then three-story blocks transforming into 5- and 8-story buildings. The 11-story skyscrapers were to be the culmination. Only the concept of the northern part of the estate (the area of Wincentego Witosa and Skrajna streets) changed, where - instead of houses - blocks were also built. The district was designed in the OWT-75 technology. Elements of the system were ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osiedle Młodych, Białystok
:''"Osiedle Młodych" is also the name of the housing cooperative administering much of Rataje, Poznań.'' Osiedle Młodych (meaning "Estate of the Young") is one of the districts of the Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, w ... city of Białystok. External links Mlodych {{Podlasie-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osiedle Przydworcowe, Białystok
Osiedle Przydworcowe is one of the districts of the Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, w ... city of Białystok. External links Przydworcowe {{Podlasie-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
