Białystok
Białystok is the largest city in northeastern Poland and the capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is the List of cities and towns in Poland, tenth-largest city in Poland, second in terms of population density, and thirteenth in area. Białystok is located in the Białystok Uplands of the Podlachia, Podlachian Plain on the banks of the Biała (Supraśl), Biała River, (124 mi) northeast of Warsaw. It has historically attracted migrants from elsewhere in Poland and beyond, particularly from Central Europe, Central and Eastern Europe. This is facilitated by the Belarus–Poland border, 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 Humid continental climate#Dfb/Dwb/Dsb: Mild to warm summer subtype, warm summer continental climate, characterized by warm summers and long frosty winters. Forests are an important part of Bi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Districts Of Białystok
:''This is a sub-article to Białystok'' The city of Białystok is divided into 29 administrative units known in Polish as (housing estate, or residential neighborhood A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neigh ...; 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 {{Po ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Osiedle Centrum, Białystok
Osiedle Centrum is the oldest, central, representative district of the Poland, Polish city of Białystok. Streets, squares and districts Akademicka – odd (no buildings), Aleja Zakochanych, Armatnia, Artyleryjska, Biała, Bohaterów Getta, Botaniczna, Branickiego Jana Klemensa – even(no buildings), Bulwar Józefa Blicharskiego, Bulwary Kościałkowskiego, Cieszyńska – odd, Cygańska, Częstochowska, Czysta, Dąbrowskiego Jana Henryka, dr Ireny Białówny, Elektryczna – even building 12, odd 13-17, Grajewska, Grochowa, Kalinowskiego Konstantego, Kijowska – even, Kilińskiego Jana, Kościelna – even 2-8,odd 3, Krakowska – odd, Ks. Adama Abramowicza, Liniarskiego Władysława, Lipowa Street, Białystok, Lipowa, Legionowa – even, Malmeda Icchoka, Marjańskiego Józefa, Mickiewicza Adama – even 2-2C, odd 1-5, Młynowa – even 2-36,odd 7-17, Nowy Świat, Odeska, Ołowiana, Piękna, Piłsudskiego Józefa, Piotrkowska, Plac Branickich, Plac Jana Pawła II – building 1 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Branicki Palace, Białystok
Branicki Palace () is a historical edifice in Białystok, Poland. It was developed on the site of an earlier building in the first half of the 18th century by Jan Klemens Branicki, a wealthy Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth hetman, into a residence suitable for a man whose ambition was to become king of Poland. The palace complex with gardens, pavilions, sculptures, outbuildings and other structures and the city with churches, city hall and monastery, all built almost at the same time according to French models was the reason why the city was known in the 18th century as ''Versailles de la Pologne'' (Versailles of Poland) and subsequently ''Versailles de la Podlachie'' (Versailles of Podlasie). History The Palace was built for Count Jan Klemens Branicki, Great Crown Hetman and patron of art and science, raised in the French milieu of the Polish aristocracy, who transformed a previous house into the suitably magnificent residence of a great Polish noble, a rival to Wilanów ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Osiedle Mickiewicza, Białystok
Osiedle Mickiewicza is one of the districts in the Polish city of Białystok. It is located in the south-central part of the city and is named after poet Adam Mickiewicz. History Significant part of the district is occupied by the Zwierznicki Forest which was used for several centuries as undeveloped territories adjustcent to the Branicki Palace. In the 19th century the area became under development with the construction of the Nowik Factories. In the second half of the 19th century, the Russian authorities built a road to Baranowicze, using part of the former Slonim route, today's Mickiewicza Street. During the 19th century fields and meadows were urbanized over several decades, sold off, divided or consolidated and transformed either into plots designated for residential development or for factories. In the interwar period was developed on the basis of a detailed development plan from 1932 prepared by the Białystok City Council. The area of the estate, approximately five ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tadeusz Truskolaski
Tadeusz Truskolaski (born 10 April 1958) is a Polish 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. Biography 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 Białystok branch 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 Białystok after defending a second dissertation entitled ''Transport and dynamics of economi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Osiedle Starosielce, Białystok
Starosielce ( lit. ''Old Settlement'') is a district of Białystok, Poland, located in the western part of the city. History The district traces its name to the village of Starosielce that existed before 1547. The first written source in which it was mentioned was a document delimiting the Białystok church property from 29 March 1533. The name of the village may indicate its older metrics. In the second half of the 18th century, Starosielce was part of the Wysokie Stok grange belonging to Jan Klemens Branicki. At that time, there were eighteen farms there. At the end of the 18th century, the village was a linear village located on the left (western) bank of the Biała River. The layout of its buildings at that time – with houses facing the street with their gables – suggests that it was founded or regulated during the Volok Reform. Towards the later 19th century, the development of Starosielce was closely related to the Iron Railway Repair Center established in 1872. The ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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 were 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 () 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 rebuilt and named after Romuald Traugutt. From June 1921, the 4 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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 List of cities and towns in Poland, tenth-largest city in Poland, second in terms of population density, and thirteenth in area. Biał ..., 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 remai ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Osiedle Nowe Miasto, Białystok
Nowe Miasto is one of the districts of the Polish city of Białystok. 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 Pogodna and Świerkowa streets, around. It had about 11–12 houses. At the end of the 18th century, the village was a linear village located on the right (eastern) bank of a now non-existent, nameless stream, a tributary of the Horodnianka River. The layout of its buildings at that time, with houses facing the street with their gables might hint that it was regulated during the Volok Reform. The village buildings were located in the area of today's Emilii Plater street and the parallel section of today's Sławińskiego street. Residents were probably exempt from taxes hence the name Sloboda (liberty). In May 1919 the village was included in Greater Białystok and designated as "garden city" which was t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Białystok Cathedral
The Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary () also called Białystok Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the city of Bialystok in Poland. It was designed by architect Józef Pius Dziekoński. The three-nave church is 90 meters long and can accommodate 9,500 worshipers. The two towers reach 72.5 meters high. It is the main church of the Archdiocese of Bialystok and acquired the status of basílica in 1985 by decision of Pope John Paul II. History 240px, Interior view The predecessor of the present cathedral was a Renaissance church was built between 1617 and 1626. At the end of the 19th century, the parish had about 12,000 people and the original church that could accommodate about 1,000 people was too small. In the first half of the 19th century, the Białystok dean, Father Wilhelm Szwarc, began efforts to build a new church. He gained the support of the parishioners. The location of the future church was chosen as the St. Roch Hill with an inact ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Osiedle Dojlidy, Białystok
Dojlidy is a district of the Polish city of Białystok, formerly a village and farmlands. It is also known for its brewery, plywood factory (Fabryka Sklejek Biaform SA) and the Dojlidy fish ponds and recreation areas on the White River reservoirs. Until 1954 there was a Gmina Dojlidy, after which point it was incorporated into the city. District with the largest area in Bialystok. History In contrast to Białystok, which until the Third Partition of Poland in 1795 was part of the Kingdom of Poland, Dojlidy, belonged to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania within the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. According to the 1921 census, the population of Dojlidy was 95.3% Polish and 4.7% Belarusian. Name The term Dojlidy comes from the Lithuanian word "dailidė" meaning carpenter, which makes it possible to speculate that Dojlidy was a settlement of carpenters, which in turn is confirmed by the forest character of the area. This concept was presented by prof. Michał Kondratiuk. A simila ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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 city of Białystok. The Białystok Prison is located at 89 Hetmańska street in the district. History The Marczuk and Antoniuk farms were located in the district's territory. Following the end of the World War II and the establishment of the Polish People's Republic The Polish People's Republic (1952–1989), formerly the Republic of Poland (1947–1952), and also often simply known as Poland, was a country in Central Europe that existed as the predecessor of the modern-day democratic Republic of Poland. ..., a milk factory was established between Zwycięstwa and Gruntowa streets. References External links Mlodych {{Podlasie-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |