Gorzów Wielkopolski (; german: Landsberg an der Warthe) often abbreviated to Gorzów Wlkp. or simply Gorzów, is a city in western

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, on the Warta river. It is the second largest city in the

Lubusz Voivodeship Lubusz Voivodeship, or Lubuskie Province ( pl, województwo lubuskie ), is a voivodeship ( province) in western Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Gorzów Wielkopolski and Zielona Góra Voivodeships, pursuant to the ...

with 120,087 inhabitants (December 2021) and one of its two capitals with a seat of a

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, with the other being

Zielona Góra Zielona Góra is the largest city in Lubusz Voivodeship, located in western Poland, with 140,403 inhabitants (2021). Zielona Góra has a favourable geographical position, being close to the Polish-German border and on several international road ...

. Around Gorzów, there are two large forest areas: Gorzów Woods to the north, where the Barlinek-Gorzów Landscape Park is situated, and Noteć Woods to the southeast. The biggest oil fields in Poland are located near Gorzów.

Etymology

The pre-1945 German name ''Landsberg an der Warthe'', dating back to 1257, derived from the German words ''land'' or 'state' and ''berg'' or 'mountain' combined with ''Warthe''the German name for the river Warta. The Polish name Gorzów, written as Gorzew, is known from Polish maps and historical books dating back to the 19th century or perhaps earlier.Henryk M. Wozniak, Gazeta Zachodnia
"Gorzów tak - Wielkopolski nie."
The name appeared in a compendium called ''Ancient Poland according to its history, geography and statistics'' published in 1848 by Samuel Orgelbrand in

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. Ten years earlier, in 1838, the same name Gorzew was used in a book published in

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with a corresponding yet broader title encompassing all of Poland. The current spelling of "Gorzów" appears on the map featuring "Królestwo Polskie" published in

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in 1900 with "Landsberg an der Warthe" in parenthesis next to "Gorzów". The name is interpreted in several different ways according to rules of the Old Polish language, originating from "gorzenie" (fire, burning) or "pogorzelcy" (survivors of a fire), or alternatively "gorzelnia" (distillery) or "gorzałka" (spirits). In Polish, it was the name 'Gorzów' which eventually stuck, beating the alternative postwar name "Kobylagóra", or 'Mare Mountain', which survives today as the name of a street in the city. The word ''Wielkopolski'' means " Greater Polish", after the voivodeship of that name of which Gorzów was a part from 1946 to 1950, was added later. The area of today's Gorzów was part of the historical region of

Greater Poland Greater Poland, often known by its Polish name Wielkopolska (; german: Großpolen, sv, Storpolen, la, Polonia Maior), is a historical region of west-central Poland. Its chief and largest city is Poznań followed by Kalisz, the oldest cit ...

until the mid-13th century.

History

During the reign of the first Polish monarchs of the

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there was a craft and trade settlement and until the mid-13th century, the land where the river Kłodawka meets the Warta was the location of a defensive fort established by the Polish

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had sold Lubusz Land in the west to the

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Margraves of

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, and the city of ''Landisberch Nova'' (named after Altlandsberg) was founded on the site in 1257. The city was at that time an eastern outpost of the newly established

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region of Brandenburg, close to the Greater Polish fortress of

Santok Santok (german: Zantoch) is a village in Gorzów County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Santok. Geography It is located at the confluence of the Noteć and Warta rive ...

. After a war broke out over control of the region in 1319, the town came under control of the Duchy of Pomerania, but by 1325 it fell to Brandenburg again. In 1325 Polish, in 1432 Hussite troops beleaguered the city. In 1373 the city became part of the

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. Poland was to buy and re-incorporate Gorzów and the surrounding region, but eventually the Luxembourgs sold the city to the

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. In 1454, after the Thirteen Years’ War broke out, the Teutonic Knights sold the city to Brandenburg in order to raise funds for war against Poland. In the 16th century the city became

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, with St. Mary's Cathedral changing its allegiance in 1537. In 1701 Landsberg (Gorzów) became part of the

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. On 4 February 1813 during the

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the Russian Ataman Aleksandr Chernichev and his Cossack troops defeated a

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battalion of 1,500 men of Louis-Nicolas Davout's corps. In 1815 – in the course of an administrative restructuring – the town became part of Prussia's

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. The city, like all of Prussia, was included in the

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in 1871 during the

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. During

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, the Germans established nine

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camps, as well as four labour units for French, Italian and Soviet prisoners of war in the city. In early 1945 during

the town was heavily damaged following the retreat of the

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ahead of the

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. The Red Army arrived in the city on 30 January 1945, approaching from the left bank of the river Warta. The Wehrmacht had already evacuated most of the city, and the advancing forces met very little resistance. Over the course of the next few days, most of the city centre was destroyed, reportedly through the accidental spread of a fire started in order to light the westward march of the Red Army. The city became part of Poland in accordance with border changes promulgated at the postwar

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, supposedly pending a final peace conference with Germany. Since a peace conference never took place, the town was effectively ceded to Poland. German residents who had not fled or died in the war were expelled in accordance to the

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, and the city was gradually repopulated with Polish settlers from central Poland and those expelled from Polish territory annexed by the Soviet Union. The last original German inhabitants were forced to leave the city in the early 1950s. It was at this time that Gorzów's now sizeable

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communities arrived in the town. Not having had an agreed Polish name, the town was initially renamed as "Kobylagóra" on 30 May 1945, later as "Gorzów nad Wartą" on 7 July 1945 and finally "Gorzów Wielkopolski" on 5 November 1946. Between 1975 and 1998, it was the capital of the

Gorzów Voivodeship Gorzów Wielkopolski Voivodeship () was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland between 1975 and 1998 when it was superseded by Lubusz Voivodeship. Its capital city was Gorzów Wielkopolski. Major cities and towns (popula ...

Climate

Gorzów Wielkopolski has an

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: ''Cfb'') using the isotherm or a

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(Köppen climate classification: ''Dfb'') using the isotherm.

Main attractions

Although the centre of Gorzów was heavily damaged during the Second World War, there are still many notable tourist attractions in the city. The largest of these is the

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, red-brick Gorzów Cathedral of the Virgin Mary, dating from the end of the 13th century, situated on the old market square. The city centre is overwhelmingly occupied by Communist-era buildings, although many have been beautified, most notably those around the old market square. Many of the façades of the buildings in the centre were renovated in anticipation of the visit of

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to Gorzów in 1997. Due to the large number of parks and green spaces, Gorzów has been termed 'the city of parks and gardens'. In addition to the central Park of Roses, there is also a viewing area on the hilltop of

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Park which commands impressive views across the plains and woods to the south of the city. Zabytkowa Poczta BN

The city also contains the museum of

, which is divided between two sites. The Spichlerz or 'granary' dates from the 18th century and can be found on the left bank of the Warta. The museum, housed inside, frequently plays host to art exhibitions and has a permanent collection of artifacts and photographs relating to the history of the city. The other part of the museum, on Warszawska street, is housed in the secessionist villa of Gustav Schroeder. This section contains a wide range of artifacts, ranging from portraits of the 17th century, to weapons, pottery, and the Biedermeier interior furnishings of the villa itself. The Old Town was almost completely destroyed, but the New Town (19th century) has survived in good condition as a complex of hundreds of buildings and is in the Heritage Register. For the past few years, historical tenements have been successfully undergoing renovation. Widok z drona na centrum miasta

The

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of Gorzów is on the western edge of the city. The cemetery was vandalised in the 1930s, but a number of graves still remain intact.

Politics

In recent years Gorzów Wielkopolski has been known for former Prime Minister

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, who was born and worked here. After stepping down as the PM he was appointed as acting mayor of

and then as a counsel to a chairman of PKO BP bank. In 2007 he became one of the directors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. He now works for

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Economy

Gorzów is an economic centre of the region with almost 18,000 registered businesses (2008), the unemployment rate is 7.6% (December 2009). The City of Gorzów has received an air Play Commune-Certified Investment Location award in big cities classification. The city has a good shopping and services infrastructure. There are numerous petrol stations, branches of all major banks and insurance companies as well as car dealers. Major shopping malls in the city are Nova Park, Galeria Askana, Panorama, Park 111, there is one

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and many discount and department stores and retailers. Landsberg an der Warthe before the World War II was a very well developed and industrialized city. The most notable entrepreneurs included industrialists Max Bahr and Herman Paucksch. After the war and Red Army liberation, the city suffered from heavy losses especially in machinery which was confiscated by the Soviets. In the postwar time Gorzów saw a fast economic development and new industries were founded like Stilon (chemical fibres), Silwana (fabrics) and Ursus (tractors) who remained major employers up to the mid-1990s. After Leszek Balcerowicz's free market reforms former state-owned companies either went bankrupt or had severe financial problems that resulted in radical employment and production reduction. In the 1990s and 2000s the city saw a new economic age. While public giants were collapsing new private companies were established. Currently the biggest employer in the city is Sumitomo Electric Bordnetze Sp. z o.o. (previously Volkswagen Elektro-Systemy Sp. z o.o.), car wiring systems. The then German company established in Gorzów in 1993 (taken over by Japanese Sumitomo Electric in 2006), it operates in Stilon industrial estate. Gorzów Heat and Power Plant ( Elektrociepłownia Gorzów) is a modern company with over 300 staff and it holds an award of Fair Play Company. One of the most distinguished employers is Biowet Vetoquinol which has over 100 years of experience in veterinary medicines and chemistry. manufacturing. Gorzów is a Polish headquarters of Spartherm Feuerungstechnik GmbH. A recent economic development of the city was boosted by creation of Kostrzyn-Słubice Special Economic Zone and its Subzone Gorzów. At present there are two significant employers in the Subzone: Faurecia and TPV Displays and many other smaller companies operating there.

Transport

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Gorzów has a good public transport network. City Transport Company (MZK) which is in charge of transport services runs 27 daily bus lines, four

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, and three tram lines. In the summer season there are services to nearby lakes. MZK services carry about 90,000 people every day. The company owns one of the most modern bus fleets in Poland. There are railway connections with major Polish cities, mostly with interchange in Krzyż or

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. There are plans to start fast through trains to

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. Gorzów main station was renovated in 2009 and 2010 and it offers bed and breakfast, restaurant and retail services. The S3 expressway provides a fast road connection to

and

Culture

Gorzów is well known for the ''International

Gathering'' Romane Dyvesa which is held every summer in the first week of July. The gathering includes a series of concerts held in the outdoor

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near the centre of the city. The festival is organised by Edward Dębicki, the founder of the Romani music group

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, which also performs as part of the series of concerts. Romane Dyvesa continues Gorzów's strong tradition of Romani culture, of which the most widely known member was the poet Bronisława Wajs, often known as Papusza. Wajs's former home on Kosynierów Gdyńskich street is marked with a plaque, as is the main city library on Sikorskiego street. The library itself holds a collection of books about Papusza, as well as the manuscripts of her correspondence with

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. In Poland the city is famous for its Jazz Club Pod Filarami which every autumn organizes Gorzów Jazz Celebrations a festival which hosts internationally recognized musicians from Poland and around the world.

Religion

The city is home to the house general of the Congregation of Sisters of Merciful Jesus. Its first monastery is in nearby Myślibórz.

Infrastructure

There are several hotels including railway station bed and breakfast. The city offers leisure facilities. Sports and Rehabilitation Centre "Słowianka" offers 50 m Olympic pool, aqua park facilities, saunas, gym, massage and spa. Gracja hotel offers a 25 m pool. There are a few gyms and sports hall in the city. New rowing centre at the Warta river has been completed in 2009. Speedway stadium is undergoing major extension works this year. Gorzów embankment, which is undergoing major renovation in 2011, is a new nightlife centre. There are many restaurants and pubs around the embankment and others are coming soon.

Education

* * Poznan University School of Physical Education - Faculty of Physical Education in Gorzów Wielkopolski * Wyzsza Szkola Biznesu w Gorzowie Wlkp. * Poznan University of Medical Sciences - University Teaching Center in Gorzów Wielkopolski

Sports

Gorzów is famous in Poland for its great clubs and fine athletes. There are two Olympic champions from Gorzów:

Tomasz Kucharski Tomasz Bogusław Kucharski (born 16 February 1974, in Gorzów Wielkopolski) is a Polish competition rower and Olympic champion. As of 2015, he serves in the Polish Sejm. Together with Robert Sycz, Kucharski won two gold medals i ...

and

Michał Jeliński Michał Jliński (born 17 March 1980, in Gorzów Wielkopolski) is a Polish rower. He won a gold medal in quadruple sculls at the 2008 Summer Olympics. For his sporting achievements, he received the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restitu ...

, both in rowing. It is a home for many world champions and Olympic medalists. A historical sport is also volleyball. GTPS holds to a great tradition and has had many outstanding players with the best ever, Sebastian Świderski, born in Gorzów. *

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– women

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team, competing in the Basket Liga Kobiet (top division; as of 2021–22) *

Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski is a Polish speedway team based in Gorzów Wielkopolski that currently competes in Speedway Ekstraliga. History Formation and beginnings The speedway section of club was officially registered 9 April 1950. At number ...

–

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team, competing in the

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(top division; as of 2022), nine times Polish Champions * Stilon Gorzów Wielkopolski – football club with men and

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sections * - football club with men and women sections *Gorzów is a national powerhouse in

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for decades. International events are regularly held at the Slowianka Sports Centre with a modern Olympic-size pool.

Notable people

* Gottfried Bernhardy (1800–1875), philologist and literary historian * Hermann Paucksch (1816-1899), German mechanical engineering contractor and manufacturer *

Hermann Ende Hermann Gustav Louis Ende (4 March 1829 – 10 August 1907) was a German architect noted for his work in Germany, Japan and elsewhere. Biography Ende was born in Landsberg an der Warthe, Prussia (modern-day Gorzów Wielkopolski, Polan ...

(1829–1907), German architect * Max Fränkel (1846–1903), German classical scholar, philologist, epigrapher and librarian * Arthur Moritz Schönflies (1853–1928), German mathematician *

Ludwig Pick Ludwig Pick (31 August 1868 – 3 February 1944) was a German pathologist born in Landsberg an der Warthe. In 1893 he earned his medical doctorate in Leipzig, and subsequently practiced medicine at Leopold Landau's private ''Frauenklinik'', whe ...

(1868–1944), German pathologist * Georg Axhausen (1877–1960), oral and maxillofacial surgeon * Marie Juchacz (1879–1956), German SPD politician * Victor Klemperer (1881–1960), author and literary scholar * Ernst Schwarz (1886–1958), German politician * Elisabeth Röhl (1888–1930), German politician *

Kurt Scharf Kurt Scharf (October 21, 1902 – March 28, 1990) was a German clergyman and bishop of the Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg. Life Kurt Scharf was born in Landsberg an der Warthe in the Prussian Province of Brandenburg (now Gorzó ...

(1902–1990), Lutheran bishop of Berlin * Bronisława Wajs (1908–1987), Romani poet *

Herman Bottcher Herman John Bottcher (born Hermann Johann Friedrich Bottcher; July 13, 1909 – December 31, 1944) was an American soldier born in Germany, who was awarded the rank of captain in two different armies, the International Brigade during the S ...

(1909–1944), German-born American soldier * Roger G. Newton (1924–2018), German-born American physicist * Christa Wolf (1929–2011), writer and literary critic * Teresa Klimek (1929–2013), math teacher, co-founder of the local branch of the Catholic Intellectuals Club and executive on the regional branch of

Solidarity ''Solidarity'' is an awareness of shared interests, objectives, standards, and sympathies creating a psychological sense of unity of groups or classes. It is based on class collaboration.''Merriam Webster'', http://www.merriam-webster.com/dicti ...

* Wolfgang Müller (1931-2021), German equestrian * Edward Dębicki (born 1935), Romani poet, composer and musician * Edward Jancarz (1946–1992), speedway rider * Danuta Danielsson (1947–1988), Polish anti-Nazi protester, subject of an iconinc photograph taken in 1985 in Växjö, Sweden * Zenon Plech (born 1953), speedway rider *

(born 1959), former Prime Minister of Poland * Marek Jurek (born 1960), politician, former Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland *

Lech Piasecki Lech Piasecki (born 13 November 1961) is a Polish former racing cyclist. Born in Poznań, he became the first Polish cyclist to wear the yellow jersey in the Tour de France, in 1987. After Piasecki became Amateur world champion in 1985, the Co ...

(born 1961), racing cyclist *

Zenon Jaskuła Zenon Jaskuła (born 4 June 1962) is a Polish former professional racing cyclist from Śrem, who was active in the 1990s. He won stage 16 and finished third overall in the 1993 Tour de France. He competed in the team time trial at the 1988 Summ ...

(born 1962), racing cyclist *

(born 1974), rower, double Olympic champion * Beata Sokołowska-Kulesza (born 1974), sprint canoer, olympic bronze medalist and world champion * Sebastian Świderski (born 1977), volleyball player *

(born 1980), olympic and four times world champion in rowing * Michal (Michał Kwiatkowski, born 1983), singer, Star Academy music contest runner-up * Łukasz Maliszewski (born 1985), footballer *

Kamil Dragun Kamil Dragun (born 25 June 1995) is a Polish chess grandmaster. Chess career Dragun won medals in the Polish Junior Chess Championship in different age categories. In 2009 he won European Youth Chess Championship (U14) in Fermo, Italy. In 2 ...

(born 1995), chess grandmaster *

Dawid Kwiatkowski Dawid Kwiatkowski (born 1 January 1996) is a Polish singer-songwriter and television personality. He began his musical career in the band Two of Us. He has released seven solo studio albums: ''9893'' (2013), ''Akustycznie'' (2014), ''Pop & Roll' ...

(born 1996), singer-songwriter * Dawid Kownacki (born 1997), Polish professional football player * Sebastian Walukiewicz (born 2000), Polish professional football player

Twin towns – sister cities

Gorzów Wielkopolski is twinned with: * Cava de' Tirreni, Italy * Eberswalde, Germany * Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany * Herford (district), Germany * Sumy, Ukraine *

Teramo Teramo (; nap, label= Abruzzese, Tèreme ) is a city and '' comune'' in the Italian region of Abruzzo, the capital of the province of Teramo. The city, from Rome, is situated between the highest mountains of the Apennines ( Gran Sasso d'Ital ...

, Italy

Gallery

File:Gorzów Wlkp. widok na bulwary.JPG, View of the riverside boulevards and the city's oldest section File:Plac Grunwaldzki ŁK.jpg, Grunwaldzki Square File:Bulwar wschodni BN.jpg, Nadwarcianski Boulevard File:Deptak na Sikorskiego BN.jpg, Pedestrian zone on Sikorski Street File:Gorzow Koscioł Podwyzszenia Krzyza Swiętego.jpg, Holy Cross Church File:Ulica Chrobrego w Gorzowie Wlkp1.JPG, Chrobrego Street File:Pomnik Józefa Piłsudskiego w Gorzowie.JPG, Józef Piłsudski Monument File:Gorzów Sąd Okregowy.jpg, District Court File:Staw w Gorzowie.JPG, Spring of Nations Park File:Gorzów Wielkopolski, willa przy ul. 30 Stycznia.jpg, Bishop's Palace File:Narożna kamienica 02.JPG, An example of a 19th-century townhouse File:Mieszka I 7 Gorzow.JPG, Old townhouses, Mieszka I Street File:Dworzec PKP GOrzów.JPG,

Main railway station Central stations or central railway stations emerged in the second half of the nineteenth century as railway stations that had initially been built on the edge of city centres were enveloped by urban expansion and became an integral part of the ...

File:Gorzow Park111 2.JPG, Park 111 shopping centre File:Gorzów Wielkopolski ul. Mieszka I.jpg, Immaculate Conception church

Notes

References

External links

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Jewish Community in Gorzów Wielkopolski
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