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Bielsko-Biala(Polish Bielsko-Biala, strength. Bjylsko-Bjoło is a city in southern Poland. Located in the Silesian Voivodeship, it was previously the capital of the Bielsko-Białski Voivodeship (1975-1998).
The first mention of the city of Bielsko appeared in 1312. In 1951, the cities of Bielsko and Byala Krakowska (city status since 1723) were merged. At the same time, the city of Bielsko was part of Silesia, and Byala was part of Lesser Poland. The Byala River flows through the city, which is the historical border between Silesia and Lesser Poland.
The picturesque town of Bielsko-Biala is located at the foot of the Lesser and Śląski Beskid at an altitude of 400 meters above sea level, at the foot of the mountains. Tourists call the town "Little Vienna" for its unique architecture and good location. Bielsko-Biala is surrounded by picturesque mountains and numerous resorts, including ski resorts. This is the largest center of the Beskids region, connecting the Polish-Czech-Slovak borderlands. A unique Polish town with a great history, beautiful surrounding landscape and many cozy pubs is very popular with locals and tourists.
sights
- Cemetery Soviet soldiers on Lvovskaya street.
- Monument to Bolek and Lolek
- Monument to the dog Rex
Hello - I want to tell you about the wonderful Polish city of Bielsko-Biala, which I happened to visit this summer.
A little historical background:
Bielsko-Biała (Polish Bielsko-Biała, force Bjylsko-Bjoło) is a city in southern Poland with a population of 176,678 (2004). It is located in the Silesian Voivodeship (since 1999), was previously the capital of the Bielsko-Białski Voivodeship (1975-1998).
The first mention of the city of Bielsko appeared in 1312. In 1951, the cities of Bielsko and Byala Krakowska (city status since 1723) were merged. At the same time, the city of Bielsko was part of Silesia, and Byala was part of Lesser Poland.
It was my first visit to Poland, I liked everything. Although I was lucky with the weather, it was sunny, although before the trip they frightened me with rain and cold (it was like that all June - the average temperature was +12) - whether I brought my Rostov heat with me, I don’t know, but it was almost + thirty))))
I also prepared myself mentally for hostility from the Poles. But if you do not touch on political topics, then they are very nice people. Although with my girlfriend, whom I went to, there were funny and not very incidents. At a time when there were no social networks yet, we often wrote paper letters (I'm not 100 years old :)) it's just more pleasant to receive paper letters, and so, from time to time I threw off our "new" music, photos, films and sent them to her. The girl, a Pole, a roommate, hearing the song of Dima Belan, became interested, asked what language the guy sings in, and when she learned that in Russian, she was surprised, she was also struck by the fact that in Russia there is also pop , and rock and rap and generally different music. She was sure that the Russians only listen to ditties ... Well, there will be a dozen such stories.
And so, Bielsko is located not far from 2 large million-plus cities of Krakow and Katowice, by car an average of 2 hours to any of them.
There are 3 universities in Bielsko
Graduate School of Finance and Law
Belsk Higher School. Ya. Tyshkevich
In the higher school of administration, future diplomats, managers, logisticians are trained. A friend is studying there at the Faculty of International Relations.
What else is remarkable in the city. It has (or was, I can’t say for sure) an animation studio where Lyolik and Bolek filmed)) And They are everywhere - from monuments to famous brothers and Rex, souvenirs, etc., ending with graffiti.
Poland is a paradise for a shopaholic, I have never seen so many malls per 1 square kilometer, there are large "Tesco", "Kaufland", "carrefour", there are also well-known Decathlon and Auchan (only they call it Oshon for some reason) , Real, large and small "thighs" - which in Polish means ladybug, they are like our "magnet" or "pyaterochka" - they sell products, most of them made in Poland, or released specifically for this network. Well, and "SPHERE" - it is huge, in size I can probably compare it only with the MEGA "white dacha" in Moscow. Well, or 2 average megas. I’ll just get tired of listing all the stores, there are sooooooooooo many of them (bershka, stradivarius, zara, nike, adidas, top secret, MOJITO * _ *, house, reserve, etc.)
Right next to the Sphere there are "grotto salts". Salt grotto, in which people pay for time to sleep and recover. As I understand it, the owners are 2 old Germans. This pleasure costs 12 zloty an hour, 12 zloty is 120 rubles. Also at the reception you can buy salt lamps, bath salts and thermal water in some unrealistically huge tubes. It costs salt and thermal water for 250 rubles (PLN 25). You can enter the grotto itself without shoes and only in white socks, there are sun loungers in the grotto itself, and there is a plasma on which landscapes are shown. The hour flew by unnoticed, though it froze a little (but blankets are given out there), and there was also a feeling that the skin began to burn.
"salts grotto"
The architecture of the city is very beautiful, ancient buildings, many churches, in the center there are souvenir shops where you can buy products of local craftsmen (ceramics, textiles, etc.)
In the building opposite the town hall, you can buy souvenirs, after learning that I was from Russia they apologized that there was no guide in Russian, but besides my magnets they also put an English guide and a CD about Bielsko-Biala
As for the prices, they are less than in Russia, for example, gatherings in a cafe in the city center (a cafe that is more than 100 years old by the way) cost about 400 rubles (40 zł) for 3 adults. Very tasty charlotte cost 8 zlotys (80r) and coffee 6 (60r)
BIELSKO-BYALA (Bielsko-Biała), a city in southern Poland, in the Silesian Voivodeship. US. 173.5 thousand people (2014). Together with the suburbs of Czechowice-Dziedzice, Wilkowice and Kenty, it forms the Bielsk agglomeration from us. OK. 330 thousand people (2013). Located in the foothills of the Silesian Beskid and Small Beskids (West. Carpathians), on the Byala River (a tributary of the Vistula), on the border of two historical and geographical. regions - Cieszyn Silesia and Lesser Poland, 15 km northeast of the border with the Czech Republic and 30 km north of the border with Slovakia. Highway junction and railways. Upcoming international airports are Balice in Krakow (60 km northeast of the city centre), Pyrzowice in Katowice (72 km north) and Mosznov in Ostrava (Czech Republic; 68 km west).
It was formed in 1951 from the two cities of Bielsko and Byala, located on opposite banks of the Byala River. Bielsko emerged as a trading settlement in the 2nd half. 13th c. on the left bank of the river, in the Upper Silesian Teszyn kn-ve; in con. 13 - beginning. 14th century received the rights of the city, from 1327 was part of the Czech Republic. Since 1457, the border between the lands of the Czech Republic and Poland passed along the Byala River. From 1526 Bielsko - in the possession of the Habsburgs (within the borders of the Czech Republic), from the 2nd half. 16th century is known as a cloth-making center (the famous Bielsk cloth with the trademark "BS"). From the 2nd floor. 19th century in Bielsko, along with the textile industry, metalworking and mechanical engineering are rapidly developing. As part of Poland since 1920. Byala arose in the middle. 16th century as s.-x. and craft settlement, city since 1723; developed as a weaving center. From 1772 - in the possession of the Habsburgs; in con. 19th century one of the most industrialized centers of Galicia. Since 1918, within the borders of Poland (it was part of the Krakow Voivodeship, it was called Biala-Krakowska). In 1975–98 adm. the center of the Bielskie Voivodeship.
Archite. monuments of the 16th–19th centuries (ensemble of the market square, castle, gothic and baroque churches, town hall, etc.).
Important scientific, educational. and Cultural Center Podbeskid'e region. Research institute of the automotive industry "BOSMAL" (1972). State. universities: Techn. and the Humanitarian Academy (has been conducting history since 1969, the current name and status since 2001, it includes an art gallery and a library), a branch of the Economic. un-ta in Katowice (since 1966), pedagogical. college (1991); non-state higher schools: computer science and management (1992), finance and law (1995), Belskaya im. Yu. Tyshkevich (1996), administration, economic and humanitarian (both - since 1997), etc.; Theological in-t im. St. John Kantius (1994; branch of the Pontifical University in Krakow, it includes a library). Libraries: Beskidskaya honey. and regional pedagogical (in the structure of both - 17 branches). Historical museum (has history since 1904; modern name since 2013; in the castle of the Sulkowski princes; it includes an art gallery), with branches: Julian Falat's villa (1971), "Weaver's House" (1974), "Old Factory" ( 1979), Literary Museum. W. Reymont (1989), Automobile Museum (2006) and others. Gallery of modern. BWA claims (1975). Polish dramatic. theater (1890), puppet theater (1947). Belsk Cultural Center (1998, it includes the House of Music, the House of Dance and an art gallery). Belsk Chamber Orchestra (1982); chamber choir (1993). Animation studio cinema (1947). Annual international festivals: puppet art (since 1966), sacred music "Sacrum in Musica" (since 2000), organ music (since 2000; until 2011 - J.S. Bach), "Jazz Autumn" (since 2003); among other festivals - Polish composers (since 1996), independent cinema (since 2005), modern. art "Autumn in Bielsko" (held in the gallery of modern art BWA), medieval summer fair, etc. Gor. parks: im. J. Słowacki, "Włó kniarzy" and a park on the Byala River (all founded in the late 19th century).
The football club "Podbeskidzie" (founded in 1997 as a result of the merger of the clubs "Włókniarz", 1907, and "DKS Inter Komorowice", 1995), hosts rivals on the mountains. stadium (1927; reconstruction 2012–15; approx. 15.3 thousand seats). Women's volleyball club "BKS Aluprof Profi Credit" (1951) - multiple national champion, performs in the halls "BKS Stal" (1984-88; 1.4 thousand seats) and "Widowiskowo-Sportowa" (2009-10; 3 thousand seats) . Athletics stadium. Aeroclub.
B.-B. - one of the fastest growing industrial centers of the country. The leading branch of industry is mechanical engineering, in the main. automotive industry. The headquarters of FCA Poland (1992, a division of the international company Fiat Chrysler Automobiles) is based in the city. Production of auto components at the factories of companies: ital. Fiat Powertrain Technologies (combustion engines) and Magneti Marelli (suspension and shock absorbers; both under Fiat Chrysler Automobiles), Irish-Amer. "Eaton Corporation" (engine parts), Brit.TI Automotive (fuel and brake systems),Amer. TRW Automotive (steering systems), Adler Automotive (heat and sound insulation materials) and Shiloh Industries, mex. "Nemak" (both - parts made of aluminum alloys), French. Hutchinson (air conditioning systems), DE. "Grammer" (headrests and armrests) and "Proseat" (seat components), Swede. "Bulten" (attachment parts), ind. ASK Automotive (audio systems), Amer. "Cooper-Standard Automotive" and Polish. "Takoni" (both - rubber products). Release of fire trucks and other specializations. automotive equipment at the plant of the company "Szczęśniak Pojazdy Specjalne". Among other types of engineering products - prom. energetic. (plants of the American company General Electric and Italian EDF Fenice) and grinding (German Klingspor) equipment, gliders and light aircraft (Zakłady Lotnicze Margański & Mysłowski), turbine blades for aircraft. engines (Italian "Avio"), lighting. fittings (Dutch "Philips Lighting"), equipment for the textile industry ("BEFAMA"). Also issue painting and builds. tools (enterprise of the Befaszczot company, since 1876), aluminum builds. structures ("Aluprof"), means household chemicals(German "Henkel"), tech. textiles and fire hoses ("Bezalin"), woolen fabrics ("Bielstyl"). The food and flavor industry is developed (processing of oilseeds at the plant of the Bielmar company, etc.). Energy supply is provided by two thermal power plants (total electric power 132 MW; they work on coal). Four districts of B.-B. are part of the Yastrshembsko-Zhorskaya subzone special. economical zone "Katowice" (area about 55 hectares, 17 companies are registered, about 4 thousand employees). In the Vapenitsa area, there is an industrial-technological park and Beskidsky technological. incubator.
Among the sectors of the service sector, administrative, financial, transport and logistics have received the greatest development. services, trade and tourism. business. In 2013 the city was visited by approx. 80 thousand tourists, including approx. 30 thousand foreign. Ch. types of tourism: sports and health. (biking, hiking and skiing; in the landscape parks of the Lesser Beskids and the Silesian Beskids) and event-oriented (the annual international exhibition-fair of energy equipment ENERGETAB is held in B.-B.).
Are there many towns in Poland, surrounded by majestic mountain peaks, possessing ancient history, boasting interesting local attractions and, moreover, offering excellent service to numerous tourists? Unfortunately, not much. Most of them have either turned into modern cities, living their fast life, while others are simply forgotten by both God and people, living out their quiet days in absolute oblivion. But there is one city that completely combines ancient traditions, amazing landscapes, and quite modern infrastructure. This is a pearl, the city of Bielsko-Biala.
The pearl of the land of Śląski.
The picturesque town of Bielsko-Biala is located at the foot of the Small and has the same fabulous atmosphere inherent in all the ancient towns of the Commonwealth. And it is not surprising, because its history has more than 7 centuries. Back in 1312, in Bielsko (part of modern Bielsko-Biała), the first, then still small, cloth-making workshops began to be created, so that the “Pearl of Słonski” is practically at the origins of the formation of the Polish textile industry. In those distant days, Bielsko-Biala (more precisely, two separate towns of Bielsko and Biala, which were united only in 1951) was known as the multicultural center of Beskyd, in which Poles, Czechs, Slovaks, Germans and Jews coexisted peacefully. Thanks to them, the city developed dynamically both industrially and culturally, decorating its panorama with characteristic buildings that we can still see today.
The city was known as a multicultural center on all sides of the Beskydy.
Bielsko-Biala (German: Bielitz-Biala) lies at an altitude of 400 meters above sea level, at the foot of three peaks that serve simultaneously as the sights of the Śląski Beskid and the administrative boundaries of the city - Schindzelni, Magurka and Kozja Gora. The Stratsonka region (eastern part of Bielsko-Biała) rises to the foot of the Lesser Beskyd, and southern part- to Vilkovitskaya Brama (a plateau between two Beskydy massifs).
Modern Bolsko-Biala is a city of great opportunities and prospects. Here, fortunately, you will not see either old factories or abandoned factories with frightening eye sockets of broken windows. Everything is reconstructed, rebuilt, repaired in a timely manner. Massive construction of new high-rise buildings with office space. The road infrastructure is also developing well - ultramodern ring roads encircling Bielsko-Biala with an asphalt wreath, greatly facilitating the movement of vehicles. The city is a major rail and road hub, providing excellent communications in all directions. Comprehensive repair and restoration works are also carried out in historical buildings, such as the Sulkowski Castle, or the brick-houses on the Old Town Square.
It should be noted that for several years Bielsko-Biala has been ranked second in Poland in terms of the development of private entrepreneurship.
Bielsko-Biala honors its history.
“Little Vienna” (as the locals affectionately call their hometown) attracts tourists primarily with its unique architecture and good location. Delightful mountain routes start almost in the center of the city. This is what distinguishes Bielsko-Biala from the list of other similar towns. Picturesque mountains, a variety of landscapes, numerous resorts, including ski resorts. largest center Beskydy region, connecting the Polish-Czech-Slovak border.
Little Vienna.
(Illustration source: beskidia.pl).
Deserves special attention and cultural life Bielsko-Bialei. The Old Market Square is a meeting place for the local beau monde. Delightful cafes, cozy restaurants, noisy pubs. As the Poles say - up to the color, up to the choice (for taste and color). One can talk about Bielsko-Bialej as a venue for a wide variety of festivals - from music to theater, gathering under its auspices guests from all over Eastern (and not only) Europe. By the way, Bielsko-Biala boasts a unique monument, perhaps the only one in the entire territory of the Commonwealth. The great reformer Martin Luther King rises on the Old Town Square and seems to call on each of the onlookers passing by to change something in their lives.
Composition on the city square.
Bielsko-Biala is a unique city in every sense. It is not for nothing that many young people from other regions of Poland come here every now and then to start their own small business. It is not for nothing that numerous tourists, having had enough of the beauties of the royal capitals of Krakow and Warsaw, go to this picturesque town at the intersection of three borders in order to take a break from the bustle of the world and enjoy the mountain air. It is not for nothing that the inhabitants of the Shlensky land have a special attitude towards this city with almost 200 thousand inhabitants, considering it almost the center of the universe. And it is not for nothing that “little Vienna”, surrounded by the peaks of the Beskid, was able to retain all its charm, despite its 700-year history.
