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October – December 2011

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 athttp://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