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Gorzow Wielkopolski

Gorzow Wielkopolski serves as a significant river port and road connection between northern and southern Poland, and between Poland and Germany. It is a scenic city, built on seven hills and it forms a perfect starting point to explore the surrounding rivers, lakes and woodlands. Located not far from Gorzow is Europe’s biggest bat colony as well as a reserve for wildfowl. Within the boundaries of the city itself, one can visit a large number of valuable monuments and other places of interest – both historic and contemporary.

gorzow Wielkopolski

A city with a rich history, Gorzow Wielkopolski has numerous interesting places for the leisurely visitor. Above the old town rises the 14th-century gothic Cathedral of Assumption, completed in several phases starting from the 13th century. Its tower is a later addition, dating from the 14th century. You can also find some superb houses built in the 19th and at the beginning of the 20th centuries still standing in the city.

On display in the Jan Dekert Lubuskie Museum are works of tinware; however, it is the arboretum surrounding the museum that really deserves a visit. Walking along the paths of this beautiful garden it is impossible not to appreciate the richness of the fauna, particularly the large variety of unique trees to be found there.

Another interesting museum you may enjoy in Gorzow is the Museum of Ancient Art, only a few steps away from the neo-Romanesque Church of St. Stanislaw dating from the 18th century.

After touring the Museum of Santok City, with its range of archaeological exhibits, why not climb to the top of the watchtower for a marvellous view of the city and its surroundings?

Interestingly, Gorzow has earned itself a reputation as the greenest city in the region, with a total of 12 parks covering some 128 hectares. Their intersecting paths are ideal for strolling along and contemplating the loveliness of the area.

GEOGRAFIA

The largest city and one of the two capital cities of the Lubuskie Voivodship of western Poland (together with Zielona Gora), Gorzow Wielkopolski is a city of the Warta River, a tributary of the country’s second longest river, the Odra. Gorzow is located in the centre of a region that has long been known as the green lungs of Poland, and only 35 km from the border with Germany (130 km from Berlin). Consisting of a little more than 125,000 inhabitants, it covers an area of 86 km2.

Due to its geographical position at the crossroads between Szczecin, Poznan, Zielona Gora and Western Europe, Gorzow Wielkopolski is recognised as a busy commercial and transportation centre. In addition, the city has industries manufacturing synthetic textiles as well as well as many food products.

STORIA
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On 2 July 1257 a document was signed by Johann I of the Askan Dynasty, duly authorising Albrecht de Luge to establish a town called Landsberg. Its location was the area of Kasztelania Santocka, destined to be a part of the dowry of Constance, daughter of Przemyslaw 1st (the Prince of Wielkopolska), who married Konrad (Brandenburger Margrave). Gorzow was one of the first towns situated on the Lower Warta, at the mouth of the river Klodawa (Klodawka).

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