Gorzow WielkopolskiGorzow 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.
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.
STORIA
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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