Gorzów Wielkopolski
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| Gorzów Wielkopolski | |
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| (Flag) | (Coat of arms) |
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| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lubusz |
| Municipal government | Rada Miasta Gorzowa Wielkopolskiego |
| Mayor | Tadeusz Jędrzejczak |
| Area | 86 km² |
| Population - city - urban - density |
125 780 - 1463/km² |
| Founded | - |
| Area code | +48 95 |
| Car plates | FG |
| Twin towns | Hazleton, Pennsylvania |
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Gorzów Wielkopolski (['gɔʐuv vʲelkɔ'pɔlski] , abbreviated Gorzów Wlkp.; German: Landsberg an der Warthe) is a city in western Poland, on the Warta river, with 125,780 inhabitants (2005). Since 1999, it is one of the two capitals of Lubusz Voivodeship (the other is Zielona Góra), previously the capital of the Gorzów Voivodeship (1975-1998).
The biggest oil fields in Poland are located near Gorzów .
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[edit] History
Before 1945 the city was part of Germany and was located in the Neumark region of Brandenburg. Since the Middle Ages it had been thoroughly German in population. In early 1945 it was heavily damaged by fighting between the Wehrmacht and the Red Army. After the end of the war, the city was handed over to Poland by the Allies and consequently the German population was expelled to Germany and replaced with Poles.
[edit] Universities and colleges
- Panstwowa Wyzsza Szkola Zawodowa w Gorzowie Wlkp. Homepage
- Poznan University School of Physical Education - Faculty of Physical Education in Gorzów Wielkopolski Faculty homepage
- Wyzsza Szkola Biznesu w Gorzowie Wlkp. Homepage
- College of English in Gorzów Wielkopolski. Homepage
- Wyzsza Informatyczna Szkola Zawodowa w Gorzowie Wlkp. Homepage
- Poznan University of Medical Sciences - University Teaching Center in Gorzów Wielkopolski
[edit] Sports
- Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski - Motorcycle speedway
- AZS PWSZ Gorzów Wielkopolski - women basketball team, has won the 1st league in 2003/2004 season and will be promoted to Sharp Torell Basket Liga
[edit] Politics
[edit] Gorzow Wielkopolski/Zielona Gora constituency
Members of Parliament (Sejm) elected from this constituency
- Dariusz Bachalski, PO
- Andrzej Brachmański, SLD-UP
- Jakub Derech-Krzycki, SLD-UP
- Stanisław Gudzowski, LPR
- Jan Kochanowski, SLD-UP
- Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, PiS
- Henryk Ostrowski, Samoobrona
- Alfred Owoc, SLD-UP
- Robert Smoleń, SLD-UP
- Franciszek Wołowicz, SLD-UP
- Bogusław Wontor, SLD-UP
- Józef Zych, PSL
[edit] Famous people
- Arthur Schoenflies
- Georg Axhausen - famous dental scientist
- Rudolf Braunburg – pilot and author
- Klaus Lemke - film maker
- Victor Klemperer - author and literary scientist
- Christa Wolf - German author, describes a visit to her Polonized town of birth in the book „Kindheitsmuster“.
- Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz - former Polish Prime Minister
- Zenon Jaskula - bicyclist
- Marie Juchacz - feminist
[edit] External links
| Voivodeships of Poland |  |
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| Greater Poland | Kuyavia-Pomerania | Lesser Poland | Lower Silesia | Lublin | Lubusz | Łódź | Masovia | Opole | Podlachia | Pomerania | Silesia | Subcarpathia | Świętokrzyskie | Warmia and Masuria | West Pomerania | |
| Principal cities: Warsaw | Łódź | Kraków | Wrocław | Poznań | Gdańsk | Szczecin | Bydgoszcz | Lublin | Katowice | Białystok | Częstochowa | Gdynia | Toruń | Olsztyn | Radom | Kielce | Rzeszów | Opole | Gorzów Wielkopolski | |
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