Jump to content

Zielona Góra

Coordinates: 51°56′N 15°30′E / 51.933°N 15.500°E / 51.933; 15.500
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 71.137.202.100 (talk) at 16:21, 21 October 2008 (stop removing historical information). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

See also: Zielona Góra, Łódź Voivodeship
Zielona Góra
Town Hall and Main Square
Town Hall and Main Square
Flag of Zielona Góra
Flag
Coat of arms of Zielona Góra
Coat of arms
Motto(s): 
Miasto przyszłości
City of the future
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLubusz
Established13th century
Town rights1323
Government
 • MayorJanusz Kubicki
Area
 • City
58.32 km2 (22.52 sq mi)
Elevation
71 m (233 ft)
Population
 (2006)
 • City
118,221
 • Density2,000/km2 (5,300/sq mi)
 • Metro
294,000
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
65-001 to 65-950
Area code+48 068
Car platesFZ
Websitehttp://www.zielona-gora.pl/UMZG/

Zielona Góra Template:Audio-IPA-pl (Template:Lang-de) is a city in Lower Silesia, in western Poland, with 118,730 inhabitants within the city limits (2004) and 294,000 inhabitants within the metropolitan area, including two neighbouring counties (2005).

Zielona Góra has been in Lubusz Voivodeship since 1999, prior to which it was the capital of Zielona Góra Voivodeship from 1975–98. It is the seat of Lubusz Voivodeship's elected assembly (sejmik) and executive (the seat of the centrally-appointed governor or voivode being Gorzów Wielkopolski). The city's name, in both Polish and German, means "green mountain".

History

The first settlement in the area of Zielona Góra was built in the valley near the Złota Łącza stream during the reign of Duke Mieszko I.[1] The oldest settlement was agricultural and later developed into a trading point along routes from Poznań to Żagań and further to Łużyce.[1] The written records of the Slavic settlement date to 1222 and an increase of its population by Henryk Brodaty.[1] Other documents date the settlement to 1302.[2]

In 1163 the emperor established Upper Silesia and Lower Silesia and granted duchies as fiefs to be ruled by Silesian Dukes. Many German craftsmen came to build cities and churches. The region received further influx of German burghers in the second half of the 13th century during the medieval Ostsiedlung.[3] The settlement became a city with Crossener Recht, a variation of Magdeburg rights, in 1323.[2] The earliest mention of the town's coat of arms is from 1421, although it is believed to have been arranged since the beginning of the 14th century.[4] A document in the town archive of Thorn (Toruń) dating from before 1400 used a sigil with the name GRVNINBERG, an early form of the German name Grünberg.[4]

In 1294 Henry III, Duke of Silesia-Glogau, founded a church in honor of Saint Hedwig, patron saint of Silesia. This building, today called the konkatedra św. Jadwigi w Zielonej Górze, is the oldest building in the city. A wooden castle near the city, built ca. 1272, was the residence of Duke John of Steinau from 1358–65; John had ceded his lands to Henry V, Duke of Glogau.[5] In 1477 the town defeated a 5,000-strong army from neighbouring Brandenburg which attempted to seize it during the succession war to the Duchy of Glogau. In 1488 John II, Duke of Sagan, destroyed the castle to prevent his enemies from using it.[5]

After the collapse of the Duchy of Sagan, the town fell to the Kingdom of Bohemia, a state of the Holy Roman Empire. Grünberg converted to Lutheranism during the Protestant Reformation through the efforts of Paul Lemberg, Abbot of Sagan.[6] The city declined during the 17th century, especially during the Thirty Years' War (1618–48) and following decades. Grünberg endured plundering, debts, emigration of burghers, and fires.[6] In 1651 during the Counter Reformation, the Habsburg Monarchy of Austria reintroduced Roman Catholicism and suppressed Protestantism.[5] The city was subjected to heavy Germanisation and German craftsmen banned Poles from attending any practice allowing them to work as members of guilds.[1] A rebellion caused by conscription ended with many Poles being imprisoned.[1]

The city was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia by the 1742 Treaty of Breslau which ended the First Silesian War. The Prussians introduced religious toleration,[6] leading to the construction of the Protestant parish church Zum Garten Christ from 1746–47;[6] Catholic Poles were later discriminated against, however.The city's textile industry was booming by the end of the 18th century, and by 1800 large parts of the city walls had been dismantled to allow the city to expand.[6] The textile industry suffered during the 1820s while adjusting to the Industrial Revolution and an import ban by the Russian Empire; The city's economy began to recover after many clothiers immigrated to Congress Poland.

During industrialization many Germans from the countryside moved to large industrial cities and large number of Poles came to German cities to work as well. The Polish population was pushed by Germanisation to rural villages,[1] although some remained in the town contributed to the economic revival of the city.[1] A Polish church remained functional[1] until 1809 and a Polish craftsmen association (Towarzystwo Polskich Rzemieślników) was established by Kazimierz Lisowski in 1898.

Since 1816 after the Napoleonic Wars, Grünberg was administered within the district Landkreis Grünberg i. Schles. in the Province of Silesia. In 1871 it became part of the German Empire during the unification of Germany. English industrialists purchased some of the city's textile factories during the 1870s and 1880s.[6] By 1885, most of Grünberg's population of 14,396 were Protestants.[7] The city was first connected to the Glogau-Grünberg-Guben railway line in 1871, followed by connections to Christianstadt in 1904, Wollstein in 1905, and a local line to Sprottau in 1911.[6]

In 1919 Grünberg became part of the Province of Lower Silesia within Weimar Germany. On 1 April 1922 it became a district-free city, but this status was revoked on 1 October 1933 while part of Nazi Germany.

The Soviet Red Army occupied Grünberg with little fighting in 1945 during World War II.[6] It was placed under Polish administration, followed by the post-war Potsdam Agreement. The remaining German inhabitants who had not fled from the Eastern Front were expelled[citation needed] by Soviet and Polish[citation needed] troops, and the town was partly resettled with Poles transferred from Polish areas annexed by the Soviet Union. The city was officially renamed from the German name Grünberg to the Polish name Zielona Góra, and the 18th century Protestant church was reconsecrated as a Catholic church (Kościół Matki Boskiej Częstochowskiej).

The University of Zielona Góra was opened in 2001. The city is also the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Zielona Góra-Gorzów.

Wineries

Grünberg has been known for its wines for centuries. It is now one of two places in Poland with wine grape cultivation mainly for white wines, (another one is the wine growing region near the town of Warka in Masovia). The first wineries around Grünberg now Zielona Góra were built in 1314. At Paradyż (Paradis) Abbey near Zielona Góra, monks have been making wine since 1250. The number of vineyards at peak production is estimated at 4,000 in the region, and 2,500 in Zielona Góra itself. The most famous wine is called "Monte Verde". During the communist era wine production was reduced, but since 1990 it has recovered. However, nowadays wine is no longer produced in Zielona Góra itself (the last factory was closed in the early 1990s). Since 1852 an annual Wine Festival has taken place in the town.

Education

The city has a university and a College of International Trade and Finance. Currently there are 18,000 students studying in the city.

Secondary education

Secondary education is based on the Lyceum type of educational facility.

Universities and colleges

Politics

Members of Parliament (Sejm) elected from the constituency: http://www.sejm.gov.pl/poslowie/mapa5/4a.htm

Airport

Zielona Góra Airport is located at Babimost, north-east of the city. It is currently the 10th busiest airport in Poland. Formerly a military base, it has become an important transport hub for western Poland. LOT Polish Airlines currently offers daily flights to Warsaw.

Events

People

Bartholomäus Pitiscus (* 1561; † 1613), mathematician, theologian, astronomer Abraham Scultetus (* 1566; † 1625), theologian Rudolf Haym (* 1821; † 1901), philosopher Wilhelm Foerster (* 1832; † 1921), astronomer Otto Julius Bierbaum (* 1865; † 1910), literanian Karl Wilczynski (* 1884; † 1959), journalist Siegfried Pitschmann (* 1930; † 2002), author Heinz Behrens (* 1932), actor Friedrich Wilhelm Haack (* 1935; † 1991), theologian Armin Baumert (* 1943), sportsman Maryla Rodowicz (* 1945), Polish singer Olga Tokarczuk (* 1962), Polish journalist


Sister cities and twin towns

  • Town hall on market square
    Town hall on market square
  • St Jadwiga concatedral
    St Jadwiga concatedral
  • Chapel from 14th century
    Chapel from 14th century
  • Church of Holy Mary of Częstochowa
    Church of Holy Mary of Częstochowa
  • Hunger tower from 15th century
    Hunger tower from 15th century
  • Astronomical observatory
    Astronomical observatory
  • Palm house with restaurant on vine hill
    Palm house with restaurant on vine hill
  • Zielona Góra Main Library
    Zielona Góra Main Library
  • City map
    City map
  • Grünberg on Blaeu's 1645 map of Lower Silesia
    Grünberg on Blaeu's 1645 map of Lower Silesia
  • In Blaeu's 1645 atlas (spelled Grūberg with a macron)
    In Blaeu's 1645 atlas (spelled Grūberg with a macron)
  • Grünberg on German map of 1905
    Grünberg on German map of 1905

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Municipal homepage Template:Pl icon
  2. ^ a b Weczerka, p. 164
  3. ^ Westermann, p. 74
  4. ^ a b Hupp, p. 154
  5. ^ a b c Weczerka, p. 165
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h Weczerka, p. 166
  7. ^ Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 1885

References

  • Hupp, Otto (1896 and 1898). Königreich Preußen: Wappen der Städte. Flecken und Dörfer. Frankfurt: Verlag von Heinrich Keller. p. 185. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)CS1 maint: year (link) Template:De icon
  • Stier, Erich (1963). Westermanns Atlas zur Weltgeschichte: Vorzeit / Altertum, Mittelalter, Neuzeit. Braunschweig: Georg Westermann Verlag. p. 170. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |otherauthors= ignored (help) Template:De icon
  • Weczerka, Hugo (1977). Handbuch der historischen Stätten Deutschlands, Schlesien. Stuttgart: Alfred Kröner Verlag. p. 699. ISBN 3-520-31601-3. Template:De icon
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Zielona Góra.

Template:Poland

51°56′N 15°30′E / 51.933°N 15.500°E / 51.933; 15.500

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Zielona_Góra&oldid=246746211"