Białystok, Podlaskie, Poland, Europe
Białystok is the largest city in northeastern Poland and the capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship. Located in the Białystok Uplands (Polish: Wysoczyzna Białostocka) of the Podlaskie Plain (Polish: Nizina Północnopodlaska) on the banks of the Biała River, Białystok ranks second in terms of population density, eleventh in population, and thirteenth in area, of the cities of Poland. It has historically attracted migrants from elsewhere in Poland and beyond, particularly from Central and Eastern Europe. This is facilitated by the fact that the nearby border with Belarus is also the eastern border of the European Union, as well as the Schengen Area. The city and its adjacent municipalities constitute Metropolitan Białystok. The city has a Warm Summer Continental climate, characterized by warm summers and long frosty winters. Forests are an important part of Białystok's character, and occupy around 1,756 ha (4,340 acres) (17.2% of the administrative area of the city) which places it as the fifth most forested city in Poland. The first settlers arrived in the 14th century. A town grew up and received its municipal charter in 1692. Białystok has traditionally been one of the leading centers of academic, cultural, and artistic life in Podlaskie and the most important economic center in northeastern Poland. In the nineteenth century Białystok was an important center for light industry, which was the reason for the substantial growth of the city's population. But after the fall of communism in 1989 many of these factories faced severe problems and subsequently closed down. Through the infusion of EU investment funds, the city continues to work to reshape itself into a modern metropolis. Białystok in 2010, was on the short-list, but ultimately lost the competition to become a finalist for European Capital of Culture in 2016. Over the centuries Białystok has produced a number of people who have provided unique contributions to the fields of science, language, politics, religion, sports, visual arts and performing arts. This environment was created in the mid-eighteenth century by the patronage of Jan Klemens Branicki for the arts and sciences. These include Ryszard Kaczorowski, the last émigré President of the Republic of Poland; L. L. Zamenhof, the creator of Esperanto; and Albert Sabin, the co-developer of the polio vaccine. Białystok is situated in the Białystok Uplands (Polish: Wysoczyzna Białostocka) of the Podlaskie Plain (Polish: Nizina Północnopodlaska), part of what is known collectively as the Green Lungs of Poland. The Biała River, a left tributary of the Supraśl River, passes through the city. The landscape of the Białystok Upland is diverse, with high moraine hills and kame in excess of 200 m (660 ft) above sea level. Vast areas of outwash, a glacial plain formed of sediments deposited by meltwater at the terminus of a glacier, are covered by forests. Forests are an important part of the city character, they currently occupy approximately 1,756 ha (4,340 acres) (17.2% of the administrative area of the city) which places it as the fifth most wooded city in Poland; behind Katowice (38%), Bydgoszcz (30%), Toruń (22.9%) and Gdańsk (17.6%). Part of Knyszyn Forest is preserved within the city limits by two nature reserves a total area of 105 ha (260 acres). The Zwierzyniecki Forest Nature Reserve (Polish: Rezerwat przyrody Las Zwierzyniecki), which is contained within the city limits, is a fragment, 33.48 ha (82.7 acres), of the riparian forest with a dominant assemblage of oak and hornbeam. The Antoniuk Nature Reserve (Polish: Rezerwat Przyrody Antoniuk) is a 70.07 ha (173.1 acres) park in the city that preserves the natural state of a forest fragment characteristic of the Białystok Upland, with a dominant mixed forest of hazel and spruce. The 40 ha (99 acres) of forests lying in the vicinity of the Dojlidy Ponds are administered by the Central Sports and Recreation Center in Białystok (Polish: Miejski Ośrodek Sportu i Rekreacji w Białymstoku MOSiR). The Dojlidy Ponds recreation area includes a public beach, walking trails, birdwatching and fishing. Historically, Białystok has been a destination for internal and foreign immigration, especially from Central and Eastern Europe. In addition to the Polish minority, there was a significant Jewish majority in Białystok. According to Russian census of 1897, out of the total population of 66,000, Jews constituted 41,900 (around 63% percent). Białystok's pre-World War II Jewish population constituted about 63 percent of the city's total population of 107,000. World War II changed all of this, in 1939, around 107,000 people lived in Białystok, but in 1946 -- only 56,759, and to this day there is much less ethnic diversity than in the previous 300 years of the city's history.
Podlachia Poland - a region located in the north-eastern part of Polish.
Podlasie is a region located in the north-eastern part of Polish. Bialystok is the capital of the region. It is the largest city in pónocno-eastern Poland.
The voivodeship takes its name from the historic region of Poland called Podlasie.
There are two opinions regarding the origin of the region's name. People often derive it from the Slavic les or las, meaning forest, i.e., it is an area by the wood(s) or an area of forests, which would bring Podlasie close in meaning to adjacent Polesia.
PODLASIE Poland [English reader movie] 22min
Białystok ([bʲjaˈwɨstɔk] ( listen)) is the largest city in northeastern Poland and the capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship.
Located in the Białystok Uplands (Polish: Wysoczyzna Białostocka) of the Podlaskie Plain (Polish: Nizina Północnopodlaska) on the banks of the Biała River, Białystok ranks second in terms of population density, eleventh in population, and thirteenth in area, of the cities of Poland. It has historically attracted migrants from elsewhere in Poland and beyond, particularly from Central and Eastern Europe. This is facilitated by the fact that the nearby border with Belarus is also the eastern border of the European Union, as well as the Schengen Area. The city and its adjacent municipalities constitute Metropolitan Białystok. The city has a Warm Summer Continental climate, characterized by warm summers and long frosty winters. Forests are an important part of Białystok's character, and occupy around 1,756 ha (4,340 acres) (17.2% of the administrative area of the city) which places it as the fifth most forested city in Poland.
The first settlers arrived in the 14th century. A town grew up and received its municipal charter in 1692. Białystok has traditionally been one of the leading centers of academic, cultural, and artistic life in Podlaskie and the most important economic center in northeastern Poland.
PODLASKIE - Narew, Biebrza, Suwalszczyzna, Puszcza Białowieska, Augustów, Grabarka, Święta Woda
Nazwa Podlasie do dziś nie jest jednoznaczna. Najprawdopodobniejsze są dwie wersje (wg wiki):
Pierwsza mówi o tym, że nazwa wzięła swój początek od olbrzymich niegdyś, a dziś tylko częściowo zachowanych, puszcz i kniei. Tezę tę potwierdza wielu historyków, m.in. polski językoznawca Bogumił Samuel Linde w swoim monumentalnym Słowniku języka polskiego. W haśle Podlasie, Podlasze, Polesie wywodził pochodzenie nazwy od położenia: jako kraj bliski lasów podlesiem nazywany, albo, że nazwa Podlasia może pochodzić od gęstych lasów. Podobnie twierdzi współczesna regionalistka i folklorystka Podlasia – Anna Natalia Kozera.
Według drugiej Podlasie wzięło swą nazwę od Lachów, czyli Polaków zamieszkujących te tereny. Twierdził tak m.in. znawca etnografii Podlasia i etymologii – Zygmunt Gloger, który uważał, że nazwa Podlasie nie powstała od lasów, jak nazwa Polesie, ale od Lachów nazwa plemienia, przy granicy, których ciągnęło się Podlasie. Było to zatem pod-lasze .... W tym przekonaniu popierał Glogera, także inny znany ówczesny regionalista Józef Mikulski, który pisał: Mazurzy zwartą ławą osiedli ziemie od środkowej Wisły do Liwca. Za Liwcem natomiast przemieszali się z ludnością ruską, która z czasem, naturalnym biegiem rzeczy uległa ich kulturze, przyjmując kulturę polską jako swoją. Jednak kraj leżący za Liwcem długi czas zwano Podlasze tj. kraj pod Lachami, co z czasem z mazurska przerobiono na Podlasie.
Film promocyjny Województwa Podlaskiego z przełomu 2004-2005 r.
tytuł - PODLASKIE ZAPRASZA
czas - 22 min
scenariusz - Jerzy Zińczuk
oprawa muzyczna - Bogdan Kasperuk
zdjęcia - S. Piszczatowski, M. Zińczuk, J. Janik, J. Zińczuk
dżwięk i montaż - Jerzy Zińczuk
reżyseria - Jerzy Zińczuk
produkcja - Jerzy Zińczuk / PSF
Realizacja została sfinansowana przez Urząd Marszałkowski Województwa Podlaskiego
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