Konstancin-Jeziorna
Konstancin- Jeziorna is a town and summer resort in Poland in Masovian Voivodeship. It is the seat of city and rural community in the powiat Piaseczyński.
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Geographical location
Three kilometers east of the city runs the Vistula, the river runs through the city Jeziorka. A pine forest surrounding the place. Konstancin- Jeziorna borders the south-east of Warsaw and the Eastern Piasecznos. Neighboring towns are still Karczew about five miles to the east on the opposite bank of the Vistula River and about 13 kilometers south Góra Kalwaria.
History
The city Konstancin- Jeziorna was formed from the formerly independent towns and Jeziorna Konstancin- Skolimów.
The town developed on a trade route to Warsaw. Probably the oldest settlement that is part of the city today is Cieciszew in which there was a parish in the 13th century. The community was used in 1660 by the surrounding villages such as Slomczyn, Łyczyn, Borek, Goździe, Czernidła, Oborki, Obory, Grąd, Chabdzin, Chabdzinek, Kolo, Kłyczyn, Cijcza, Opacz, lek, Jemielin and Gassy. In the 1680s the palace was built in Obory, its present shape was part of the building after a renovation in 1893.
End of the 18th century a paper mill was built in Jeziorna, the first of Mazovia and one of the first in Poland. It was built at the Jeziorka; now here is the shopping center Stara Papiernia. Since the mid 19th century, the Warszawskie Zakłady Papiernicze is produced in a modern paper mill.
Konstancina was not founded until 1897. It was built by the Count Witold Skórzewski and Władysław Mielżyński a summer resort for the citizens of Warsaw, after a cousin of the two counts, Maria Oginska, born Skórzewska, the corresponding land acquired by the owner of the rule Obory, Maria Potulicka. The used grounds north of the river Jeziorka soon reached an area of about 3300 m². At the beginning especially the very affluent residents took advantage of the possibilities of the place, and later pensions, which made the recovery for the middle class arose possible.
During the Third Partition of Poland and Konstancin Jeziorna part of Russia were. With the formation of the Duchy of Warsaw in 1807, the two were the same place part and 1815 part of Congress Poland. During the First World War it came near the places to fighting between Russians and Germans. After the war, the places were part of the revived Poland. In September 1939 the German Wehrmacht occupied the area. After the suppression of the Warsaw Uprising by the Germans marched in early 1945, the Red Army. After the war, the places were then part of Poland. During the socialist era was built on the Królewska Góra a closed settlement for the state elite. Here lived among other Bolesław Bierut, Wladyslaw Gomulka and Edward Gierek. 1962, a hospital was opened in Konstancin. In 1969, the management of Konstancin Jeziorna and was merged and created the modern city Konstancin- Jeziorna. In 1976 the site of the Królewska Góra has been transformed into a rehabilitation center.
From 1975 to 1998, the village belonged to the Province of Warsaw.
Culture and sights
Museums
- The Museum of the History of narratives (Muzeum Opowiadaczy historii )
- The Museum of Papermaking (Muzeum Papiernictwa )
Structures
- The complex of the paper mill with the working settlement from the 19-20. century
- The palace in Obory
Spa
Konstancin- Jeziorna is a spa town. 1980 graduation was built. In the sanatoriums and spa hospitals are 437 beds available.
Community
For urban and rural municipality ( gmina miejsko - wiejska ) Konstancin- Jeziorna an area of 78.28 km ² which has to about 23,500 people. The municipality consists of the Soltysships ( sołectwo ) Bielawa, Borowina, Cieciszew, Ciszyca, Czarnów, Czernidła, Dębówka, Gassy, Habdzin, Jeziorna Kawęczyn, Kawęczynek, Kępa Oborska, Kępa Okrzeska, Kierszek, Łęg, Nowe Wierzbno, Oborki, Okrzeszyn, Opacz, Parcela, Piaski, Slomczyn, Stare Wierzbno and Turowice.
Economy and infrastructure
Traffic
In East-West direction, the road leads Province 721 ( droga wojewódzka 721 ) through the city. In a north-south direction, the Province road runs 724
Its own rail connection has not Konstancin- Jeziorna; to Warsaw there are bus connections.
The nearest international airport is the Frederic Chopin Airport Warsaw which lies about 15 kilometers northwest of Konstancin- Jeziorna.
Personalities
Freeman
- Józef Piłsudski, awarded 1928
- Bogdan Jaworek, awarded 1992
- Sue Ryder, awarded 1997
- Wil de ' Vreeze, awarded 1997
- John Paul II, awarded 1999
- Johan Van traveling, awarded 2000
- Józef Hlebowicz, awarded 2000
Twin Cities
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- Saint- Germain -en- Laye in the region Ile- de -France, France
- Pisogne in Lombardy, Italy
- Hranice na Moravě in the Czech Republic
- Kremenez in western Ukraine
- Naujoji Vilnia in Lithuania
- Denzlingen in Baden- Württemberg, Germany