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Grudziadz

Country:
Poland
State:
Kuyavian-Pomeranian
City:
Grudziadz
Type of Location:
Multiple
About Location

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How to Reach

By Train

Grudziadz run by two railway lines niezelektryfikowane: Railway line 207 : Torun East - Malbork (construction: 1882-1883; length: 133.5 km; line 1-track) 57.4 km section of Grudziadz - Torun East starts 1 November 1882 and 76.1 km section of Grudziadz - Malbork opened on August 15 1883.Railway line 208 : Dzialdowo - Chojnice (construction: 1878-1887 and 1930; length: 200.9 km; line 1-track) 47.9 km section of Grudziadz - Wierzchucin launched 15 August 1883 and 108.8 km stretch Grudziadz - Dzialdowo open 1 October 1887.

By Road

Today in Grudziadz is 379 roads with total length of 220 km, 23 bridges, 9 and 3 bridges viaducts with a total length of over half a kilometer.After grudziadzkich road goes over 40 thousand vehicles.This communication deals with personal Municipal Department of Communications which supports the tram lines and buses with a total length of 283 km as well as a variety of private carriers the city also operates about 500 taxis.About 5 miles west of the town runs the international road E75 connecting the north and south of Polish.The city is run two national roads: 16 - connecting Slubice, Swiecko of Warmia and Mazury and farther from Kaliningrad and the countries bordering the Baltic Sea, 55 (Stolno - Grudziadz - Kwidzyn - The new Manor Gdansk) and the provincial road 534 (Grudziadz - Rypin - Sierpc - Warsaw).Important role in the development of the city will play a motorway A1, which connects north and south Polish.

By Bus

Grudziadz is the smallest city in Poland with its own communication tram, the city has a tram line (no. 2).Streetcar Grudziadz already appeared in 1896.Municipal Department of Communications in Grudziadz uses two lines tram and 19 bus.Tram network is one of the oldest and most picturesque in the country.It is very important in the life of the city but does not support some large estates such as airport or Nuns.Currently, plans to expand the tram network and upgrading of existing tracks.

By Bridge

Bridge them Bronislaw Malinowski in Grudziadz is the longest rail-road bridge in Poland.The bridge has 11 spans and its length is 1098 meters.In addition to the longest bridge in Grudziadz are also remnants of two oldest bridges in Poland (from the middle and end of the thirteenth century).

Key places to visit
Church of St. Nicholas, Teutonic castle, Fortress Grudziadz, Pomorski Theatre, Museum of Dr. Ladislaus riparian, Nicolaus Copernicus Planetarium and Observatory

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Places to Visit

Church of St. Nicholas

is a Orthodox church affiliate. It belongs to the parish of St. Nicholas in Torun, in the decane Bydgoszcz Diocese of Lodz-Poznan Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church.The temple is located on Legion Street.Orthodox church of the town house from the early twentieth century.For religious purposes was adapted ground floor of the building.Inside there is a modest iconostasis.The windows are decorated with stained glass.Masses are celebrated regularly on Sundays and holidays.

Teutonic castle

founded in the thirteenth century, from 1466, the seat of the royal governors, unsaved.It is believed that the Piast fortified frontier in Grudziadz already existing at least in 1065.In 1222 he was once again destroyed by invasions of Prussia.Documented history of the castle associated with the arrival of the Chelmno Teutonic Knights.The first wooden fortification on Castle Hill the parent of the Vistula valley (elevation relative height reaches 60 m) and the future city was built before the site about 1235, in the middle of the thirteenth century saw the construction of a brick castle which was completed in 1299.Research carried out on Castle Hill (ie from 4 June 2008) are aimed at unveiling the surviving relics of the castle and such develop an appropriate plan of the main castle.

Fortress Grudziadz

a system of forts mostly from the nineteenth century in Grudziadz and surrounding towns.The task was a fortress and shield Grudziadz strategic bridge over the Vistula in the case of actions of Russian.Its focal point is the citadel called by the Germans say Courbierea ( German Courbiere Feste) - fortress in the northern part of the city, whose construction began on 6 June 1776 year with the orders of King of Prussia Frederick II.Other forts were built at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth century.Most of the fortifications was used only in 1806, 1807 and 1945 year.Many of them including the Citadel still preserved in good condition.Fragments of the fortifications are available for visitors.

Pomorski Theatre

After independence was established Pomorski Theatre, transformed into a City Theatre which functioned in the years 1921-1931 in the building of the dissolved shooting fraternity Fowler Street.Marshal Foch's 19th The building burned down on September 13 1923, the and reconstructed according to the project was re-Stolowskiego Stanislaus opened 10 February 1925.In the meantime the presentation was moved to the auditorium, "Tivoli" Street Legions.From 1931 on there was no permanent Grudziadz dramatic team.In 1935, the theater in front of the monument was unveiled by Stanislaw Moniuszko, by Ignatius Zelka (destroyed in 1939 by the Nazis).

Museum of Dr. Ladislaus riparian

founded in 1884 was, now Museum. Fr. dr. Wladyslaw riparian forests.The facility includes the following sections: History Department whose business focuses on the history of the city and since 1991 the Halls of Tradition in the Polish Cavalry exposes make inter Cavalry Training Centre.Department of Archaeology documents the prehistory of Chelmno, presents unique finds from the medieval chivalric fortalice in Plemietach and medieval jewelry Gruczna.The core of the exhibition is the Art Department was established in 1961 years of Contemporary Painting Gallery Pomeranian, which accumulates mainly the work of artists in the region.The museum held not only permanent and temporary exhibitions, but also chamber music concerts, library science works are carried out archaeological research and publishing activities.He also runs a fruitful cooperation with the German Museum of West Prussia in Munster.From 13 May 2005, the Museum in Grudziadz named honorary curator of his pre-war, a prominent cleric and scholar, Fr. dr. Wladyslaw riparian forests.

Nicolaus Copernicus Planetarium and Observatory

Planetarium and Observatory Nicolaus Copernicus in Grudziadz - at the opening of the official name of the facility was: People's Astronomical Observatory and Planetarium (LOAiP) was established in 1964, resolution of the General Assembly of Delegates of the Polish Society for Amateur Astronomers in Krakow.There was then in Poland only one large Silesian Planetarium in Chorzow.Grudziadz pillar of the Astronomical Observatory and Planetarium has been and is Miss Margaret Srobka-Kubiak who as head of the unit worked there in the years 1972-2005.Pio is currently director Sebastian Soberski.Since 1972, 35 years in the business of popularizing astronomy, Grudziadz Planetarium and Astronomical Observatory was visited by more than 250 thousand people.Grudziadz Planetarium and Observatory is also the organizer of the National Astronomical Youth Seminar ( OMSA ) to them prof. Robert Glebockiego.In 2009, took place for the twenty-fifth final of the competition.The basic form of planetarium activities are projections of teaching for different types of schools in the teaching of nature, geography and physics also for preschoolers.Planetarium visits annually about 8 000 people.

Right Time to Visit

September - December
April - August

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