Слайд 1Swarzędz - ZALASEWO
By Łukasz Mazurkiewicz
& Michał Mazurkiewicz
Слайд 2The documentary evidence for a settlement of Swarzędz comes from
1366.
Today Swarzędz has ca. 30 000 inhabitants and has a
common border with Poznań – the Capital of Greater Poland Voivodeship. Swarzędz has a land area of only 8.58 km², therefore it is the fourth most densely populated city in Poland.
SWARZĘDZ – the Town
Poznań
municipality
Swarzędz
municipality
Poznań County
Below we present some information about the places of interest in our town and the surrounding area. At the end we will give some information about our school.
Welcome to 52°24′30″N 17°04′17″E
Enjoy the presentation!
Zalasewo
Слайд 3The Market Square
The Market Square is the main point of
the town.
The social and commercial activities have focused here
over the years. A large number of local handicrafts caused a systematic development of the town. The central point of the Market Square is the Town Hall with the office of the Mayor of the town and the local authorities.
Слайд 4The Town Hall
The town hall was built in 1860. During
the German occupation from 1939 to 1945 it was rebuilt
by the Germans.
Today the town hall is the office of Mayor of Swarzędz
Слайд 5Built around 1903.
The water tower is a building in the
form of a tower. At the top there is a
water tank, used to provide a stable pressure in the pipe.
The water tower covers a temporary increase in demand for water. The tank must be located high above the ground to ensure a proper water pressure.
On railway stations the water tower was used to supply steam locomotives in the water.
The Water Tower
Слайд 6Swarzędz is known as a town of carpenters. In 1905
Antoni Tabaka grounded a first furniture factory. After the WWII
the factory has been nationalized and continued to produce furniture as „Swarzędzkie Fabryki Mebli” with a green logo, well known in many countries. The factory existed until 2009.
The Town of Carpenters
Слайд 7The railway station
The railway station in Swarzędz was previously called
Schwaningen, Schwersenz
Swarzędz railway station is located on the European railway
route E-20 connecting Paris with Moscow, via Berlin, Poznań and Warsaw
Слайд 8Aero Club Ligowiec
Poznań-Kobylnica Airport
Known as: Ligowiec Airport.
ICAO code: EPPK
Owner: Aero Club Poznań
Grounded: 1919
Runway 07: 750x100
(grass)
Runway 20: 870x200 (grass)
Слайд 9The Cascader Park is an adventure park in Kobylnica near
Swarzędz.
The park offers unforgettable experiences on ropes and zip-lines
for everyone. All paths have a graded levels of difficulty. You don't have to be super-fit to enjoy it.
The Cascader Park
Слайд 10The Miniature Park
An open space miniature park is located in
Pobiedziska, near Swarzędz. It shows 35 miniatures of well known
buildings from our region in scale 1:20.
Opened in may 1998
Слайд 11Volkswagen
In Swarzedz there is also the factory of special vehicles
such as ambulances, postal vehicles, etc.
In Swarzędz is located a
warehouse of ready-made cars from Volkswagen-Poznań factory.
If you have an VW-Caddy you can be sure, it is made in Poznań, because the VW factory in Poznań is the only one in the world, that produces VW-Caddy
Слайд 12The Mansion
„Under the Lime Tree”
The hunting style mansion "Under the
Lime Tree" was built in early twentieth century. It is
located in the old park, which features an unique and Europe's largest open-air beekeeping museum.
The exhibition shows the environment of bees, beekeeping history, and a rich collection of equipment related to the work carried out in an apiary.
Слайд 13The Open-Air
Beekeeping Museum
The open-air beekeeping museum is the main point
of all excursions to Swarzędz.
The museum presents the history of
beekeeping in Poland. In the museum you can arrange a presentation, where you can taste all sorts of honey and do your own souvenir-candle from the bees-wax.
Слайд 14The ”Water Paradise”
The big attraction for the whole family is
a swimming pool „The Water Paradise". This modern sport utility
has a large car park (also adapted for the disabled) and is located in a convenient place near the Swarzędz Lake.
In addition to various water activities there is a bowling course, coffee shop and a beauty center.
Слайд 15The Mansion in Uzarzewo
near Swarzędz
Mansion was built in 1880 and
is surrounded by a huge park with about 1000 trees,
including six very old monuments-trees.
Today it houses the Museum of the Natural Environment and Hunting.
The museum presents the history of hunting from the pre-historic to the latest. It shows the equipment of the first hunters, the old hunting techniques, weapons and hunting trophies.
Слайд 16Swarzędz - Zalasewo
52°23′23,36″N 17°04′31,65″E
Zalasewo is a small village within the
Swarzędz municipality approximately 3 kilometres south of Swarzędz. Today Zalasewo
is a part of Swarzędz and is therefore described as Swarzędz-Zalasewo. It consists mainly of the newly built houses of people who previously lived in Poznań or Swarzedz. Zalasewo is a sleeping room for them and they commute mainly to Poznań to work. The number of new buildings grows very rapidly.
One of the new buildings is our school.
Слайд 17Our School
The new building of our school was built in
2005, so the school has been relocated from Swarzędz to
Swarzędz-Zalasewo
Today we are 399 pupils
Слайд 18Our School
We learn in a very modern environment with access
to the latest technology
We have many different activities
Sport
Theatre group
Choir
Handyman club
Journalist
club
Language (English, German)
„You can be Einstein”
and many others
Слайд 19We take care about our environment
We learn about how to
take care about our environment, because we know that it
is our future
Слайд 20Our projects
We participate in many different projects:
Meteorological - We have
our own weather station equipped with the necessary equipment for
basic measurements of weather. We publish our observation on http://www.meteo-zalasewo.cba.pl/
"Climate Project" an international project, in which we work together with schools from the other countries such as Great Britain, Sweden , Slovenia, Turkey, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain. The main objective of this cooperation is the exchange of information on climate impact on social life in different countries.
We are going to participate in project „GLOBE” (The Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) very soon!
http://www.globe.gov/
Слайд 21See you in Swarzędz-Zalasewo!
http://www.gimko.pl/