Lublin - Lublin

Lublin is a big city in Poland in the eponymous Voivodeshipwhose capital it is. The city is on the Bystrzyca as well as on Way of St. James Lesser Poland and at the Via Jagiellonica.

Lublin borders clockwise Kozłówka, Lubartów, Ostrów Lubelski, Łęczna, Świdnik, Piaski, Bychawa, Bełżyce and Nałęczów.

Districts

• Old town
• Abramowice
• Bronowice
• Bursaki
• Choiny
• Czechów
• Czuby
• Dziesiąta
• Felin
• Głusk
• Hajdów
• Kalinowszczyzna
• Konstantynów
• Kośminek
• LSM
• Majdan Tatarsky
• Majdanek
• Piaski
• Ponikwoda
• Rudnik
• Rury
• Węglin
• Wrotków
• Slawin
• Sławinek
• City center
• Tatary
• Zadębie
• Zemborzyce.

background

Lublin was settled in the early Middle Ages. Lublin was first mentioned in a document in 1198. In the High Middle Ages, the Lublin Castle besieged several times and captured several times, among others by the Tatars in 1241 or the Lithuanians in 1244. Since 1316 are Jews detectable in Lublin. your quarter lay between the castle and the old town. In between Castle gate is today a Jewish cultural association. In 1317 Lublin was granted city rights. 1375 became the Latin Diocese of Chełm founded, from which later the Archdiocese of Lublin emerged. The Gothic castle chapel was built in the 14th century and was decorated with Byzantine frescoes until 1418. The mixture of western and eastern art becomes particularly clear here. In 1474 it was chosen to be the voivodeship capital. The city experienced its cultural heyday in the 16th century. It is here that the style of the Lublin Renaissance was developed. At the same time Lublin was a center of the Kalivinist Reformation in Poland. In 1569 the Real union between Poland and Lithuania sealed at the Reichstag in Lublin. In the second half of the 17th century, the city was sacked several times by Swedes and Kossaks. In 1795 Lublin came to the Habsburgs as part of the Third Partition of Poland. In 1809 it briefly became part of the Grand Duchy of Warsaw before it fell to Russia (Congress Poland) after the Congress of Vienna. Singer wrote about the Jewish life of Lublin in the 19th century in the Nobel Prize-winning novel The Wizard of Lublin set a monument. Industrialization began around 1880 after the city had a railway connection Warsaw had received. After the First World War, the city came to the Second Polish Republic. During the Second World War, the German occupiers built it Lublin ghetto and in Majdanek the same name concentration camp. 1944 was a provisional in Lublin Communist government used for Poland by Stalin. In the late 1940s the Majdanek trials instead of. In 2020 the tradition of Lublin Union the Lublin triangle founded. Today Lublin is a growing city with several universities as well as an interesting Jewish history and Renaissance old town.

getting there

By plane

Lublin has the international 51.23194444444422.690277777778Lublin-Świdnik Airport(IATA: LUZ). Other nearby airports are the 52.16583333333320.967222222222Warsaw Chopin Airport(IATA: WAW) and 50.1122.018888888889Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport(IATA: RZE).

By train

Direct arrival by train is possible from Germany (via Berlin and Warsaw). The central train station is Lublin Central Station with the listed station building from 1877. Other train stations in the city are Lublin North, Lublin Zemborzyce, Lublin Zadębie, Lublin Ponikwoda, Rudnik Przystanek, Lublin West, Lublin Zalew and Stasin Polny.

By bus

The city is served by long-distance buses from German-speaking countries as well as regional buses within Poland. The central bus station is located close to the center.

In the street

From Warsaw to the southeast along the expressway S17 on the way to Zamość or from Rzeszów to the north along the expressway S19 to Białystok. Another expressway that S12 leads from Piotrków Trybunalski above Radome, Puławy, Lublin and Chełm in the Ukraine. Also the Landstrasse 17 passes Lublin.

By boat

Lublin cannot be reached by boat as there is no navigable river flowing through the city. You can follow by ship Kazimierz Dolny, approx. 50 km west of Lublin.

mobility

The old town is easy to explore on foot or by bike.

There are numerous cycle paths in Lublin. Bicycles can be rented. Stations with rental bicycles are located in the center, among other places. There are a total of 40 stations with around 800 bikes. There are around 130 km of bicycle lanes and around 25 km of bicycle lanes in the city.

More distant parts of the city, such as Majdanek, are connected to the center by bus. Trolleybuses operate in Lublin. There are a total of 55 bus and 12 trolleybus routes, as well as three nightliners.

Tourist Attractions

Castles and palaces

• Royal Castle
• Episcopal Palace
• Czartoryski Palace
• Lubomirski Palace
• Morski Palace
• Parys palace
• Potocki Palace
• Sobieski Palace
• Gorajski mansion
• Pol mansion

Churches

catholic churches

• St. John's Cathedral
• Trinity Castle Chapel
• Stanislaus Basilica
• Trinitarian tower
• Agnes Church
• Holy Spirit Church
• Elias Church
• Jakobuskirche
• Joseph's Church
• Kasimir Church
• Martinkskirche
• Marienkirche (helper of the faithful)
• Marienkirche (constant helper)
• Marienkirche (Victorious)
• Marienkirche (Immaculate Conception)
• Marienkirche (Assumption)
• Michaelskirche (foundations preserved)
• Nikolauskirche
• Church of the Redeemer
• Paul Church
• Peterkirche
• Kaputzin Church
• Transfiguration Church
• Trinity Church
• Adalbertkirche

protestan churches

• Adventist Church
• Reformed Adventist Church
• Baptist Church
• Trinity Lutheran Church
• Methodist Church
• Evangelical Church

orthodox churches

• Orthodox Josafat Church
• St. Mary's Orthodox Church
• Orthodox Church of Our Lady
• Orthodox Transfiguration Church

Synagogues

• Khachmei Lublin Yeshiva
• Small Khachmei Lublin Yeshiva
• House of prayer Szeroka
• Kahalna prayer house
• Chewra Nosim synagogue
• Synagogue in the New Jewish Cemetery
• Synagogue Cwi Hirsza Doktorowicz
• Jakub Icchok Horowitz synagogue
• Maharama synagogue
• Maharszal synagogue
• Piaski synagogue
• Wieniawa synagogue
• Saul Wahl synagogue
• Szywe Kryjem synagogue

Official building

• Government palace
• new town hall
• Głusek Town Hall
• Main Tribunal of the Crown
• Krauze mill
• Porter's house
• Collegium Iuridicum
• Cultural center

Defense systems and city wall

• Krakow Gate
• Castle gate
• Fish gate
• Gothic cellars in the old town
• Keep

Monuments

• Monument to the Union of Lublin
• Monument to the Constitution of May 3rd
• Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
• Equestrian statue of Józef Piłsudski
• Jan Kochanowski memorial
• Henryk Raabe Bank
• Cross of gratitude
• Majdanek memorial
• Soldiers memorial in the royal castle

Modern architecture

• Center of the cultural encounter
• Gray Office Park

graveyards

• Lipowa cemetery
  • Roman Catholic cemetery
  • orthodox cemetery
  • Protestant cemetery
  • Military cemetery
• Kalinowszczyzna cemetery
• Mariavite Cemetery
• Głusek Jewish cemetery
• Wieniawa Jewish Cemetery
• Old Jewish Cemetery
• New Jewish cemetery

Memorials

• Majdanek
• Memorial under the clock

Parks

• Saxon garden
• Bothan garden
• Bronowice Park
• John Paul II Park
• Volkspark
• Rusałka Park

City lake

• Zemborzyce reservoir

Streets

• Königstrakt
• Burgstrasse
• Cracow suburb

Places

• Palace Square
• Marketplace
• Parish Church Square
• Hay market
• fish market
• Cathedral Square
• Theater square
• Freedom Square
• Lithuanian square
• Ladislaus Ellenlang Platz
• Jan Kochanowski Square
• Lech Kaczyński Square

bridges

• 700 years of the Lublin Bridge
• Lutosławski Bridge

activities

You can practice water sports at one of the numerous bathing lakes in the area. That located south Roztocze invites you to go hiking, horse riding and cycling. You can also hike in the north Polesie National Park.

Sports

• Arena Lublin
• Sports hall globe
• Lublinianka station
• Bystrzyca station
• Budowlanych station
• Start station
• Kresowa station
• Okopowa station

(Sun) bathing

• Zemborzyce reservoir

Aquapark

• Aqua Lublin

theatre

• Philharmonic
• Old theater
• Osterwa Theater
• Andersen Puppet Theater

Museums

• National Museum
• Pol mansion
• city ​​Museum
• Literature Museum
• Museum under the clock
• University Museum
• Pharmacy Museum
• House of Words
• Cellar under the Fortuna
• Majdanek Memorial
• Chewra Nosim synagogue
• open air museum

shop

• CH Plaza
• CH gala
• Galeria Wolska
• Galeria Lubelska
• Galeria Orkana
• Galeria Olimp
• Color Park
• Felicity Lublin
• Zan Shopping Center
• Skende shopping
• Lubelski Rynek Hurtowy
• Tarasy Zamkowe

kitchen

The regional beer brands are Perła and Goolman. A popular regional pastry is the Cebularzwhich goes back to the Jewish cuisine of the Lublin region. For Polish cuisine, see the relevant section in the article Poland.

Cheap

• Sexy Duck Lublin
• Piekarnia Kuźmiuk
• Padbar
• Bubble tea
• Swiętoduska MK Cafe

medium

• Mrau Cafe
• Cafe Velo
• PROBA Cafe
• Akwarela Cafe
• Zielony Talerzyk
• Zaczarowana Dorożka
• Magia
• Zadora
• Sielsko Anielsko
• U Biesów
• Dolce Vita
• Mandragora Jewish cuisine
• Armenia Caucasian cuisine

Upscale

• Stół i Wół
• Pizzeria ATRIUM
• Chapter One by Piotr Kwiatosz
• 16 stołów

nightlife

The nightlife is concentrated in the old town with its numerous pubs and bars.

• Perłowa Pijalnia Piwa
• Browar Grodzka 15
• Św. Michał
• Trybunalska Lublin City Pub
• Pub Stacyjka
• Browar Lublin

accommodation

Cheap

• Hotel Przystań

medium

• Hotel Mercure
• Hotel Victoria
• Hotel Europe
• Hotel Huzar
• Hotel Campanile
• Hotel Bellis
• Hotel Lvov
• Hotel Korona
• PZM Motel
• Hotel Focus

Upscale

• Grand Hotel Lublinianka

Learn

Lublin has several universities:

• Catholic University
• Maria Curie Skłodowska University
• Medical University
• Technical University

Work

Private German teachers are often sought. For most other activities, knowledge of the Polish language is essential.

security

The city is pretty safe. But you should be careful in traffic, the Poles have an Italian driving style.

health

Numerous pharmacies and medical practices are available. There are also several hospitals in Lublin, including university hospitals.

Practical advice

Regional media are:

• Dziennik Wschodni
• TVP Lublin

trips

• Zamość
• Kazimierz Dolny
• Kozłówka
• Włodawa
• Chełm

literature

See article too Poland.

Web links

• http://lublin.eu - Official website of Lublin