Rzeszów - Rzeszów

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Rzeszów
VoivodeshipSubcarpathian
Residents
182.548 (2013)
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Rzeszów

Rzeszów(IPA: [ˈƷɛʃuf] Please click to listen!) (German: Resche during the Nazi era Reichshof) is a major city as well as the capital of the voivodeship Subcarpathian in the south East Poland. The university town is on that Wisłok, a tributary of the San, at the foot of the Beskydy Mountains (Dynów Mountains). Historically, it belongs to the border area Lesser Poland with the Red Rus (Przemyśler Land) and was owned by the magnate family of the Lubomirskiwho shaped the baroque cityscape to a large extent through their foundations. In Poland it is particularly associated with the aviation industry.

Districts

Marketplace
Castle garden
May 3rd Street
  • Old town
  • Śródmieście
  • Pułaski
  • Grot Rowecki
  • Piasts
  • Dąbrowski
  • Staroniwa
  • Kmita
  • Otherwise
  • Old town
  • Millennium
  • Pobitno
  • Mieszka I.
  • Neustadt
  • Vilkowyja
  • Słocina
  • Zalesie
  • Przybyszówka
  • Baranówka
  • King Stanislaus August
  • Paderewski
  • Drabinianka
  • Krakowska - south
  • Cotula
  • Załęże
  • Zwięczyca
  • Biała
  • Miłocin
  • Budziwój
  • Bzianka
  • Matysówka
  • Miłocin - Saint Hubert
  • Zawisza Czarny

background

Rzeszów 1762
Rzeszów 1912

The area of ​​the old town was already settled in the Seinzeit. In the Middle Ages there were two Slavic castle settlements here, which grew into a town in the High Middle Ages. The present city dates back to the 13th century. It was re-founded in 1354 and granted Magdeburg city rights. During this time, numerous German settlers, the so-called Forest or deaf German, in the area around the city. The Gothic parish church was built until 1363 and the attached parish school until 1406. In the 15th century, the town fell victim to several fires. In the 16th century, Jewish immigrants settled in the northern part of the city. The town hall was built until 1591. The castle was built around 1600 in the early baroque style. This is also the time Old Town Synagogue back. A hundred years later, the Neustadt synagogue built. In 1627 the city received a new fortress wall. At the same time, the Saint Bernard defensive monastery was built. In 1638 the Lubomirski acquired the castle and town, which they managed until 1845. In 1658 they founded the Piarist College. In 1769 there was a battle between the Polish insurgents and Russian troops here. In 1772 the city came to the Habsburg Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria in the course of the First Partition of Poland, which it remained until the First World War. Here it formed the capital of the Rzeszów district. In 1858 the city was connected to the railway network and with Krakow connected. In the interwar period she was Polish again. The company was founded during this time Zelmer, one of the largest household appliance manufacturers in Central and Eastern Europe. After the German attack on Poland, the city came under the German-occupied General Government. In 1941 the Rzeszów Airport opened for the armed forces. The occupation became Jewish in 1942 Ghetto Reichshof set up its residents in the extermination camp Bełżec were deported. After the Second World War, the city became Polish again and the capital of the Rzeszów Voivodeship. Since 1992 the city is Bishopric. In 2001 the Rzeszów University founded. In 2005 the IT company was established here Asseco founded.

getting there

Map of Rzeszów

By plane

The Rzeszów-Jasionka AirportWebsite of this institutionRzeszów-Jasionka Airport in the Wikipedia encyclopediaRzeszów-Jasionka Airport in the Wikimedia Commons media directoryRzeszów-Jasionka Airport (Q1432651) in the Wikidata database(IATA: RZE) is located north of the center on the A4 motorway. Lufthansa flies once a day from Munich. Another international airport that John Paul II Airport Krakow-BaliceWebsite of this institutionJohn Paul II Airport Kraków-Balice in the Wikipedia encyclopediaJohn Paul II Airport Kraków-Balice in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsJohn Paul II Airport Krakow-Balice (Q581545) in the Wikidata database(IATA: CRC) is at Krakow .

By train

A couple of trains per day from Warsaw, Krakow, Lublin off, as well as connection with Lviv.

By bus

Long-distance buses and regional buses stop in the center.

In the street

The highway A4 from the German border leads over Gorlitz, Legnica, Wroclaw, Opole, Gliwice, Katowice, Krakow and Tarnów to Rzeszów and further across Łańcut, Przeworsk, Jaroslaw direction Przemyśl on the border with Ukraine. The journey from Görlitz takes about five hours in calm traffic conditions, from Przemyśl about an hour. From the north leads the Via Carpathia (S19) of Warsaw/Białystok above Lublin to Rzeszów and further to Dukla on the Slovakian border.

mobility

The old town and pedestrian zone can be explored on foot or by bike. More distant parts of the city are served by regular buses. Minibuses drive to the surrounding villages.

Tourist Attractions

lock
Summer castle
Jabłoński Villa
town hall
Parish church
Marienkirche
Holy Cross Church
Hubertus Chapel
Fountain

Palaces and palaces

  • Lubomirski Castle. early baroque palace, palazzo in fortezza.
  • Lubomirski summer palace. high baroque castle.
  • Episcopal Palace
  • Piątkowski Palace
  • Chłapowski Palace
  • Skrzyński Palace
  • Burgaller Palais
  • Prevot Palais
  • Jędrzejowicz Palace
  • Załęże mansion
  • Miłocin Palace

Churches

  • Sacred Heart Cathadrals. postmodern church, beautiful stained glass windows.
  • St. Stanislaus and Adalbert Parish Church. Gothic church, converted to baroque style.
  • Marienkirche. late gothic church, baroque.
  • Holy Cross Church. Gothic church, converted to baroque style.
  • Trinity Church. Gothic church, today in the classicism style.
  • Marienkirche. late baroque church.
  • Martinskirche. neo-Gothic church.
  • Joseph's Church. neo-Gothic church.
  • Christ the King Church. neo-baroque church.
  • Assumption Church. neo-baroque, Byzantine church, originally a church of the Greek-Catholic community.
  • Marienkirche. postmodern church.
  • Church of Divine Mercy. postmodern church.
  • Hubertus Chapel. baroque chapel.

Monasteries

  • Bernardine Monastery
  • Piarist monastery

Synagogues

  • Old town synagogue
  • New Town Synagogue

  • Old town synagogue

  • New Town Synagogue

Official building

  • town hall. From the 16th century.
  • Savings bank. In Art Nouveau.
  • Library. In Art Nouveau.
  • University library. In a modern style.
  • Music institute. In the Stalinist style.

  • Savings bank

  • Library

  • Lyceum

  • Music institute

Weir systems

  • Bastions. In the baroque style.

  • Bastion at the castle

graveyards

  • Old graveyard. From the 18th century.
  • Pobitno cemetery. From the early 20th century.
  • Oldest Jewish cemetery. From the 16th century.
  • Old Jewish Cemetery. From the 17th century.
  • Jewish Czekaj cemetery. From the 19th century.

  • Pobitno cemetery

  • Old graveyard

  • Jewish Cemetery

Parks

  • Solidarność garden
  • War Victims Park

  • Solidarność garden

  • Solidarność garden

Monuments

  • Kościuszko Monument
  • Mickiewicz monument
  • Virgin Mary statue
  • Lis Kula monument
  • Tadeusz Nalepa monument
  • Passage monument
  • Konarski bust
  • Revolution Monument
  • Siberia memorial
  • Memorial of the Outcast Soldiers
  • Home Army Memorial
  • Górski monument

  • Kościuszko Monument

  • Mickiewicz monument

  • Lis Kula monument

  • Tadeusz Nalepa monument

  • Virgin Mary statue

  • Passage monument

  • Konarski bust

  • Revolution Monument

  • Siberia memorial

  • Memorial of the Outcast Soldiers

  • Home Army Memorial

  • Górski monument

Places

  • Marketplace
  • Underground route in the old town. 400m long walk through Gothic and Baroque cellars.
  • Partisan Square
  • Parish square
  • Polonia Square
  • Freedom Square
  • Place of the victims of the ghetto

  • Gothic cellars under the market

  • Partisan Square

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  • Parish square

  • Square of the water games

Streets

  • May 3rd Street. Main street of the old town.
  • Grunwald Street. Promenade.
  • All under the chestnuts. All with Art Nouveau buildings.

  • May 3rd Street

  • Grunwald Street

  • All under the chestnuts

  • Villa under the owl

activities

South of the city begins the Beskydy promontory, which continues south into the Beskydy Mountains, especially the Forest Carpathians, Bieszczady and Lower Beskids, transforms. The mountains are ideal for hiking, cycling, horse riding and kayaking. Winter sports can be practiced in winter.

(Music) theater

  • Philharmonic
  • Siemaszkowa Theater
  • Theater suburb
  • Theater mask
  • New theater
  • Theater bo tak
  • Small form theater
  • Dance theater
  • RSIA

  • Siemaszkowa Theater

Museums

  • District museum, formerly Piarist monastery (excavations for Przeworsker Culture)
  • city ​​Museum
  • Ethnographic Museum
  • Diocesan Museum
  • Hunting museum
  • Museum of Bedtime Stories
  • University museum
  • Rock passages below the old town
  • Military museum
  • Milk Museum
  • Geology museum

  • Piarist monastery

  • Diocesan Museum

  • Rock passages

shop

There are numerous interesting little corner shops in the center. Further out there are large shopping centers.

  • Galeria Rzeszów
  • Rzeszów Krasne
  • Millenium Hall
  • OCHNIK
  • Bi1

  • Galeria Rzeszów

kitchen

The regional beer brand is Lezajsk. There are numerous vineyards in the Rzeszów area. The wine from the Subcarpathian Mountains is considered to be the best in Poland thanks to the favorable microclimate. For Polish cuisine, see the relevant section in the article Poland.

Cheap

  • Dara kebab
  • Piwnica Pizzeria Pub
  • Pizzeria "Dexter Club"
  • Da Grasso Pizza
  • MaxiPizza
  • Lody "u Myszki"
  • Makarun Rzeszów

medium

  • Burger store
  • Česká Hospoda
  • Ristorante Sicilia
  • Restauracja Konfitura
  • Browar Manufactory
  • Pizzeria "Grota"
  • SAIGON

Upscale

  • Zensei sushi
  • Lord Jack
  • Restauracja Indyjska Hindi
  • Tarantino
  • La Sueva

nightlife

The nightlife of the university town is concentrated in the old town, especially the market square and the pedestrian zone towards Lubomirski Castle.

accommodation

The selection is very large, from student dormitories and hostels to luxury hotels.

Cheap

  • Pod Ratuszem
  • “Wiarus” Hostel
  • The Center Apartments
  • Hotel Polonia
  • Apartamenty Grottgera
  • Dom Gościnny "BATORY"
  • Dom Gościnny Ela
  • Hotel Iskra

medium

  • Dom Gościnny ˝Rzeszowiak˝
  • Hotel "Hubertus"
  • Hostel "Promenada"
  • B&B Hotel Rzeszów Centrum
  • DREAMTIME APARTAMENTS
  • Kapart Home

Upscale

  • Hotel Rzeszów
  • Bristol Tradition & Luxury Hotel
  • Hotel Metropolitan
  • Grand Hotel Boutique
  • Hotel Ambasadorski

  • Hotel Rzeszów

trips

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Hills around Rzeszów
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Hills around Rzeszów

literature

See article too Poland.

Web links

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