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| Voivodeship | Podlaskie | |
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| Residents | 69.626 (2016) | |
| height | 170 m | |
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Suwałki (German: Suwalken) is a city in the polish Voivodeship Podlaskie in northeastern Poland on the Czarna Hańcza on the Suwałki Lake District, not far from the two border triangles of Poland with Russia (Kaliningrad) and Lithuania as well as with Lithuania and Belarus.
background
In the High Middle Ages the northern part of the country came to the Teutonic Order while the southern part was conquered by the Poles-Lithuanians. The city itself was founded by the Camaldolese of the WigryMonastery founded. The place was mentioned for the first time in 1688, received market rights in 1710 and town charter in 1715, which was confirmed by the Polish king in 1720. Until 1795 the city of Suwałki belonged to Poland-Lithuania. During the Third Partition of Poland, Suwałki became part of Prussia, was united with the Duchy of Warsaw in 1807 and, together with Congress Poland, came to the Russian Empire in 1815. From 1919 Suwałki belonged to the Second Polish Republic. Suwałki was occupied by the Wehrmacht during the German invasion of Poland in autumn 1939 and from then on belonged to East Prussia as the capital of the Sudauen district. Suwałki was born in December 1939 Suwalken renamed and was called from 1941 Sudauen. In 1944 the city was captured by the Red Army. Since then, the city has been called Suwałki again and belongs to Poland again. The border between Poland and Lithuania runs near the municipality. Located near the Lithuanian border, Suwałki is now the second largest city in the voivodeship with almost 70,000 inhabitants Podlaskie. It serves as a starting point for excursions to the surrounding national parks (see below). National parks). The only real main and thoroughfare is the one running in a north-south direction Ul. Tadeusza Kościuszki.
getting there
By plane
The closest international airports on the Polish side are the Warsaw Airport and Modlin Airport at Warsaw (WAW) and the Olsztyn Airport at Olsztyn/Szczytno. Warsaw is approx. 300 km from Suwałki, it takes a good 4 hours by car and more than 5 hours by train.
Flights to Vilnius (approx. 200 km northeast) are hardly attractive in terms of price from Central Europe. The one 135 km away Kaunas Airport (KUN) is only available from Ryanair served from various airports in Scandinavia and the British Isles.
By train
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(Prices and connections as of June 2016.)
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Of Białystok Two regional trains run daily, early in the morning and around 6:00 pm. ICs depart from Warszawa Zachodnia and Warsaw once a day. Kraków Główny. Tickets have not been sold at the train station since 2010, you have to buy them from the conductor immediately after you start your journey.Die-hard rail enthusiasts can travel from Germany with the Polish weekend ticket Bilet Turystyczny for 45 Zl. in the 31-hour schedule from Berlin-Lichtenberg Kostrzyn and overnight stay in Ełk get to Suwałki cheaply.
After completion, Suwałki will be installed on the new line of the Rail Baltica lie. While the Lithuanian part of the expansion was completed on schedule for 2016, there are delays on the Polish side, which means that it will not open until 2026 can be expected. The railway connection to the north is via the Lithuanian MarijampolėDuring the rest of the construction period, only two slow trains will run to Kaunas.
By bus
The bus station, open 4.00-20.00, counters shorter, is on the side of the train station near the city. Note: The stop for international buses and the express line to Warsaw is not in the bus station but at the bus shelter on the main street where the local buses also stop during the day.
Long-distance buses from / to Lithuania to Polish cities stop at the site. Eurolines takes full advantage of its monopoly until the railway is completed, the 110 km cost € 13 in 2016. Bookings for inner-Polish buses:
In the street
Suwałki is on the E 67 Helsinki–Prague. From the south you come from Białystok and Augustów. The trunk road goes north towards Kaunas.
mobility
Radio taxes: ☎ 567 40 00; 96 22; 96 23; 96 24; 96 25; 96 26.
The center can be reached on foot. There are around 15 city bus routes in the village.
Tourist Attractions
Churches
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- Alexander Cathedral
- 1 Sacred Heart Church
- 2 Peter and Paul Church
- Protestant 3 Trinity Church
- orthodox All Saints Church
- Old Believer Church
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Official building
- town hall
- Central Station
- brewery
- Konopnicka Lyceum
Parks
- 4 city Park
graveyards
- catholic cemetery
- Protestant cemetery
- orthodox cemetery
- Jewish Cemetery
- islamic cemetery
- soviet military cemetery
Monuments
- Konopnicka monument
- John Paul II monument
Streets
- Kościuszki Street
Places
- Constitution Square of May 3, 1791
- Konopnicka Square
activities
Hiking, canoeing, etc. in the nearby nature parks.
- 1 Ośrodek Sportu i Rekreacji, Wojska Polskiego 2; Aquapark: ul.Jana Pawła II 7. Tel.: (0)87 566 32 82.Swimming pool, tennis court, sports hall, etc.Open: Aquapark: 6 a.m.-10 p.m., sauna 2 p.m.-10 p.m., tennis courts 10 a.m.-8 p.m.Price: Bath: 2 hours: 17 PLN (small weekend surcharges).
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Museums
- city Museum
- District Museum
shop
Small pedestrian zone in the city center ul. Chłodna.
- 1 Suwałki Plaza (Near the train station).A shopping center with a cinema and post office.Open: 9 am-8pm.
- 2 Tesco supermarket, Kościuszki 103. Open: 7 a.m. - midnight.
kitchen
- Kuchnia Tatarska u Alika
- Azumi Sushi by Izumi
- Naleśnikarnia Pod Chmurką
- SAJGON
- Pierogarnia Rita
- Bar Mleczny "Pod Śliwą"
- Bar Suwalski
- Browar Północny
- Karczma Polska
- Pizzeria Fantazja
- Sayuri sushi
nightlife
The nightlife is concentrated in the old town.
accommodation
- 1 Eurocamping (Bus 11. South of the cemetery on Arcadia Lake.). Tel.: (87) 567 33 07, Email: [email protected]. 42 caravan parking spaces. Unsecured campsite with new sanitary facilities.Price: adults: 10 PLN, tent 10 PLN, caravan: 16 PLN, electricity: 12 PLN.
- In the immediate vicinity of the campsite is open all year round Guesthouse Wigry, with 52 beds in 22 rooms. Single: 50 zl., Doubles from 50 p.p. One also operates one in the national park 2 Accommodation with boat rental, etc., Stary Folwark 55 D, 16-412 Suwałki. Tel.: 602 230 106, Email: [email protected]. Open: check-in: 2 p.m., check-out: 10 a.m.Price: room 35-50 PLN. (depending on the season); Rowing boat: PLN 8 / h .; Tent: 10 PLN.There are several guest houses along this road to the lake.
- The hotel operates under the same address as the sports park Hotel Hańcza ([email protected]) from 100 PLN.
health
Suwałki is the city in Poland with the lowest average temperatures. The summer month with the least rain is May.
Emergency Numbers:
- Gas guard: 992
- Ambulance: 999, hospital: 60 567 25 46
- Police: 997 (general emergency call), guard: 566 22 61
- Dental laboratory: Klonowa 43/19, ☎ 567 17 08 (repair of dentures)
Practical advice
- 1 Tourist office, ul. Hamerszmita 16. Open: June-September: 8 a.m.-6 p.m. (Mon-Fri), 9 a.m.-3 p.m. (Sat, Sun); Winter: 8.00 a.m.-4.00 p.m. (Mon-Fri).* Agrotourism information center
trips
- On the mostly under nature protection Rospuda can be paddled for around 100 km.
- The monastery and the local history museum in the Bishop's Palace (ul. J. Piłsudskiego 28) are well worth a visit. A school is used as inexpensive accommodation during the summer holidays.
National parks
- The Wigry National Park is located around the lake of the same name, which at 73 m is one of the deepest in Poland. The area is home to around 190 species of birds and 25 species of fish live in the waters. On a headland there is a baroque monastery of the Kamadulese, which today is called with its twelve hermitages is being used. The designated hiking trail around the lakes is 49 km long (marked in green). One runs in the park in summer Narrow gauge railway (29 zl.).
- direction Masurian The border, near the area under Russian administration, is the 9 Park Krajobrazowy Romincka Puszcza, Info: Żytkiejmy, ul.Szkolna 1, 19-504 Dubeninki. Tel.: 48 87 615 97 27, Email: [email protected].with the 200-souls village Stańczyki can be reached by bus (2 daily) in 70 minutes. Alternatively, with the more frequent connection, you can be dropped off at the junction on the Gołdap – Wiżajny road and walk 2 km. In the Błędzianka Valley there are two old ones, 36 meters high 10 Railway aqueducts abandoned in nowhere.
- 11 Suwalski Park Krajobrazowy, Info: Malesowizna 24, 16-404 Jeleniewo (Almost 30 km towards the Lithuanian border, around the village of Smolniki.). Tel.: (0)87 569 18 01, Email: [email protected]. The oldest national park in the region, designated in 1976.Open: Info (Mon-Fri): Winter 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Summer until 7 p.m.
literature
- Scheunert, Artur; Report on the extraction of wood and straw in the military research facility at Plociczno near Suwalki (substitute forage plant Plociczno) Army Commander at the Commander-in-Chief East; [s. l.] [1917/8] (Printed by: Dresden, Dr. Güntzsche Foundation)
- Mapa Topograficzna / Państwowa Służba Geodezyjna i Kartograficzna. Głowny Geodeta Kraju; Sheet: N-34-070-C, D (69 x 39 cm): Suwałki; Warsaw 2003; ISBN 83-239-5494-1
Web links
- http://www.um.suwalki.pl/ - Suwałki official website
- Pogodne Suwałki MOBILE (Suwałki app for smartphones)
