Lublin province - Województwo lubelskie

The flag of the Lubelskie Voivodeship
Location of the Lubelskie Voivodeship

Lublin province - located in the south-eastern part Polish province, occupying the areas between Vistula and Bug. Its capital is Lublinfrom which it takes its name.

Characteristic

The voivodeship borders with:Ukraine and Belarus, as well as with the provinces:

Geography

The voivodeship is located in the eastern part of Poland, between Vistula and Bug (only part of the Puławy poviat lies on the western side of the Vistula). It borders with four Polish voivodships, two oblasts (Volyn and Lviv), located on Ukraine and z Brest region, belonging to the Republic of Belarus.

Physico-geographically, the territory of the Lubelskie Voivodeship covers the areas of several geographical regions of Poland, which are the Sandomierz Basin, Lublin Upland, Wołyńska Upland, Polesie Wołyńskie, Roztocze, Western Polesie and the Poludniowopodlaska Lowlands. The highest point is in Roztocze Wschodnie - it is the peak of Krągłego Goraj - 388.7 m above sea level. (around the village Huta Lubycka, NS. Tomaszowski), while the lowest place, 106.7 m above sea level, is located in the Central Vistula Valley near the village Piotrowice in the Rycki poviat.

fauna and Flora

The nature of the Lublin region, although located in the center of Poland until World War II, was largely preserved. Thanks to numerous forms of nature protection, we can still admire its richness and diversity. It is protected by numerous parks, nature reserves, ecological lands and other forms of this type in the voivodeship. The greatest treasures of the region are certainly the pond turtle, crane and tarpan. In turn, the plant world represents many magnificent species, the most important of which are, for example, oaks, which are increasingly rare.

Climate

The climate of the Lubelskie Voivodeship reflects the influence of continental and oceanic air masses. It is characterized by usually long and sunny summers, frequent and cold winters, and moderate rainfall.

History

Economy

Lubelskie is, above all, one of the largest and most important agricultural regions in Poland. The rich supply of ecologically clean food favors the development of the food industry: fruit and vegetable, sugar, milling, dairy, meat, brewing, spirits and tobacco. It is also a well-known herbal and apiculture industry - Lublin teas, herbal syrups and meads are very much sought after on domestic and European markets.

The mining industry plays an important role in the economic structure of the region - the Lublin region is the country's largest coal basin after Silesia, and the Coal Mine in Bogdanka has been the leader of the most profitable and safe mines in Poland for many years. The Lublin region is also rich in resources of building materials, such as: limestone, marl, chalk, clay, construction and glass sand, which is reflected in a large number of cement plants and building materials plants, producing traditional and clinker bricks, silicate products, cellular concrete and precast concrete. There are also significant deposits of crude oil and natural gas, exploited e.g. in the vicinity of Lublin, Świdnik and Stężyca. Another wealth are mineral waters, which are the famous spa resort of Nałęczów.

The economy of the region also includes the chemical, wood and furniture, metal and machine industries, including the aviation industry.

Drive

By plane

By rail

By car

By bus

There are many companies in the voivodeship that provide local bus transport, connecting all major cities of the voivodeship as well as cities throughout Poland.

In the Lubelskie Voivodeship, traveling by bus is much more popular than by bus, which is why many local bus companies have been ousted by companies whose fleet consists of buses.

By bus

An administrative division

Lublin province

Counties

Cities

Lublin from a bird's eye view

Interesting places

Tanew in the nature reserve "Nad Tanwią"

Nature

  • Poleski National Park
  • Roztocze National Park
  • "Nad Tanwią" nature reserve

Transport

Lublin Airport is located in Świdnik, about 10 km from the center of Lublin. The airport covers 250 ha, and the runway is 2.5 km long and is connected by a railbus with the Lublin Railway Station. About 12 km south-west of the city lies the Lublin-Radawiec airport in Radawiec Duży.

The Lublin Province owns 13 rail buses, purchased by the Marshal's Office, and also leases 5 electric units.

Trip

When planning a trip to the Lubelskie Voivodeship, you should know that the climate here is similar to the national climate, although snow may persist here until April. In addition, when planning to arrive by car to the local areas, you have to take into account possible weather difficulties (e.g. thick morning fog) and road difficulties, which include a small number of roads in good condition and the vast majority of poor quality trails. When planning walks in the swamps, it is worth taking spare footwear and clothing, and if you want to visit regional museums, it is better to make sure of their availability in advance.

Worth seeing

  • Zamosc - a masterpiece of the Renaissance, on the UNESCO World Heritage List,
  • Kazimierz Dolny - a charming town of artists located on the Vistula River,
  • Lublin - the capital of the voivodeship and the most important city on the eastern wall of Poland, with a charming old town and borderland atmosphere
  • Lubartów
  • Dęblin - a small town on the Vistula River, known mainly due to the local Air Force Academy (the only one in Poland), in addition, it is worth knowing that there is a beautiful fortress and a small market here, worth visiting the Air Force Museum nearby; the palace complex and the Church of Merciful Christ.
  • Krasnobród - a spa town in the heart of Roztocze which has retained its former idyllic atmosphere. The division of the town into Podzamek and Podklasztor, which continues to this day, dates back to the 17th century. Podzamek grew up around the owners' residence - the Leszczyński Palace (today it houses the Janusz Korczak children's sanatorium). The sub-monastery was a settlement in the vicinity of the Dominican monastery and here, in its center, there is the most valuable monument of Krasnobród, the monastery complex. At the end of the 19th century, Krasnobród became known thanks to one of the first anti-tuberculosis sanatoriums in Europe, founded by Dr. Alfred Rose, where tuberculosis was treated with koumiss, but the lack of good transport connections contributed to the collapse of the facility.
  • Mięćmierz - an old rafting village, today a holiday village located on the Vistula River 3 km from the center of Kazimierz Dolny, maintained as an open-air museum, thanks to old thatched cottages, some were moved here from other places and a residential windmill, also moved.
  • Szczebrzeszyn a town with two historic churches, the oldest active church, a synagogue restored into the Cultural Center, the oldest surviving Jewish cemeteries, castle ruins and statues of a cricket (In Szczebrzeszyn the beetle sounds in the reed and Szczebrzeszyn is famous for it - Jan Brzechwa).
  • Nałęczów - a cardiological health resort with a park, sanatoriums, mineral water pump room, ravines, museums of Bolesław Prus and Stefan Żeromski.
  • Wąwolnica (Puławy poviat) - a village with a town square, a church st. Wojciech, the chapel of Our Lady of Kębło (place of worship of Our Lady of Kębło, attracting pilgrims from Poland and abroad) with the Regional Museum.
  • Wojciechów - Arian Tower built in the first half The sixteenth century, the only building in the Lublin region of defensive and residential type, Gothic-Renaissance. It houses the only Blacksmithing Museum in Poland, established in 1993.

It is worth a try

  • onion soup - a dish from Jewish Lublin cuisine, which consists of a pie with onion, garlic and cheese.
  • forszmak - potato casserole based on roasted meat, herring, broth, onions and eggs.
  • Kashak - a type of oval-shaped bread made of bread with buckwheat mixed with cottage cheese and sesame.
  • Zamojski cheese - a type of cheese from the Zamość region.

Gastronomy

Lublin cuisine

It is a regional variety of Polish cuisine, important for the areas between Zamość and Lublin. There are strong connections with Russian and Belarusian cuisine, with which Lublin gastronomy has been associated since the Middle Ages. The basis of Lublin cuisine are flour dishes seasoned with meat or bacon cracklings. A distinctive product Lublin region there were and are dumplings. In addition to them, there are many other dishes from the region known throughout Poland, e.g. onion or from Russia pie (baked cake with caraway seeds).

Security

There is an emergency notification center in Lublin in the Lubelskie Voivodeship, which handles emergency reports to emergency numbers 112, 997, 998 and 999.