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| Zgorzelec | ||
| Voivodeship | Lower Silesia | |
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| Residents | 31.359 (2015) | |
| height | 209 m | |
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Zgorzelec is a city in the west of the polish Voivodeship Lower Silesia at the mouth of the Wittig in the Lusatian Neisse. It is sister city of Gorlitz.
background
The city was created in 1945 by separating the parts of Görlitz that lie east of the Neisse. Today the city has about 31,000 inhabitants.
getting there
By plane
The nearest commercial airports are the Dresden Airport
(IATA: DRS) (105 km), the Wroclaw Nicolaus Copernicus Airport(IATA: WRO) (160 km) and the Berlin Brandenburg Airport(IATA: BER) (210 km).
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By train
Of Dresden you can take the Trilex-Express in the direction of Wroclaw directly to Zgorzelec three times a day (early in the morning, noon and in the evening), the journey takes about 1:20 hours. Otherwise there is a connection every two hours via Gorlitz. There is a connection to regional trains in the direction of Jelenia Góra, which reach Zgorzelec station in 4 minutes. In total, it takes around 1½ hours from Dresden and 45 minutes from Bautzen.
Of cottbus there is also a connection with the East German Railway via Görlitz every two hours, which takes 1:40 hours. It takes a good three hours from Berlin to change trains in Cottbus and Görlitz.
From the Polish side, Zgorzelec can be reached three times a day directly Wroclaw (Travel time 2:10 to 2:25 hours) about Legnica (1:25 hours). Other connections from Wroclaw require a change in Węgliniec or Legnica, but the journey time is almost the same thanks to coordinated transfer times.
There are other connections within Poland every two hours with the regional Koleje Dolnośląskie (KD) trains Jelenia Góra, the journey takes 1:40 hours. A regional train leaves three times a day Zielona Góra (2:25 hours), once a day Zagan (2 hours).
By bus
The bus line P the Transport company Görlitz runs Mon-Fri hourly (from 6.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.), on weekends only six times a day, from the Görlitz train station and Demianiplatz in the old town across the border to Zgorzelec, where, among other things, stops at the cultural center (memorial hall), at the bus station, on Langiewicza street and at the Zgorzelec Miasto train station. The final stop is at the Real market. The journey from Görlitz train station to the Zgorzelec cultural center takes 12 minutes. The ZVON Euro-Neisse tickets are valid. Timetable
Flixbus offers direct long-distance bus connections from Warsaw (7½ hours) and Wroclaw (2:45 hours, only at night) to Zgorzelec. The bus stop is at the bus station, ul. Dąbrowskiego 4 (near St. Boniface Church). If you want to travel by long-distance bus from the German side, you have to go to Görlitz (stop at the train station) and then cross the border by city bus line P, regional train or on foot (a good 2 km).
In the street
Zgorzelec is located on the Polish A4 motorway (Breslau – Dresden), which is a continuation of the German A4 (Dresden – Görlitz).
By boat
On foot
From the German sister city you can simply walk over one of the Neisse bridges to Zgorzelec: Either over the old town bridge, which was restored in 2003-04 and is only open to pedestrians and cyclists; or one kilometer further south over the bridge of friendship between the City Park / City Hall Görlitz and Park Andrzeja Błachańca / Kulturhaus Zgorzelec.
If you want to hike far, you can take the Ecumenical Pilgrimage in Central Germany along the medieval Via Regia (Part of Way of St. James) come here from Bautzen, Leipzig or even Erfurt.
mobility
Zgorzelec is connected to the sister city of Görlitz by a pedestrian bridge, which was opened in 2004.
Tourist Attractions
- 1 Jakob Böhme House, Daszynskiego Street 12. Former home of the philosopher Jakob Böhme (1575–1624).
- 1 Upper Lusatian memorial hall (Miejski Dom Kultury w Zgorzelcu, Hall of Fame), ul.Parkowa 1, 59-900 Zgorzelec, Parkowa 1. Tel.: 48 75 77 52 415, Fax: 48 75 77 56 059, Email: [email protected].
The Oberlausitzer Memorial Hall was built in 1898–1902 in honor of the German Emperors Wilhelm I and Friedrich III. built and housed the Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum with picture gallery and local history department until 1945. Today it is Zgorzelec City Center of Culture. With its columned portal and dome, the hall is somewhat reminiscent of a scaled-down version of the Berlin Reichstag building.
- Saxon postal mileage pillar
- 3 Zgorzelec three-wheel storage facility.- A 7-day pre-registration is necessary for the guided tourOpen: March 14th to December 31st: Wed-Sun.Price: € 2.00 (children up to 14 years: € 1.00).
- Zgorzelec water tower. Open: March 14th to December 31st: Wed-Sun.Price: € 2.00 (children up to 14 years: € 1.00).- A 7-day pre-registration is necessary for the guided tour
- 4 Wheelwright house (Dom mieszkalno-gospodarczy, tzw. "Zagroda Kołodzieja", Dom Kołodzieja or Zagroda Kołodzieja), Aleje Lipowe 1 (d. Wigancice Żytawskie 145).Upper Lusatian half-timbered house from 1822, which originally stood in Wigancice Żytawskie (Weigsdorf) near Bogatynia. In the course of giving up this village for open-cast lignite mining, the wheelwright's house was moved to Zgorzelec in 2005.
- 5 Bonifatiuskirche (Kościół św. Bonifacego w Zgorzelcu), ulica Emili Plater 9.Catholic Church, built 1929–30.
- 6 Andrzeja Błachańca Park (formerly Georg-Snay-Park).Public green space, laid out around 1900 in what was then Görlitzer Oststadt, expanded and redesigned again during the 1920s. In the park there is a duck pond and the former "Hall of Fame" with an open-air theater. The southern part of the park is occupied by an allotment garden.
activities
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shop
kitchen
- Przy Jakubie, Ul. Daszynskiego 11/1 (on the Neisse approx. 50m south of the old town bridge). Tel.: 48 (0)75-7717983. Nice restaurant with a cozy living room atmosphere (1st floor).Open: 12: 00-22: 00.
nightlife
accommodation
- Pod Orlem, ul.Warszawska 17. Tel.: 48 (0)75-7752453, Fax: 48 (0)75-7752457, Email: [email protected]. The rooms need a renovation, but otherwise it is clean and ok.Price: PLN 115 (single).
health
Practical advice
| prefix | 075 |
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| Post Code | 59900 - 59903 |
trips
literature
Web links
- http://www.zgorzelec.eu/index.php - Official website of Zgorzelec
