Busko-Zdrój
Encyclopedia
Busko-Zdrój ' is a town in Poland, in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
. It is the capital of Busko County
. As of 2004, its population is 17,363.
Knight Dersław left his property to the nuns in 1241. In 1251, it received a revenue privilege from King Bolesław V the Chaste (Bolesław Wstydliwy) allowing the convent to use the salt water. This is the first record of the use of Busko's mineral waters.
In 1287, Busko was granted civic rights by King Leszek II the Black
. The advantageous location of the town on trade routes led King Władysław Jagiełło to grant local burghers the right to have a weekly market and two fairs a year beginning in 1412. The 15th and 16th centuries were considered the "heyday" of the town. It was famous for its trade and cloth production.
, 50 km away from Kielce
and 80 km away from Kraków
.
The city is in the part of Świetokrzyskie voivodeship called Ponidzie. The name Ponidzie came from the river Nida
.
According to information from 2002, the area of the Busko – Zdrój is 12,28 km².
parish: all soil – 23 588 hectare
forests: 1532 hectare
waters: 207 hectare
rivers: 16,7 hectare
Busko-Zdrój composes 4,95% of the surface of the parish.
The number of 'hot and scorching' days -13%, 'very cold' – under 1,5%. The average year-round temperature is 7,8 °C.
The maximum of the amplitude of the year is 60 °C. In Busko, there are almost 1151 hours of sunshine per year. The average humidity is between 71% to 80%.
to Tarnów
;
it is 3.3 km long. Three regional roads also pass through Busko:
The Car Transport Company in Busko has 132 buses. The partnership supports long distance connections with Warsaw
, Kraków
, Karpacz
, Łódź, Lublin
, Katowice
, Tarnów
, Częstochowa
and Wrocław. There are 23 registered cab companies in the municipality.
The nearest international airport is Kraków–Balice
(100 km from Busko), in Katowice-Pyżowice
(160 km from Busko) and in Warsaw-Okęcie
(220 km from Busko). In Masłów, near Kielce (50 km from Busko) is sport's airport. In Busko is also Airport Health in 'Łowiska'.
There is a railway from Kielce, which was built in 1953 near the city, in Siesławice. Currently, Busko's train station only supports transport's trains. It was closed for passenger trains in December 12, 2004. The station was sold, and a disco was built in its place.
of Bolesław Wstydliwy from 1252 . Jan Winterfeld conducted research on using health waters to treat illness in 1808. When Feliks Rzewuski leased Busko in 1820, he built Amenities, which was designed by Henryk Marconi.
The opening ceremony of health spa took place in 1836. Ferdynand Werner, Warsaw's pharmacist, published a full analysis of the water from Rotunda
in 1832.
The city lost its city rights in 1869. This had a negative impact on the development of the city.
Aleksander Dobrzański, a doctor, became a new tenant
in the 1880s.
Since then, the health resort has become one of the most important health resorts in the country. Aleksander Michalski- an engineering geologist, made and launched 4 new drills. Busko had three times more water for medicinal purposes.
Franciszek Gervais showed exact characterisation of dynamics, physical features and chemical composition of waters from new water intake in 1897.
After the First World War, bathers began arrive at the health resorts. Very intensive expansion of the health resort occurred in the interwar years, which was started by dr Szymon Starkiewicz, who founded children's sanatorium under name 'Górka'. Busko won the first place at competition for the prettiest health resort in Poland, in 1966.
'WŁÓKNIARZ' - the biggest sanatorium was handed over in 1972. In 30 December 2008, was opening Uzdrowiskowy Zakład Górniczy "Las Winiarski". It gives busko's sanatorium waters of sulphide from brand new borehole, located in town named Las Winiarski.
, rheumatic diseases, orthopedic conditions, neurological conditions, dermatological disorders and children's cerebral palsy.
The health resort is located in the southern part of the city, near the spa's park.
in 1950, till the end of 1990 was used as sanatorium UB-MSW . The heir of the building requested for reimbursement in 1990. In 17 November 1996, restored and recovered guest house had first guests.
Dersław's Castle (***) – a guest house with a restaurant on the main street of the city- ul. Mickiewicza.
Since 1960 is produced mineral water under name 'Buskowianka' .
which connecting amenity's garden with market. It is representative alley of Busko-Zdrój, where we can find City Office, Starostwo Powiatowe, Police, Green Galery, three secondary school and one primary school.
Near the 'Marconi' sanatorium is located bandshell. The alley in front of the front door of sanatorium is called Star's promenade (just like Hollywood Walk of Fame
). On this promenade we can find 'suns' which belong to the people who are associated with festival and classical music, such as: Krystyna Jamroz, Krzysztof Penderecki
, Wiesław Ochman (2008) and Bogusław Kaczyński (2008).
Among big number of trees (4500 species), almost 12% have over 100 hundred year.The most popular species of the park are: clone
, ash, sycamore maple
, common hornbeam, robinia acacia, linden
, chestnut
, elm
. We can find also birch
, european larch
, bird cherry
, gymnocladus canadian, london plane
, yellow chestnut, catalpa bignonioides .
secondary schools
The 'Zielona' gallery, established in 1990, is located near Mickiewicza street. On display in the gallery are many different types of works by Polish and foreign artists, such as paintings, carvings, and photography.
Moreover, internet radio 'Radio Ponidzie' cooperate with Busko.
Busko has also a local newspaper called Tygodnik Ponidzia, which shows information about Busko county and others adjacent countys.
Each spring every year in Busko-Zdrój is organised cycling competition named of Andrzej Imosa.
The residents of Busko can use many others sports fileds located by education institution. The tennis court is located by spa's park, Włókniarz sanatorium and ZSTiO. In the winter the children are tobogganing from small hill in Mickiewicza street, so called by the residents Byczok.
In the city are four indoor swimming pools:
Until recently Busko had an outdoor swimming pool in the spa's park.
Two km south from Busko is a lake, located in Radzanów
village; its area is 23 hectare. In summer time there is bathing, area of the bath is 11 hectare. Near from the lake, only 3 km is a private hippotherapy center in Wolica
.
, which adopt that all two articulate names should be written with a hyphen.
Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship
Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, or Świętokrzyskie Province , is one of the 16 voivodeships into which Poland is presently divided. It is situated in central Poland, in the historical province of Lesser Poland, and takes its name from the Świętokrzyskie mountain range...
. It is the capital of Busko County
Busko County
Busko County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, south-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and only town is Busko-Zdrój, which lies...
. As of 2004, its population is 17,363.
History
The origin of Busko goes back to the 12th century, when a group of shepherds settled around St. Leonard's church. In 1185, Knight Dersław, the owner of Busko and its surroundings, brought Norbertine nuns to the land.Knight Dersław left his property to the nuns in 1241. In 1251, it received a revenue privilege from King Bolesław V the Chaste (Bolesław Wstydliwy) allowing the convent to use the salt water. This is the first record of the use of Busko's mineral waters.
In 1287, Busko was granted civic rights by King Leszek II the Black
Leszek II the Black
Leszek the Black , named after his black hair, was one of the High Dukes of the fragmented Kingdom of Poland. He ruled from 1279 to 1288, and was married to Agrippina of Slavonia with no children.- Life :...
. The advantageous location of the town on trade routes led King Władysław Jagiełło to grant local burghers the right to have a weekly market and two fairs a year beginning in 1412. The 15th and 16th centuries were considered the "heyday" of the town. It was famous for its trade and cloth production.
The most important dates
- 1166 - Dzierżko knight of the Janina family founded the first church, where the NPNMP church is today
- 1166 – the first write-up on Busko-Zdrój, papal edict and record in Kraków's diocese chronicle about Busko-Zdrój. The record mentions a city named Bugsk and the church.
- 1180–1186 Dzierżko founded Norbertine prioryPrioryA priory is a house of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a prior or prioress. Priories may be houses of mendicant friars or religious sisters , or monasteries of monks or nuns .The Benedictines and their offshoots , the Premonstratensians, and the...
attached to the church. It is a branch of the witowski convent, which was founded by Dzierżko's brother – bishop of Płock, Wit from Chotla. - 1252 - the oldest write-up on a salt spring in Busko. Bolesław Wstydliwy granted priory treasure immunity and right to boil the salt.
- 1287 - Prince Leszek Czarny granted city rights colony and established Busko–Zdrój agreeably to law of Środa Śląska.
- 1347 - Jan from Busko became a secretary, and in 1360 he became deputy chancellor of the king Kazimierz Wielki.
- 1661 - There was a huge plague in the town.
- 1783 - Due to the initiative of Stanisław Staszic, agreeable to privilege of the king, a partnership of the salt was founded in Busko. A company was started to boil salt from the salt springs.
- 1784 - King Stanisław August Poniatowski visited the city and salt-works.
- 1809 - Busko-Zdrój was incorporated into the Duchy of WarsawDuchy of WarsawThe Duchy of Warsaw was a Polish state established by Napoleon I in 1807 from the Polish lands ceded by the Kingdom of Prussia under the terms of the Treaties of Tilsit. The duchy was held in personal union by one of Napoleon's allies, King Frederick Augustus I of Saxony...
. - 1815 - agreeable to decisions of Congress of ViennaCongress of ViennaThe Congress of Vienna was a conference of ambassadors of European states chaired by Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, and held in Vienna from September, 1814 to June, 1815. The objective of the Congress was to settle the many issues arising from the French Revolutionary Wars, the Napoleonic Wars,...
, the city was incorporated to the Kingdom of PolandCongress PolandThe Kingdom of Poland , informally known as Congress Poland , created in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna, was a personal union of the Russian parcel of Poland with the Russian Empire...
, which was annexed by Russia. - 1819 - seizure of the Norbertine priory. Busko, as a religious good, was transferred to the government of Poland. The government leased Busko to Feliks Rzewuski.
- 1820 - A fire burnt a large portion of city.
- 1828 - Official opening of the health resort, the first list of visitors.
- 1836 - Surrendered the baths to use – today in this place is Sanatorium "Marconi" . This date marks the beginning of Busko as a health resort.
- 1869 - The city rights were lost.
- 1916 - The city rights were restored.
- 1939 - On 9 September, the battle of 22 divisional commander Piechota Górska against the German detachment at Bronina village. In this battle, 200 Polish soldiers died.
- 1966 - Busko won first place at a competition for most beautiful health resort.
- 1987 - Celebration of allocation city rights.
Mayors
| date of appointment | date of appeal | position | name and surname |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1824 | 1826 | mayor | Józef Nestowicz |
| 1917 | 1918 | mayor | Ludwik Jarczyński – the first mayor after getting independent |
| 1918 | 1939 | mayor | Kazimierz Gałdziński |
| 1981-10-12 | 1990-10-31 | chief | Stefan Komenda |
| 1990-06-18 | 1992-10-08 | mayor | Piotr Iwański |
| 1992-10-08 | 1994-07-01 | mayor | Edward Serafin |
| 1994-07-01 | 2002-11-18 | mayor | Stefan Komenda |
| 2002-11-19 | 2004-09-27 | mayor | Stefan Komenda – the first direct election of mayor |
| 2004-12-09 | 2006-12-06 | mayor | Witold Gajewski |
| 2006-12-06 | currently | mayor | Piotr Wąsowicz |
Location
Busko is located in the south part of the Świętokrzyskie voivodeshipVoivodeship
Voivodship is a term denoting the position of, or more commonly the area administered by, a voivod. Voivodeships have existed since medieval times in Poland, Romania, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Russia and Serbia....
, 50 km away from Kielce
Kielce
Kielce ) is a city in central Poland with 204,891 inhabitants . It is also the capital city of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship since 1999, previously in Kielce Voivodeship...
and 80 km away from Kraków
Kraków
Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...
.
The city is in the part of Świetokrzyskie voivodeship called Ponidzie. The name Ponidzie came from the river Nida
Nida
Nida may refer to:* Nida, Lithuania* Nida in Poland* Nida , an ancient roman town in the northwestern suburbs of today's Frankfurt am Main, Germany* Nida, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland...
.
Statistical information
| Description | All | Woman | Man | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit | person | percentage | person | percentage | person | percentage |
| Population | 17 363 | 100 | 9257 | 53,3 | 8106 | 46,7 |
| Rate of occupancy |
1413,9 | 753,8 | 660,1 | |||
According to information from 2002, the area of the Busko – Zdrój is 12,28 km².
parish: all soil – 23 588 hectare
forests: 1532 hectare
waters: 207 hectare
rivers: 16,7 hectare
Busko-Zdrój composes 4,95% of the surface of the parish.
Climate
Busko's climate is best described as a low-lying and continental. This weather is typical about 39% days of the year.The number of 'hot and scorching' days -13%, 'very cold' – under 1,5%. The average year-round temperature is 7,8 °C.
The maximum of the amplitude of the year is 60 °C. In Busko, there are almost 1151 hours of sunshine per year. The average humidity is between 71% to 80%.
Monuments
- Parish church Niepokalanego Poczęcia NMP 1592-1621, renovated in 1820.
- St .Leonard's church built in 1699 (wooden).
- St. Anna's chapel, built from 1884 to 1886.
- Sanatorium Marconi built in 1836.
- Dersław's castle – Construction of the castle began in 1911 by a doctor at the health resort Wasyl Wasylewicz Jakobs. A few years later, Leon Sulimierski finished building the castle. During the First World War, on May 13, 1915, after an offensive on Nida, General Stanisław Szeptycki, a commander in the Austrian army, arrived in Busko and set up residence in the castle.
- Villas : Bagatela, Sanato, Słowacki, Oblęgorek, Ormuzd, Zielona, Bristol
Transport
The national road NR73 passes through Busko between KielceKielce
Kielce ) is a city in central Poland with 204,891 inhabitants . It is also the capital city of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship since 1999, previously in Kielce Voivodeship...
to Tarnów
Tarnów
Tarnów is a city in southeastern Poland with 115,341 inhabitants as of June 2009. The city has been situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999, but from 1975 to 1998 it was the capital of the Tarnów Voivodeship. It is a major rail junction, located on the strategic east-west connection...
;
it is 3.3 km long. Three regional roads also pass through Busko:
- DW767 Busko – PińczówPinczówPińczów is a town in Poland, in Świętokrzyskie Voivodship, about 40 km south of Kielce. It is the capital of Pińczów County. Population is 12,304 .-History:...
5.3 km long. - DW776 Busko – KrakówKrakówKraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...
2.7 km long. - DW973 Busko – ŻabnoZabnoŻabno is a town and municipality on the river Dunajec in southern Poland, 15 km north of Tarnów. Since Poland's administrative reorganization in 1999, Żabno has been a part of Tarnów powiat which belongs to Lesser Poland Voivodeship. Before administrative reorganization in 1999 it belonged...
14.4 km long.
The Car Transport Company in Busko has 132 buses. The partnership supports long distance connections with Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
, Kraków
Kraków
Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...
, Karpacz
Karpacz
Karpacz is a spa town and ski resort in Jelenia Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland, and one of the most important centres for mountain hiking and skiing, including ski jumping. Its population is about 5,000...
, Łódź, Lublin
Lublin
Lublin is the ninth largest city in Poland. It is the capital of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 350,392 . Lublin is also the largest Polish city east of the Vistula river...
, Katowice
Katowice
Katowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers . Katowice is located in the Silesian Highlands, about north of the Silesian Beskids and about southeast of the Sudetes Mountains.It is the central district of the Upper Silesian Metropolis, with a population of 2...
, Tarnów
Tarnów
Tarnów is a city in southeastern Poland with 115,341 inhabitants as of June 2009. The city has been situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999, but from 1975 to 1998 it was the capital of the Tarnów Voivodeship. It is a major rail junction, located on the strategic east-west connection...
, Częstochowa
Czestochowa
Częstochowa is a city in south Poland on the Warta River with 240,027 inhabitants . It has been situated in the Silesian Voivodeship since 1999, and was previously the capital of Częstochowa Voivodeship...
and Wrocław. There are 23 registered cab companies in the municipality.
The nearest international airport is Kraków–Balice
John Paul II International Airport Kraków-Balice
-Traffic:Figures in MillionsThe busiest international routes are to London and Dublin.-Getting there:In addition to road access by private car or taxi, other options are:-By train:...
(100 km from Busko), in Katowice-Pyżowice
Katowice International Airport
Katowice International Airport is an international airport, located in Pyrzowice, north of center of Katowice, Poland. The airport has third biggest passenger flow in Poland....
(160 km from Busko) and in Warsaw-Okęcie
Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport
Warsaw Chopin Airport is an international airport located in the Włochy district of Warsaw, Poland. Poland's busiest airport, Warsaw Chopin handles just under 50% of the country's air passenger traffic....
(220 km from Busko). In Masłów, near Kielce (50 km from Busko) is sport's airport. In Busko is also Airport Health in 'Łowiska'.
There is a railway from Kielce, which was built in 1953 near the city, in Siesławice. Currently, Busko's train station only supports transport's trains. It was closed for passenger trains in December 12, 2004. The station was sold, and a disco was built in its place.
History
The first document mentioning brines in Busko is privilegePrivilege
A privilege is a special entitlement to immunity granted by the state or another authority to a restricted group, either by birth or on a conditional basis. It can be revoked in certain circumstances. In modern democratic states, a privilege is conditional and granted only after birth...
of Bolesław Wstydliwy from 1252 . Jan Winterfeld conducted research on using health waters to treat illness in 1808. When Feliks Rzewuski leased Busko in 1820, he built Amenities, which was designed by Henryk Marconi.
The opening ceremony of health spa took place in 1836. Ferdynand Werner, Warsaw's pharmacist, published a full analysis of the water from Rotunda
Rotunda
Rotunda or The Rotunda may refer to:*Rotunda , any building with a circular ground plan, often covered by a dome*Rotunda , a specific medieval blackletter script...
in 1832.
The city lost its city rights in 1869. This had a negative impact on the development of the city.
Aleksander Dobrzański, a doctor, became a new tenant
Tenement (law)
A tenement , in law, is anything that is held, rather than owned. This usage is a holdover from feudalism, which still forms the basis of all real-estate law in the English-speaking world, in which the monarch alone owned the allodial title to all the land within his kingdom.Under feudalism, land...
in the 1880s.
Since then, the health resort has become one of the most important health resorts in the country. Aleksander Michalski- an engineering geologist, made and launched 4 new drills. Busko had three times more water for medicinal purposes.
Franciszek Gervais showed exact characterisation of dynamics, physical features and chemical composition of waters from new water intake in 1897.
After the First World War, bathers began arrive at the health resorts. Very intensive expansion of the health resort occurred in the interwar years, which was started by dr Szymon Starkiewicz, who founded children's sanatorium under name 'Górka'. Busko won the first place at competition for the prettiest health resort in Poland, in 1966.
'WŁÓKNIARZ' - the biggest sanatorium was handed over in 1972. In 30 December 2008, was opening Uzdrowiskowy Zakład Górniczy "Las Winiarski". It gives busko's sanatorium waters of sulphide from brand new borehole, located in town named Las Winiarski.
Nowadays
At this time in Busko there are 13 sanatoriums, offering the total of 2066 rooms. The yearly number of treatments approximates half a million. Treatments available in Busko-Zdrój include those for :cardiovascular diseaseCardiovascular disease
Heart disease or cardiovascular disease are the class of diseases that involve the heart or blood vessels . While the term technically refers to any disease that affects the cardiovascular system , it is usually used to refer to those related to atherosclerosis...
, rheumatic diseases, orthopedic conditions, neurological conditions, dermatological disorders and children's cerebral palsy.
The health resort is located in the southern part of the city, near the spa's park.
Guest houses
Sanato (***) – built in 1929 by marriage- Irena and Dr. Eugeniusz Budzyński- a doctor of spa in Busko. This hotel was the most modern building among spa's buildings in the town. The building was requisitioned by UBUb
-Places:*Ub, Serbia, a town in Serbia*Ub , a river in Serbia*UB postcode area, in London, England*Ulan Bator, Mongolia-Organizations and businesses:*UltimateBet, an online poker site*Ungermann-Bass, a computer networking company in California...
in 1950, till the end of 1990 was used as sanatorium UB-MSW . The heir of the building requested for reimbursement in 1990. In 17 November 1996, restored and recovered guest house had first guests.
Dersław's Castle (***) – a guest house with a restaurant on the main street of the city- ul. Mickiewicza.
Since 1960 is produced mineral water under name 'Buskowianka' .
Spa's park
Spa's park was established in 19th century by gardener - Ignacy Hanusz. The park was designed by Henryk Marconi. Is divided into three parts:- Fenced amenity's garden with Marconi Sanatorium and fonntana in the center.
- Mickiewicz's alley, a promenade with two rows of tree (mainly chestnut tree),
which connecting amenity's garden with market. It is representative alley of Busko-Zdrój, where we can find City Office, Starostwo Powiatowe, Police, Green Galery, three secondary school and one primary school.
- Victory's Squerna with fonntana in the centrum of Busko-Zdrój.
Near the 'Marconi' sanatorium is located bandshell. The alley in front of the front door of sanatorium is called Star's promenade (just like Hollywood Walk of Fame
Hollywood Walk of Fame
The Hollywood Walk of Fame consists of more than 2,400 five-pointed terrazzo and brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along fifteen blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in Hollywood, California...
). On this promenade we can find 'suns' which belong to the people who are associated with festival and classical music, such as: Krystyna Jamroz, Krzysztof Penderecki
Krzysztof Penderecki
Krzysztof Penderecki , born November 23, 1933 in Dębica) is a Polish composer and conductor. His 1960 avant-garde Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima for string orchestra brought him to international attention, and this success was followed by acclaim for his choral St. Luke Passion. Both these...
, Wiesław Ochman (2008) and Bogusław Kaczyński (2008).
Among big number of trees (4500 species), almost 12% have over 100 hundred year.The most popular species of the park are: clone
Cloning
Cloning in biology is the process of producing similar populations of genetically identical individuals that occurs in nature when organisms such as bacteria, insects or plants reproduce asexually. Cloning in biotechnology refers to processes used to create copies of DNA fragments , cells , or...
, ash, sycamore maple
Sycamore Maple
Acer pseudoplatanus, the sycamore maple, is a species of maple native to central Europe and southwestern Asia, from France east to Ukraine, and south in mountains to northern Spain, northern Turkey, and the Caucasus. It is not related to other trees called sycamore or plane tree in the Platanus...
, common hornbeam, robinia acacia, linden
Tilia
Tilia is a genus of about 30 species of trees native throughout most of the temperate Northern Hemisphere. The greatest species diversity is found in Asia, and the genus also occurs in Europe and eastern North America, but not western North America...
, chestnut
Chestnut
Chestnut , some species called chinkapin or chinquapin, is a genus of eight or nine species of deciduous trees and shrubs in the beech family Fagaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The name also refers to the edible nuts they produce.-Species:The chestnut belongs to the...
, elm
Elm
Elms are deciduous and semi-deciduous trees comprising the genus Ulmus in the plant family Ulmaceae. The dozens of species are found in temperate and tropical-montane regions of North America and Eurasia, ranging southward into Indonesia. Elms are components of many kinds of natural forests...
. We can find also birch
Birch
Birch is a tree or shrub of the genus Betula , in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae. The Betula genus contains 30–60 known taxa...
, european larch
European Larch
Larix decidua, common name European larch, is a species of larch native to the mountains of central Europe, in the Alps and Carpathians, with disjunct lowland populations in northern Poland and southern Lithuania.-Description:...
, bird cherry
Bird cherry
The bird cherries are a subgenus of the genus Prunus, characterised by having deciduous leaves, flowers 12-30 together on slender racemes produced in late spring well after leaf emergence, and small, sour fruit usually only palatable to birds, hence the name...
, gymnocladus canadian, london plane
London Plane
Platanus × acerifolia, the London plane, London planetree, or hybrid plane, is a tree in the genus Platanus. It is usually thought to be a hybrid of Platanus orientalis and the Platanus occidentalis . Some authorities think that it may be a cultivar of P...
, yellow chestnut, catalpa bignonioides .
Health resort
- Zespół Opieki Zdrowotnej in Busko-Zdrój, ZOZ- Hospital District
- Independent Public Primary Healthcare Team, SPZPOZ in Busko-Zdrój
- Center of Medical Rescue and Sanitary Transportation in Kielce
- Ambulance Service in Busko-Zdrój
- Hospice under name Blessed Mother Teresa in Busko-Zdrój
Education
primary schools:- Primary School nr 1 under name Stanisław Staszic
- Primary School nr 2 under name Janusz Korczak (till 25.06.2009, school was under name Hanka Sawicka )
- Primary School nr 3 under name Aleksander KrzyżanowskiAleksander KrzyzanowskiAleksander "Wilk" Krzyżanowski was a Polish officer, major, member of the Polish resistance movement in World War II and Commandant of the Armia Krajowa in the Vilnius Region.- Biography :...
'Wilk'
secondary schools
- Secondary School under name Tadeusz KościuszkoTadeusz KosciuszkoAndrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko was a Polish–Lithuanian and American general and military leader during the Kościuszko Uprising. He is a national hero of Poland, Lithuania, the United States and Belarus...
, Mickiewicza 13 street - Complex Technical School and Secondary under name Kazimierz Wielki
- Zespół Szkół Ponadgimnazjalnych nr 1, named Mikołaj KopernikNicolaus CopernicusNicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance astronomer and the first person to formulate a comprehensive heliocentric cosmology which displaced the Earth from the center of the universe....
- Vocational Training Centre ZDZ
Special education
- Specjalny Ośrodek Szkolno Wychowawczy dla Niepełnosprawnych Ruchowo
- GÓRKA Special Primary School
Culture
Three teams of young people thrive in the House of Culture, and take care of lots of activities: vocal music groups, The Brass Band, Instrumental Quartet, Recitation Group, Photo Club, Children's Club, a Club of amateur artists. This building also houses the 'Zdrój' cinema.The 'Zielona' gallery, established in 1990, is located near Mickiewicza street. On display in the gallery are many different types of works by Polish and foreign artists, such as paintings, carvings, and photography.
Permanent cultural events
- Busko's meeting with folklore (in May)
- Florian's Fair (in May)
- Nationwide review of songs name of Wojtek Belon Szukam, szukania mi trzeba (in May/June)
- International Music Festival name of Krystyna Jamroz (in June/July)
- Summer with Chopin (in July)
- Provincial review of a poem and song of Legions, a Soldiers Song and a Guerrilla Song (in November)
- The review of Art 'Ponidzie' (in November)
Media
In Busko-Zdrój thrives local radio under name Twoje Radio Busko on the 1584 kHz AM frequency (medium wave).Moreover, internet radio 'Radio Ponidzie' cooperate with Busko.
Busko has also a local newspaper called Tygodnik Ponidzia, which shows information about Busko county and others adjacent countys.
Sport and recreation
In Busko-Zdrój thrives First Class Football Club MKS Zdrój, which has a stadium for over 1143 seats, tread for athletic and football field. Near the football filed is located sports hall, which offers organising international sports competitions in team handball, volleyball, basketball, for 500 people of audience.Each spring every year in Busko-Zdrój is organised cycling competition named of Andrzej Imosa.
The residents of Busko can use many others sports fileds located by education institution. The tennis court is located by spa's park, Włókniarz sanatorium and ZSTiO. In the winter the children are tobogganing from small hill in Mickiewicza street, so called by the residents Byczok.
In the city are four indoor swimming pools:
- municipal pool name of Stefan Komenda in the center of the town, opened in 2001, with 65 metres of height pool water slide.
- two swimming pools in the sanatoriums : 'Włókniarz' and 'Krystyna'
- a swimming pool in the Górka Hospital
Until recently Busko had an outdoor swimming pool in the spa's park.
Two km south from Busko is a lake, located in Radzanów
Radzanów
Radzanów may refer to the following places:*Radzanów, Lublin Voivodeship *Radzanów, Białobrzegi County in Masovian Voivodeship *Radzanów, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship...
village; its area is 23 hectare. In summer time there is bathing, area of the bath is 11 hectare. Near from the lake, only 3 km is a private hippotherapy center in Wolica
Wolica
Wolica may refer to the following places in Poland:*Wolica, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship *Wolica, Hrubieszów County in Lublin Voivodeship *Wolica, Krasnystaw County in Lublin Voivodeship...
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Tourism
3 hiking trails:- red - from Busko to Solec-ZdrójSolec-ZdrójSolec-Zdrój is a village in Busko County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Solec-Zdrój. It lies approximately south-east of Busko-Zdrój and south of the regional capital Kielce.The village has an approximate population of...
(27 km) - green - from Busko to WiślicaWislicaWiślica is a village in Busko County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Wiślica. It lies on the Nida River, approximately south of Busko-Zdrój and south of the regional capital Kielce...
(90 km) - blue - from Pińczów to Wiślica (39 km)
Name of the city
The name of the city written with the hyphen is a correct form (Busko-Zdrój). While the name written without hyphen is only a colloquial form. Until recently the form Busko Zdrój was given in the dictionary as a correct form. Then grown a conflict between official form and dictionary form. Fortunately, the conflict become solve, in 2004, by Polish Language CouncilPolish Language Council
The Polish Language Council is the official language regulating organ of the Polish language. It was formed on September 9, 1996 as a Commission of the Polish Academy of Sciences on the power of the law enacted by the Polish parliament .The council is composed of 36 members,...
, which adopt that all two articulate names should be written with a hyphen.
People associated with Busko-Zdrój
- Dzierżko – knight, in 2 half in the 12th century, co-owner of Busko, a founder of the Church and the Norbertine Monastery
- Jan from Busko, in 1360-1368 a secretary of king, a representative of polish king Kazimierz Wielki in the papal court AvignonAvignonAvignon is a French commune in southeastern France in the départment of the Vaucluse bordered by the left bank of the Rhône river. Of the 94,787 inhabitants of the city on 1 January 2010, 12 000 live in the ancient town centre surrounded by its medieval ramparts.Often referred to as the...
. - Wojciech Bellon – the singer and the poet
- Eugeniusz Budzyński – mjr dr med., killed in KatyńKatyn massacreThe Katyn massacre, also known as the Katyn Forest massacre , was a mass execution of Polish nationals carried out by the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs , the Soviet secret police, in April and May 1940. The massacre was prompted by Lavrentiy Beria's proposal to execute all members of...
,a doctor of spa in Busko-Zdrój, a founder and owner of 'Sanato' Hotel - Michał Byszewski – a director of Państwowy Zakład Zdrojowy (nowadays - "Uzdrowiska Busko-Zdrój S.A.")
- Aleksander Dobrzański - a ophthalmology, a tenantTenement (law)A tenement , in law, is anything that is held, rather than owned. This usage is a holdover from feudalism, which still forms the basis of all real-estate law in the English-speaking world, in which the monarch alone owned the allodial title to all the land within his kingdom.Under feudalism, land...
of Busko-Zdrój - Grzegorz Gzyl – an actor
- Andrzej Imosa – well known Polish cyclist
- Krystyna Jamroz - opera singer
- Adam Jarubas - Marshal of the świętokrzyski Sejm from 2006
- Czesław Król - a sculptor, a baker, prototype of character 'Ballada o Cześku Piekarzu" by Wojtek Belon.
- Grażyna Kulawik – ps. Zajączek, a singer of Wolna Grupa Bukowina
- LiroyLiroyPiotr Marzec , better known as Liroy , is a rapper living in Kielce.He is one of the pioneers of rap & hip-hop culture in Poland. His CDs include East On Da Mic ,Albóóm,...
– Piotr Marzec, polish rapper, an actor and a composer - Ireneusz Mazur – volleyball coucher
- Aleksander Michalski – a geologist, he discovered and explored a new water intake
- Konstanty MiodowiczKonstanty MiodowiczKonstanty Miodowicz is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 14505 votes in 33 Kielce district, candidating from Platforma Obywatelska list....
– a politician, member of parliament - Bożentyna Pałka-Koruba – The świętokrzyski Voivod from 29 November 2007
- Feliks Rączkowski – a professor, Polish composer and an organist
- Tadeusz Papier – a novelist and journalist
- Adam Tański – Former minister agriculture and rural development