Rzeszów is a city in south-eastern
PolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe . Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
with a population of 173,130 inhabitants, as of 02.06.2009.
It was granted a
town charterA municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including cities, counties, towns, townships, charter townships, villages, and boroughs. Municipal incorporation occurs when such municipalities become self-governing entities under the laws of the state or province in which...
in 1354, the capital and largest city of the
Subcarpathian VoivodeshipSubcarpathian Voivodeship is a voivodeship, or province, situated in the far south-east of Poland...
(since 1999), previously of
Rzeszów VoivodeshipRzeszów Voivodeship can refer to one of two political entities in Poland:Rzeszów Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government from 1975 to 1998, superseded by Subcarpathian Voivodeship...
(1945–1998).
Rzeszów is served by an
international airportRzeszów-Jasionka Airport is an international airport located in southeastern Poland, in Jasionka, a village from the center of the city of Rzeszów. It is the seventh-busiest airport in Poland, and has seasonal transatlantic connections....
, is a member of
EurocitiesThe EUROCITIES network was founded in 1986 by Mayors from six large European cities. The founder members were:* Barcelona, Spain* Birmingham, United Kingdom* Frankfurt, Germany* Lyon, France* Milan, Italy* Rotterdam, Netherlands...
, and is home to a number of
higher educationHigher education refers to a level of education that is provided by universities, vocational universities, community colleges, liberal arts colleges, institutes of technology and other collegiate level institutions, such as vocational schools, trade schools and career colleges, that award academic...
schools, company headquarters, and foreign consulates.
Rzeszów is located on both sides of the Wisłok river.
Rzeszów is a city in south-eastern
PolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe . Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
with a population of 173,130 inhabitants, as of 02.06.2009.
It was granted a
town charterA municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including cities, counties, towns, townships, charter townships, villages, and boroughs. Municipal incorporation occurs when such municipalities become self-governing entities under the laws of the state or province in which...
in 1354, the capital and largest city of the
Subcarpathian VoivodeshipSubcarpathian Voivodeship is a voivodeship, or province, situated in the far south-east of Poland...
(since 1999), previously of
Rzeszów VoivodeshipRzeszów Voivodeship can refer to one of two political entities in Poland:Rzeszów Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government from 1975 to 1998, superseded by Subcarpathian Voivodeship...
(1945–1998).
Rzeszów is served by an
international airportRzeszów-Jasionka Airport is an international airport located in southeastern Poland, in Jasionka, a village from the center of the city of Rzeszów. It is the seventh-busiest airport in Poland, and has seasonal transatlantic connections....
, is a member of
EurocitiesThe EUROCITIES network was founded in 1986 by Mayors from six large European cities. The founder members were:* Barcelona, Spain* Birmingham, United Kingdom* Frankfurt, Germany* Lyon, France* Milan, Italy* Rotterdam, Netherlands...
, and is home to a number of
higher educationHigher education refers to a level of education that is provided by universities, vocational universities, community colleges, liberal arts colleges, institutes of technology and other collegiate level institutions, such as vocational schools, trade schools and career colleges, that award academic...
schools, company headquarters, and foreign consulates.
Location
Rzeszów is located on both sides of the Wisłok river. It is located in the heartland of the Sandomierska valley. Rzeszów is also the capital of the
Subcarpathian VoivodeshipSubcarpathian Voivodeship is a voivodeship, or province, situated in the far south-east of Poland...
, and
seatA county seat is a term for an administrative center for a county or civil parish, primarily used in the United States. In the Northeast United States, the statutory term often is shire town, but colloquially county seat is the term in use there...
of the
Rzeszów CountyRzeszów County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the city of Rzeszów, although the...
.
History
Rzeszów was founded in 1354 by king Casimir III of Poland. For a long time it was just a domain of the
noble familyNobility is a state-privileged status which is generally hereditary, but which may also be personal only. Titles of nobility are usually associated with present or former monarchies. The term originally referred to those who were "known" or "notable" and was applied to the highest social class in...
of Lubomirski, one of the most important in Poland. Besides having a famous annual market, Rzeszów remained only another city on the
trade routeA trade route is a logistical network identified as a series of pathways and stoppages used for the commercial transport of cargo. Allowing goods to reach distant markets, a single trade route contains long distance arteries which may further be connected to several smaller networks of commercial...
to Hungary. In 1658
Jerzy Sebastian LubomirskiPrince Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski was a Polish noble , magnate, outstanding politician and military commander. Lubomirski was a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire SRI. He was the initiator of the Lubomirski Rokosz....
established the
PiaristThe Order of Poor Clerks Regular of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools or, in short, Piarists, is the name of the oldest Catholic educational order also known as the Scolopi, Escolapios or Poor Clerics of the Mother of God...
school, the second
secondary schoolHigh school is the name used in some parts of the world, particularly in Scotland, Northern America and Oceania, to describe an institution that provides all or part of secondary education...
in Poland. During the XIX century Rzeszów began to lose significance in favour of
PrzemyślPrzemyśl is a city in south-eastern Poland with 66,756 inhabitants, as of June 2009. In 2006, it became part of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship; it was previously the capital of Przemyśl Voivodeship....
. Development of Rzeszów started when in 1937
military industryThe defense industry, also called the military industry, comprises government and commercial industry involved in research, development, production, and service of military equipment and facilities...
was located in the city:
Państwowe Zakłady LotniczePZL was the main Polish aerospace manufacturer of the interwar period, based in Warsaw, functioning in 1928-1939...
, producing
aircraft engineAn aircraft engine is a propulsion system for an aircraft. Aircraft engines are almost always either lightweight piston engines or gas turbines. This article is an overview of the basic types of aircraft engines and the design concepts employed in engine development for aircraft.- Engine design...
s, and a cannon factory a branch of
Hipolit CegielskiHipolit Cegielski was a Polish businessman and social and cultural activist. He founded H. Cegielski - Poznań S.A. in 1846.-References:...
factory (see: Central Industrial Area).
Until on the outbreak of
World War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including all great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
the Jews of Rzeszów numbered 15,000, more than one-third of the total population. The town was occupied by the
GermanGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium,...
Army on 10 September 1939. German
persecution of the JewsPersecution of Jews has occurred on numerous occasions and at widely different geographical locations. As well as being a major component in Jewish history, it has significantly impacted the general history and social development of the countries and societies in which the persecuted Jews...
began almost immediately, by the end of 1939, there were 10
forced labourUnfree labour is a generic or collective term for those work relations, especially in modern or early modern history, in which people are employed against their will by the threat of destitution, detention, violence , or other extreme hardship to themselves, or to members of their families.Many of...
camps in the Rzeszów region and many Jews became slave labourers in the region. Jews were forced to live in the
GestapoThe was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. Beginning in April 1934, it was under the overall administration of the Schutzstaffel under Heinrich Himmler in his position as leader of the SS and Chief of German Police...
-controlled
ghettoOriginally used in Venice to describe the area where Jews were compelled to live, a ghetto is now described as a "portion of a city in which members of a minority group live; especially because of social, legal, or economic pressure." - Etymology :...
. Many Jews managed to flee to
SovietThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. The name is a translation of the , tr. Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated СССР, SSSR. The common short name is Soviet Union, from , Sovetskiy Soyuz...
occupied
PolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe . Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
. By June 1940, the number of Jews in Rzeszów had decreased to 11,800, of whom 7,800 were pre-war residents of the city, the rest were refugees from surrounding villages. Life in the ghetto was impossible and hundreds died. During WWII some 20,000 Jews were murdered in the
ghettoOriginally used in Venice to describe the area where Jews were compelled to live, a ghetto is now described as a "portion of a city in which members of a minority group live; especially because of social, legal, or economic pressure." - Etymology :...
in Rzeszów. This number includes thousands who were sent to Rzeszów only to be deported or murdered soon after arrival. Of 15,000 Rzeszów Jews, merely 100 survived the war; in Rzeszów itself, in hiding all over Poland, and in various camps. After the war an additional 600 Rzeszów Jews returned from the
Soviet UnionThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. The name is a translation of the , tr. Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated СССР, SSSR. The common short name is Soviet Union, from , Sovetskiy Soyuz...
. Almost all of them subsequently left the city and the country.
In 2004, Rzeszów hosted the
Central European Olympiad in InformaticsThe Central European Olympiad in Informatics is an annual informatics competition for secondary school students. Each of the parcitipating central European countries sends a team of up to four contestants, a team leader and a deputy team leader. The contestants compete individually, i.e...
(CEOI).
Education
Universities:
- Rzeszów University
The Rzeszów University is a university in Rzeszów, Poland.It was officially established in 2001 by combining several older institutions in the city.The current university comprises the former:* Rzeszów branch of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University...
(established in 2001 from a number of smaller schools)
- Rzeszów University of Technology (formed from The Higher Engineering School in 1974) website
- University of Information Technology
Information technology , as defined by the Information Technology Association of America , is "the study, design, development, implementation, support or management of computer-based information systems, particularly software applications and computer hardware." IT deals with the use of electronic...
and Management (established in 1996) website
- Branches in Dębica
Dębica is a town in southeastern Poland with 46,693 inhabitants, as of 2 June 2009. It is the capital of Dębica County. Since 1999 it has been situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship; it had previously been in the Tarnów Voivodeship .-Area:...
, KrosnoKrosno is a town in south-eastern Poland with 47,455 inhabitants, as of 2 June 2009....
and NiskoNisko is a town in southeastern Poland on the San River, with a population of 15,534 inhabitants, as of 2 June 2009. Together with neighbouring city of Stalowa Wola, Nisko creates a small agglomeration....
- Wyższa Szkoła Zarządzania website
- Wyższa Szkoła Administracji i Zarządzania in Przemyśl
Przemyśl is a city in south-eastern Poland with 66,756 inhabitants, as of June 2009. In 2006, it became part of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship; it was previously the capital of Przemyśl Voivodeship....
, branch in Rzeszów (established in 1995) website
Notable High Schools:
- Konarski's Number 1 High School in Rzeszów
Transit
Rzeszów is located on the main
West-East European E40 Highway||-||-||}European route E 40 is the longest European route, more than 8000 km long, connecting Calais in France via Belgium, Germany, Poland, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Kyrgyzstan, with Ridder in Kazakhstan near the border to China.- Route :The route passes...
, which goes from
CalaisCalais is a town in northern France in the department of Pas-de-Calais, of which it is a sub-prefecture...
in
FranceFrance , officially the French Republic , is a country located in Western Europe, with several overseas islands and territories located on other continents. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean...
via
BelgiumThe Kingdom of Belgium is a country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters, as well as those of other major international organizations, including NATO...
, across
GermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium,...
,
PolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe . Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
,
UkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south. The city of Kiev is both the capital and the largest city of...
and onto
RussiaRussia , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia . It is a semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
and
KazakhstanKazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a country situated in Eurasia that is ranked as the ninth largest country in the world. It is also the world's largest landlocked country. Its territory of 2,727,300 km² is greater than Western Europe...
. Traffic is therefore high, but as the city has a
ring roadA beltway, loop , ring road, or orbital motorway is a circumferential highway found around or within many cities....
through its southern districts, transit does not have to pass through the city centre.
Other Polish cities located by the
E40||-||-||}European route E 40 is the longest European route, more than 8000 km long, connecting Calais in France via Belgium, Germany, Poland, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Kyrgyzstan, with Ridder in Kazakhstan near the border to China.- Route :The route passes...
highway are Wrocław,
OpoleOpole is a city in southern Poland on the Oder River . It has a population of 129,553 and is the capital of the Opole Voivodeship, and also the seat of Opole County. It is the historical capital of Upper Silesia...
,
KatowiceKatowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers . Katowice is located in the Silesian Highlands, about 50 km on north from the Silesian Beskids and about 100 km on south-east from Sudetes Mountains.It is the central district of the Metropolitan...
,
KrakówKraków , in English also spelled Krakow or Cracow and pronounced
, is one of the largest and oldest cities in Poland and a popular tourist destination. Its historic centre was inscribed on the list of World Heritage Sites as the first of its kind...
,
TarnówTarnów is a city in southeastern Poland with 116,109 inhabitants .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 from Lviv to...
,
DębicaDębica is a town in southeastern Poland with 46,693 inhabitants, as of 2 June 2009. It is the capital of Dębica County. Since 1999 it has been situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship; it had previously been in the Tarnów Voivodeship .-Area:...
,
RopczyceRopczyce is a town in Subcarpathian Voivodeship in south-eastern Poland, situated in the Valley the Wielopolka River and is inhabited by 15,098 people . It is the seat of Ropczyce-Sędziszów County.- Geography :Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship...
and
PrzemyślPrzemyśl is a city in south-eastern Poland with 66,756 inhabitants, as of June 2009. In 2006, it became part of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship; it was previously the capital of Przemyśl Voivodeship....
.
In recent years, communication has been improved by modernisation of the roads within the city.
SCATSThe Sydney Coordinated Adaptive Traffic System, abbreviated SCATS, is an intelligent transportation system developed in Sydney, Australia by the Roads and Traffic Authority in the 1970s, and used in Melbourne since 1982. It is also used in New Zealand, Hong Kong, Tehran, Dublin, Rzeszów, Gdynia and...
traffic system has been implemented.
Highway A4 is planned to be built as a beltway of the city, running through the northern districts of Rzeszów.
Airport
Rzeszów-Jasionka AirportRzeszów-Jasionka Airport is an international airport located in southeastern Poland, in Jasionka, a village from the center of the city of Rzeszów. It is the seventh-busiest airport in Poland, and has seasonal transatlantic connections....
(Port Lotniczy Rzeszów-Jasionka) is located in the village of Jasionka north of the city. Scheduled passenger services include flights to:
WarsawWarsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains. Its population as of 2009 was estimated at 1,709,781, and the Warsaw metropolitan area at approximately 2,785,000...
(
WAWWarsaw Frederic Chopin Airport is an international airport located in the Okęcie district of Warsaw, Poland. Formerly Okęcie International Airport, it is named after the famous Polish composer and former Warsaw resident, Frederic Chopin...
),
DublinDublin is the largest city and capital of Ireland. It is officially known in Irish as Baile Átha Cliath or Áth Cliath ; the English name comes from the Irish Dubh Linn meaning "black pool". It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the...
, London (
StanstedLondon Stansted Airport is a passenger airport located at Stansted Mountfitchet in the District of Uttlesford in Essex, north-east of central London. It is north northeast of Bishop's Stortford and about outside Harlow....
),
BristolBristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, west of London, and east of Cardiff.With an estimated population of 416,400 for the unitary authority in mid-2007, and a surrounding urban area with an estimated 561,500 residents, it is England's sixth, and...
, UK,
BirminghamBirmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands county of England. Birmingham is the second-most populous British city, with a population of 1,006,500 ....
, UK,
New YorkNew York is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous. The state is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
(
JFK AirportJohn F. Kennedy International Airport is an international airport located in Queens County, New York in southeastern New York City about 12 miles from Lower Manhattan...
, and
Newark Liberty International AirportNewark Liberty International Airport , first named Newark Airport and later Newark International Airport, is an international airport within the city limits of both Newark and Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States...
).
Buses
The city operates 49
bus linesA bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. A bus seats a maximum of 8 to 300 passengers...
including night and airport buses. Rzeszów is also a gateway to
BieszczadyBieszczady, or Bieszczadzkie Mountains , is the Polish name of the western part of what the Polish call Eastern Beskids . It is a part of the Carpathian Mountains...
mountains, many buses heading for
SanokSanok , part of The Land of Sanok , is a town in south-eastern Poland with 39,110 inhabitants, as of 2 June 2009....
.
Railways
Rzeszów is an important rail hub on the main West-East rail route from
SilesiaSilesia is a historical region of Central Europe located mostly in present-day Poland, with parts in the Czech Republic and Germany....
and
KrakowKraków , in English also spelled Krakow or Cracow and pronounced
, is one of the largest and oldest cities in Poland and a popular tourist destination. Its historic centre was inscribed on the list of World Heritage Sites as the first of its kind...
to the Polish eastern border and further on to
UkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south. The city of Kiev is both the capital and the largest city of...
. Its
main railway stationRzeszow Main Station is the most important station of the southeastern Polish city of Rzeszów, and the biggest of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship. According to the classification of passenger rail stations of Poland, it belongs to Class B.The first station in Rzeszów was built in 1858, along the...
was established in the XIX century and apart from it, there are three additional stations in the city (
Rzeszów Staroniwa,
Rzeszów Zachodni and
Rzeszów Zaleze). There are also two non-electrified lines stemming from Rzeszów - to Jasło and to
TarnobrzegTarnobrzeg is a town in south-eastern Poland, on the east bank of the river Vistula, with 49,753 inhabitants, as of June 2009. Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship since 1999, it had previously been the capital of Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship .-Sulphur mining:The city was a major center for the...
.
Industry
- Valeant Pharmaceuticals International
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International is a pharmaceutical company with activities spanning the drug discovery pipeline from target identification through clinical trials and commercialization. The focus of the company is on neurology, dermatology and infectious disease with several drugs in...
(NYSE:VRX) Rzeszów (formerly ICN Polfa Rzeszów)
- United Technologies Corporation
United Technologies Corporation is an American multinational conglomerate based in Hartford, Connecticut. It researches, develops, and manufactures high-technology products in numerous areas, including aircraft engines, helicopters, heating and cooling, fuel cells, elevators and escalators, fire...
(NYSE:UTX) Pratt & WhitneyPratt & Whitney is an American aircraft engine manufacturer of products widely used in both civil and military aircraft. As one of the "big three" aero-engine manufacturers, it competes with General Electric and Rolls-Royce, although it has also formed joint ventures with both of these companies...
division - Aerospace engineeringAerospace engineering is the branch of engineering behind the design, construction and science of aircraft and spacecraft. It is broken into two major and overlapping branches: aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering...
including one of world's two F-16 engine manufacturers
- Zelmer SA - household equipment
- Asseco Poland SA
Asseco Poland SA is the largest corporation in the technology sector quoted on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. It was established in 1991 and provided computer software to the banking industry. The current corporation is the result of a merger between ASSET Soft AS and COMP Rzeszów SA. It currently...
(earlier Comp Rzeszów S.A) - computer softwareComputer software, or just software is a general term used todescribe the role that computer programs, procedures anddocumentation play in a computer system.The term includes:...
- Novartis International AG
Novartis International AG is a multinational pharmaceutical company based in Basel, Switzerland, ranking number one in revenues, which accounted over $53 billion in 2008, and number three in sales, which accounted 36.172 billon in 2008. Novartis is one of the largest healthcare companies in the...
(NYSE:NVS) Rzeszów - Gerber Products CompanyGerber Products Company is a purveyor of baby food and baby products. The company was founded in 1927 in Fremont, Michigan, by Daniel Frank Gerber, owner of the Fremont Canning Company producing canned fruits and vegetables. At the suggestion of a pediatrician, Gerber's wife began making...
food productionThe food industry is the complex, global collective of diverse businesses that together supply much of the food energy consumed by the world population...
facilities
- Sanofi-Aventis
Sanofi-Aventis , headquartered in Paris, France, is a multinational pharmaceutical company, the world's fourth-largest by prescription sales. Sanofi-Aventis engages in the research and development, manufacturing and marketing of pharmaceutical products for sale principally in the prescription...
(NYSE:SNY)
At Widelka substation, situated approximately 20 kilometres northnortheast of Rzeszów, the only 750 kV powerline in Poland, coming from Khelmitiskaja in Ukraine ends.
Tourist attractions
- palace of Lubomirski family from XVIII cent.
- main square
- town hall, established in 1591
- synagogues: "Small" (XVII cent.), "Big" (XVIII cent., restored 1954-63)
- Łańcut palace
- Podziemia, underground tunnel
A tunnel is an underground passageway. The definition of what constitutes a tunnel is not universally agreed upon. However, in general tunnels are at least twice as long as they are wide. In addition, they should be completely enclosed on all sides, save for the openings at each end...
.
Sports
- Resovia Rzeszów
Resovia Rzeszow is a Polish sports team, based in Rzeszów. Founded in 1904 it is regarded as one of the oldest existing sports clubs in Poland. However, some sports historians claim that there is no proof to verify this date....
- the oldest men's footballFootball is the most popular sport in Poland. Over 400,000 Poles play football regularly, with millions more playing occasionally. The first professional clubs were founded in the early 1900s, and the Polish national football team played its first international match in 1921.There are hundreds of...
team in Poland (1905 or 1904) and men's volleyballVolleyball in Poland is a popular team sport. It is the second most popular sport in Poland after football. The Men's national team is ranked 7th and the Womens team is ranked 9th in the FIVB World Rankings...
team playing in Polish Volleyball LeagueThe Polish Volleyball League is the highest level of men's volleyball in Poland, a professional league competition for volleyball clubs located in this country. It is overseen by Profesjonalna Liga Piłki Siatkowej S.A. . It is currently a 10 team league that plays a 18 game schedule from September...
(Polska Liga Siatkówki, PLS: Seria B in 2003/2004, Seria A in 2004/2005 season).
- Stal Rzeszów
Stal Rzeszów is a Polish football and speedway club based in Rzeszów, Poland.- Address :*ZKS STAL Rzeszów*ul.Hetmańska 69*35-078 Rzeszów*tel./fax 8548-048, 854-65-45, 854-15-92-Current squad :- Famous players :...
- men's footballFootball is the most popular sport in Poland. Over 400,000 Poles play football regularly, with millions more playing occasionally. The first professional clubs were founded in the early 1900s, and the Polish national football team played its first international match in 1921.There are hundreds of...
team (Polish CupThe Polish Cup in football or officially Remes Puchar Polski, is an elimination tournament for Polish football clubs, held continuously from 1950, and is the second most important national title in Polish football after the First League title...
winner 1975)
- Marma Rzeszów - motorcycle speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to as speedway or flat track motorcycle racing , is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit...
Ekstraliga team
Notable people
As the largest city of the region Rzeszów has a diverse set of notable people associated with it. Hero of antinazi and antisoviet resistance, Lukasz Cieplinski, singer
Justyna SteczkowskaJustyna Steczkowska is a Polish singer, song-writer, and actress.She comes from a big musical family, and played violin in a family band before becoming a solo singer. She has a vocal range of 4 octaves.Steczkowska became famous when she won a song contest in Poland Szansa na sukces with the song...
, general
Józef ZającJózef Ludwik Zając was a Polish general and pilot.-Biography:Born on 14 March 1891 in Rzeszów, Józef Zając studied at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, graduating with a PhD in philosophy in 1915...
, and leading theater director
Jerzy GrotowskiJerzy Grotowski was a Polish theatre director and innovator of experimental theater, and the "theatre laboratory" and "poor theatre" concepts.-Early years:...
, among others, were born or lived in the city. Polish prime minister and
commander-in-chiefA commander-in-chief is the commander of a nation's military forces or significant element of those forces. In the latter case, the force element may be defined as those forces within a particular region or those forces which are associated by function. As a practical term it refers to the...
general Władysław Sikorski studied there, while pioneer of the
oil industryThe petroleum industry includes the global processes of exploration, extraction, refining, transporting , and marketing petroleum products. The largest volume products of the industry are fuel oil and gasoline...
, Ignacy Łukasiewicz, spent much of his life in Rzeszów. Renowned Polish jazz trumpeter
Tomasz StankoTomasz Stańko is a Polish trumpeter, composer and improviser. Often recording for ECM, Stańko is strongly associated with free jazz and the avant-garde....
is also from the city.
Radio
- Radio Rzeszów
- Radio Eska Rzeszów
- Akademickie Radio Centrum
- Katolickie Radio Via
- Radio RES
Television
- Polish Television
Telewizja Polska Spółka Akcyjna is Poland's public broadcasting corporation....
(TVP) branch in Rzeszów
- Rzeszów's cable television
- Local television Vectra (old DAMI)
- Municipal television Rzeszów
Twin towns — Sister cities
Rzeszów is
twinnedSister cities, also known as town twinning, is an agreement between towns, cities and even counties in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties...
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Buffalo, New YorkBuffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, second only to New York City. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River, Buffalo is the principal city of the Buffalo-Niagara Falls metropolitan area and the seat of Erie...
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KošiceKošice is a city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the Hornád River at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the borders with Hungary...
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SlovakiaThe Slovak Republic is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe with a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia borders the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south. The largest city is its capital, Bratislava...
(since 1991) Nyíregyháza- History :Nyíregyháza was first mentioned in 1209, although it was called only Nyír . A source from 1326 mentions that the town has a church, hence the 2nd part of the name, "egyház" . In the middle of the 15th century the town had about 400 inhabitants...
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HungaryHungary , in English officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia. Its capital is Budapest. Hungary is a member of OECD, NATO, EU, V4 and is a Schengen state...
BielefeldBielefeld is a county borough in the Regierungsbezirk Detmold in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located at on both the western and eastern slopes of the Teutoburg Forest. With its population of 326,000, it is the biggest city of the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region...
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KlagenfurtKlagenfurt am Wörthersee is the capital of the federal state of Carinthia in Austria. With a population of over 90,000 it is the sixth-largest city in the country. The city is the bishop's seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Gurk-Klagenfurt and home to the Alpen-Adria...
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AustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.3 million people in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west...
LamiaLamia is a city in central Greece. The city has a continuous history since Antiquity, and is today the capital of the prefecture of Phthiotis and periphery of Central Greece .-Name:...
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GreeceGreece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula....
Satu MareSatu Mare is a city with a population of 113,688 and the capital of Satu Mare County, Romania.Satu Mare is the origin of the Satmarer Hasidic Jews, who lived there until World War II and now reside in New York City, Jerusalem, London, and other places.The city spreads out from the Administrative...
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RomaniaRomania is a country located in Southeastern and Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea. Almost all of the Danube Delta is located within its territory...
LvivLviv is a major city in western Ukraine.It is regarded as one of the main cultural centres of today's Ukraine and historically also for Ukraine’s neighbour Poland. The historic centre of Lviv with its old buildings and cobblestone roads has survived the Second World War and the Soviet presence...
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UkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south. The city of Kiev is both the capital and the largest city of...
Ivano-FrankivskIvano-Frankivsk , is a historic city located in southwestern Ukraine.It is the administrative center of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast , and is designated as its own separate raion within the oblast...
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UkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south. The city of Kiev is both the capital and the largest city of...
LutskLutsk is a city located by the Styr River in north-western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Volyn Oblast , as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Lutskyi Raion within the oblast...
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UkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south. The city of Kiev is both the capital and the largest city of...
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