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Poznaj Bydgoszcz 2016 EN.Pdf 1 N i e c a ł a lowa Kąpie C z a r n a D r o g a L Wrocławska udw i k Ż e ow g l R a ó r o żan s a Ja k sna a 10 Gran iczna S z u b iń s k Grunw a LEGEND: R ondo K r aldzkie u s z 1 w Siem i c ira k d a zkiego 2 3 P oznańskiPlac Długos 4 S za tr Ja Ł o c o 5 m kow s k Archer Lady a kieg o i 6 e Man Crossing the River Sculpture t k 7 a Marian Rejewski’s Bench Water Tram Stop F Ko oc “Ogórek” Bus Stop rd eck h ie a Museum of Soap and History of Dirt go Myślęcinek Forest Park of Culture and Recreation F i l a r W ec 8 N a ar r G z R usz s k e w a o r i a c g u za w a d s k z li a i ą d z yskiego k zartor a C Zbawiciela Plac F re Krórtka d ry 13 M W O a b z ełnian r o D o Piastowski R ń w Plac w ynek c ó i o e w y r c c B k o y a d Terasy w g a o F C s o z r h c c z h o Przy y a Ś a r b k 6 z łwic Z c w a r ecze P Ra ś e w o i i g e a d Ś t o c o F Jezu n ick k a l a i s a a k r K d n a w T e a eatr i c a A k Plac t Ba o to i l rego c e Stary w aln Rynek h j a a 14 y G Z 9 ó a Mo stow 2 r u a D s ł k 5 e ł u a k M g a C R a ynek i R g e ybi d s z z k i 3 ń 11 4 o s w k s i Plac e k W g i G e olności o P dań g l s o . ka K 12 o ś c i e Koś le ciu szk c i k K i ona c rskiego h R Bernardyńskie S ondo k Jagiellonów a r R g e R ja A i ondo l . M i c Z k M a 3 aja i e m w Ust o ro i ni y e c M s z k o a c i z e y g ń R s o k e i e 1 m y g o o C 7 n K h o t o a M p d e a P a k r d r e i n Plac re e W k w i w Sze W s L w n a 2 walda k kie y g e As eyssenhof o i a J n c s y ś ka A a l z r e p n t j a g a a i a i a O e s ń s R o l l i l s ń K e o s k k S i k a c ń i e h l i a k a n e r 8 m s f k g a e a o i a 9 e 10 c n y n j 11 n a a 12 13 Water Tower R Ossolińskichondo P 14 Granaries on the Brda River – District Museum iotrowskiego Bydgoszcz Canal Lemara Barge Deluge Fountain Żoł nier Mill Island – Island of Museums ska Master Twardowski 1 1 l Bydgoszcz Information Centre i s t o p T a Wielk o T K ras d a U p n o iwe a rsy o Ż tecka R z u Po l łc i ka o ondo py e opolskie w t u a l s k M i e o D o g n Litews Su ka ę i łk J u b ow a s o sk w z i e w g o k o r a i C o h w o a d k i e w i c z Wyczółkowskiego a C z K e a r l k i s a k Jastrzębia s a Kilińskiego k a Lelewela Jurasza iego ławsk ieros P M o w s t a ń c ó w Ś l ą s k i c h Pestalozziego R o m a ń s k i e Z g a o Wyszyńskiego m e n h o f a Skrzetuskie F R ordońskie R ondo ondo ondo P Wyszyńskiego u ł a s k i Ko e synierów g Żmudzka o P a ł u c k G a ł o w a c Gajowa k i e g o S Połczyńska w U a r z z n e a w m s Sopocka s F k k o a a r d ońs k a tycka Bałtycka Bał F r o m b o Darłowska S r K s k o k ł o a ł o d b o r w z e s Koszalińska s k k i e a j - C u r i e Sobieszewska Gdyńska Kijowska Useful Information Emergency phone numbers: Emergency: 112 Police: 997 Ambulance: 999 Fire Department: 998 Municipal Police: 986 Tourist Information Bydgoszcz Information Centre 2 Batorego Street (entrance from 1 Niedźwiedzia Street) 85-104 Bydgoszcz tel. +48 52 340 45 50 e-mail: [email protected] www.visitbydgoszcz.pl Opening Hours: Monday-Friday: 9.00-6.00 pm Saturday-Sunday: 10.00-4.00 pm How to travel in the city Public transport covers almost the entire city, allowing you to reach anywhere in Bydgoszcz quickly and conveniently. Eve- ry day, nearly half a million people use the service. Efficient commuting is provided by modern and comfortable trams and buses, which also travel at night. Tickets can be purchased at newsstands, ticket machines, ticket sale system by pho- ne and at the origin stops from the driver with exact change. Tickets: 3 PLN (normal) 1.50 PLN (discounted) Taxicabs More than 1,200 taxicabs offer services on Bydgoszcz streets. Over 90% of them are associated with corporations. The initial fee in the majority of them is about 7 PLN, and every consecutive kilometre during the day is about 2.20 PLN. We will pay 25 PLN for an hour of waiting. When you are taking a taxi outside the city, it is recommended to arrange the price before your trip. TAXI: • Zrzeszeni, tel. 196 22 • Mercedes, tel. 196 64 • Radio Taxi, tel. 196 29 • MPT „Łuczniczka”, tel. 191 91 • Komfort, tel. 196 62 • Non Stop, tel. 196 26 • Taxi Fordon, tel. 196 24 • Express Radio taxi, tel. 196 29 3 History of Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz appears for the first time in historical records on June 28, 1238. The Annal of the Chap- ter of Gniezno features the Bydgoszcz Castellan called Sulisław. Although the name “Bydgoszcz” is not mentioned, we know that the quoted Budegac is the city on the River Brda. Bydgoszcz, as a city protecting the crossing over the river, was founded most likely in the early 11th century in the area of the present Saint Andrew Bobola Church. A settlement outside the city walls developed in the south. Here, in the 13th century, the oldest church of the city was built, which was St. Giles’ Church (no longer in existence). At the beginning of the 14th century, the Bydgoszcz Castellany became part of the Duchy of Bydgoszcz and Wyszogród, the northernmost part of the border- land between Poland and the Teutonic State. During one of the Polish-Teutonic wars (1327-1332), the most important cities of the Duchy were burnt by the Teutonic Knights. As a result, they were annexed along with Kuyavia by the Teutonic Knights. Based on the 1343 Treaty of Kalisz, Casimir the Great regained Kuyavia along with Bydgoszcz, for which he had great plans. It was supposed to become the main city of northern Kuyavia. On the other hand, Wyszogród was never rebuilt after the damage it suffered in 1330. King Casimir III chartered Bydgoszcz as a town on April 19, 1346. The foundation charter was issued in Brześć Kujawski, granting to the township the Magdeburg law. The new settlement was supposed to develop on an uninhabited plain, located west from the exist- ing city. Casimir the Great wanted the city to be named Królewiec (Koenigsburg); however, the new name did not gain popularity among the locals. Bydgoszcz received a number of privileges from the king, including the right to involvement in navigable trade and the right to mint coins. At the request of the king, a brick castle was built in the area occupied by the early settlement, serving as the seat of the local castellan. In 1370, the Bydgoszcz Starosty was inherited by the grandson of Casimir, Kaźko of Słupsk.Bydgoszcz Castle became his favourite residence, where he frequently stayed. Casimir the Great Monument Did you know that... Bartholomew of Bydgoszcz (ca. 1480-1548), tied with the Bernardine monastery, was one of the most ? outstanding Bydgoszcz scholars of the Old-Polish period. He wrote the first Latin-Polish dictionary (1532). Old Town 4 Did you know that... According to legend, the city was established by two brothers, Byd and Gost, who after a long journey from the south of Poland found a perfect place to establish a settlement on the River Brda, naming it Bydgost by using their combined names.
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