Bielsko-Biała

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Bielsko-Biała
Flag of Bielsko-Biała Coat of arms of Bielsko-Biała
(Flag) (Coat of arms)
Location of Bielsko-Biała
Country Poland
Voivodeship Silesian
Municipal government Rada Miejska w Bielsku-Białej
Mayor Jacek Krywult
Population
 - city
 - urban
 - density
190 780
530 000
1526/km²
Founded 13th century
City rights 1312 (Bielsko) and 1723 (Biała)
Latitude
Longitude		 49°50' N
19°04' E
Area code +48 33
Car plates SB
Twin towns Acco, Baia Mare, Besançon, Berdyansk, Frydek-Mistek, Grand Rapids, Kirklees, Kragujevac, Lilienthal, Monreale, Rancagua, Shijiazhuang, Stadskanaal, Szolnok, Tienen, Trinec, Wolfsburg, Žilina
Municipal Website

Bielsko-Biała (pronounce: Image:ltspkr.png 'biεlskɔ:biawa, German: Bielitz and Biala) is a city in southern Poland with 180,307 inhabitants (1999).

Situated in the Silesian Voivodeship (since 1999), previously capital of Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship (1975-1998).

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[edit] Education

  • Akademia Techniczno-Humanistyczna
  • Bielska Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu i Informatyki im. J. Tyszkiewicza
  • Wyższa Szkoła Administracji
  • Wyższa Szkoła Bankowości i Finansów
  • Wyższa Szkoła Informatyki i Zarządzania
  • Wyższa Szkoła Ekonomiczno-Humanistyczna

[edit] Politics

[edit] Bielsko-Biała constituency

Members of Parliament (Sejm) elected from Bielsko-Biała constituency

[edit] Municipal politics

  • Mayor - Jacek Krywult
  • deputy mayor - Waldemar Jędrusiński
  • deputy mayor - Henryk Juszczyk
  • deputy mayor - Zbigniew Michniowski

[edit] History

The city of Bielsko-Biała was created on January 1, 1951 when the adjacent cities of Bielsko and Biała were unified. Bielsko, which for centuries belonged to the Duchy of Cieszyn, was founded in 1312. From 1457 the Biała river was the border between Silesia and Little Poland. Silesia belonged to Austria, Little Poland to Poland. In 1723 on the opposite bank of the river the city of Biała came into being. In 1772 Biała was annexed by Austria and included in the crownland of Galicia. In 1918 both cities became part of reborn Poland, though a significant part of the population was ethnic German. During World War II the city was annexed to the Third Reich and its Jewish population sent to Auschwitz. After the liberation of the city by the Red Army in 1945, the ethnic German population was expelled.

[edit] What to see?

[edit] Boroughs

Bielsko-Biała - post.
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Bielsko-Biała - post.
  • Biała
  • Stare Bielsko
  • Straconka
  • Mikuszowice Śląskie i Mikuszowice Krakowskie
  • Aleksandrowice
  • Wapienica,
  • Olszówka Dolna i Olszówka Górna
  • Hałcnów
  • Komorowice Śląskie i Komorowice Krakowskie
  • Leszczyny
  • Lipnik

[edit] Famous people from Bielsko-Biała

View of the city from Szyndzielnia
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View of the city from Szyndzielnia
City hall at night
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City hall at night
Train station (Bielsko-Biała Główna)
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Train station (Bielsko-Biała Główna)

[edit] Sports

[edit] Sister cities

Bielsko-Biała has city partnerships with the following cities:

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[edit] External links


Silesian Voivodship

Cities: Bielsko-Biała | Bytom | Chorzów | Częstochowa | Dąbrowa Górnicza | Gliwice | Jastrzębie Zdrój | Jaworzno | Katowice | Mysłowice | Piekary Śląskie | Ruda Śląska | Rybnik | Siemianowice Śląskie | Sosnowiec | Świętochłowice | Tychy | Zabrze | Żory
Powiats: Będzin | Bielsko | Bieruń-Lędziny | Cieszyn | Częstochowa | Gliwice | Kłobuck | Lubliniec | Mikołów | Myszków | Pszczyna | Racibórz | Rybnik | Tarnowskie Góry | Wodzisław | Zawiercie | Żywiec

Coordinates: 49°49′N 19°02′E

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