| Busko-Zdrój | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Spa buildings | |||
|
|||
|
Busko-Zdrój
|
|||
| Coordinates: | |||
| Country | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship | Świętokrzyskie | ||
| County | Busko | ||
| Gmina | Busko-Zdrój | ||
| Established | 12th century | ||
| Town rights | 1287-1869, 1916 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Piotr Wąsowicz | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 12.28 km2 (4.7 sq mi) | ||
| Highest elevation | 250 m (820 ft) | ||
| Lowest elevation | 220 m (722 ft) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| • Total | 17,297 | ||
| • Density | 1,408.6/km2 (3,648.1/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 28-100 | ||
| Area code(s) | +48 41 | ||
| Car plates | TBU | ||
| Website | http://www.busko.pl | ||
Busko-Zdrój [ˈbuskɔ ˈzdrui̯] ( listen) is a town in Poland, in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. It is the capital of Busko County. As of 2004, its population is 17,363.
Contents |
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. 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.
| 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 |
Busko is located in the south part of the Świętokrzyskie voivodeship, 50 km from Kielce and 80 km from Kraków. The city is in the part of Świetokrzyskie voivodeship called Ponidzie. The name Ponidzie came from the river Nida.
| 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.
Busko's climate is 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%.
The national road NR73 passes through Busko between Kielce 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.
The first document mentioning brines in Busko is privilege 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.
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 disease, 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.
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 UB 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 was established in 19th century by gardener Ignacy Hanusz. The park was designed by Henryk Marconi. Is divided into three parts:
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.
Bandshell is located near the 'Marconi' sanatorium. 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 .
primary schools:
secondary schools
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.
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.
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:
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.
3 hiking trails:
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 Council, which adopt that all two articulate names should be written with a hyphen.
|
|||||||||||||