Ustroń
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| Coordinates: 49°43′9.82″N 18°48′43″E / 49.7193944°N 18.81194°E | |||
| Country |  Poland |
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| Voivodeship | Silesian | ||
| County | Cieszyn | ||
| Gmina | Ustroń (urban gmina) | ||
| First mentioned | 1305 | ||
| Town rights | 1956 | ||
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| • Mayor | Ireneusz Adam Szarzec | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 58.92 km2 (22.7 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2007) | |||
| • Total | 15,414 | ||
| • Density | 261.6/km2 (677.6/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 43-450 | ||
| Car plates | SCI | ||
| Website | http://www.ustron.pl | ||
Ustroń [ˈustrɔɲ] (
listen) (German: Ustron) is a health resort town in Cieszyn Silesia, southern Poland. It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship (since 1999), having previously been in Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship (1975–1998). It lies in the Silesian Beskids mountain range.
According to the Austrian census of 1910 the town had 4,275 inhabitants, 4,265 of whom had permanent residence there. The census asked people for their native language; 3,917 (91.8%) were Polish-speaking and 333 (7.8%) were German-speaking. Jews were not allowed to declare Yiddish; most of them thus declared the German language as their native. The most populous religious groups were Protestants with 2,439 (57%) followed by Roman Catholics with 1,728 (40.4%) and the Jews with 107 (2.5%).[1]
The town has a futuristic outlook because of a cluster of pyramid-shaped hotels. It is also the home of the Jan Jarocki Museum. It was founded in April 1986 as Museum of Metallurgy. Burned by Tatars 1241. It is housed in an old building of the former Klemens Steel Works, which was in use between 1772 and 1897.[2] The museum collects technical tools, as well as historical and ethnographic artifacts.
The Równica and Czantoria mountains are nearby and hikable from the town center.
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[edit] Sport
- Kuźnia Ustroń - football club founded in 1922, without particular success
- TRS Siła Ustroń - volleyball club
[edit] Education
[edit] International relations
[edit] Twin towns — Sister cities
Ustroń is twinned with:
Budapest, Hungary- Hajdúnánás, Hungary
Luhačovice, Czech Republic
Neukirchen-Vluyn, Germany
Piešťany, Slovakia
Ustronie Morskie, Poland
[edit] People
- Karol Hławiczka, composer and educator
- Theodor Kotschy, Austrian botanist
- Jan Szwarc, politician
[edit] References
[edit] Bibliography
- Szkaradnik, Lidia (December 2008). "Muzeum z huty". Zwrot: 50.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Ludwig Patryn (ed): Die Ergebnisse der Volkszählung vom 31. Dezember 1910 in Schlesien, Troppau 1912.
- ^ Szkaradnik 2008, 50.
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Ustroń |
- (Polish)(English)(German) Official web site of Ustroń
- Jewish Community in Ustroń on Virtual Shtetl
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Coordinates: 49°43′9.82″N 18°48′43″E / 49.7193944°N 18.81194°E
