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unusual facts about Bismarck Tower, Zielona Góra



1982 demonstrations in Poland

Before 5 pm, another ZOMO platoon came to Lubin (its members were armed with semi-automatic pistols P-83 Wanads), and local police commandant asked offices in Leszno and Zielona Góra to send more reinforcements.

2008 Individual Speedway Polish Championship

First time Individual Polish Championship was won by Adam Skórnicki (Poznań, former Leszno's rider) who beat former permanent Grand Prix riders Jarosław Hampel (Leszno) and Grzegorz Walasek (Zielona Góra).

Bismarck Tower, Janówek

The idea of erecting a monument to Otto von Bismarck had been mooted as far back as 1863 by retired Prussian officer Friedrich Schröter (1820–1888), a wealthy landowner in nearby Wättrisch and an admirer of the Iron Chancellor.

The world's first Bismarck tower was erected by private initiative in 1869 in the village of Ober-Johnsdorf, Silesia, then part of Prussia (today Janówek, Wrocław County, Poland).

Bismarck Tower, Zielona Góra

Despite its name, the tower is actually located in the village of Wilkanowo, Lubusz Voivodeship (Wittgenau in German), 6 km southwest of Zielona Góra.

Erich Martin Hering

Erich Martin Hering (10 November 1893, Heinersdorf -18 August 1967, Berlin) was a German entomologist who specialised in leafmining insects,

Grzegorz Halama Oklasky

Grzegorz Halama Oklasky is Polish cabaret established in 1995 in Zielona Góra by Grzegorz Halama.

Hugo Lederer

His greatest success came in 1902 with the commission for a Bismarck tower in the center of Hamburg.

Józef Michalik

Józef Michalik (born April 20, 1941 in Zambrów) is a Polish Roman Catholic bishop, the diocesan Bishop of the Zielona Góra-Gorzów diocese in 1986-1993 (to 1992 of Gorzów), Archbishop of Przemyśl in 1993, and the President of the Polish Episcopal Conference since 2004.

Kaiser tower

The construction of these towers was also intended to counter the so-called Bismarck cult which had resulted, for example, in the erection of hundreds of Bismarck towers and columns.

Kostrzyn–Słubice Special Economic Zone

All the subzones are close to airports with passenger and cargo facilities in the cities of Babimost, Goleniów and the German capital, Berlin as well as being close to trade and manufacturing centres that are located in the largest cities of the surrounding regions: Gorzów Wlkp, Zielona Góra, Poznań, Szczecin and Koszalin.

Within the zone one can find the biggest cities, industrial and commercial centres of the region: Poznań, Szczecin, Gorzów Wielkopolski and Zielona Góra.

PIONIER

Currently the network connects Białystok, Bielsko-Biała, Bydgoszcz, Częstochowa, Gdańsk, Gliwice, Kielce, Kraków, Lublin, Łódź, Opole, Poznań, Puławy, Radom, Toruń, Warsaw, Wrocław, Koszalin, Szczecin, Olsztyn and Zielona Góra with a fiber-optic 10 Gbit/s patch-cord, and consists of 5738,86 km of optical fiber.

Raz, Dwa, Trzy

It was founded in February 1990 by students of the Pedagogical College in Zielona Góra (now University of Zielona Góra).

Staniszów

There used to be a Bismarck tower on the village's highest point, Prudelberg Hill, erected in 1901 when the area still belonged to Germany.


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