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  EU Border Identities Communities
Görlitz and Zgorzelec are two towns on the River Neiße/Nysa, Görlitz on the West bank and thus in the Federal Republic of Germany, Zgorzelec on the East bank and so in Poland.
Zgorzelec lies in the Wojwodship (region) of Lower Silesia, and in the Powiat (county) of Zgorzelec.
Zgorzelec was the site of the signing of the so-called Zgorzelec Agreement, a treaty confirming the state border between Poland and the GDR on 6 July 1950.
www.soton.ac.uk /~emtest/euborder/commun02b.htm   (1034 words)

  
  Zgorzelec - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zgorzelec (-Polish, Lusatian: Zhorjelc, Czech: Zhořelec) is a town in southwestern Poland with 36,800 inhabitants (1995).
Situated in the Lower Silesian Voivodship since 1999, Zgorzelec was previously in the Jelenia Góra Voivodship from 1975-1998.
Since the fall of communism in 1989, Zgorzelec and the German city of Görlitz have developed a close political relationship.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zgorzelec   (153 words)

  
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The Zgorzelec County due to the geographical properties may be divided into two fundamental parts: the upland southern part and the northern - lowland.
Next the northern stretches of the Zgorzelec County are situated within the area of the Dolnośląskie Coniferous Forests, the mesoregion, which is a part of the Śląsko-Łużycka Lowland.
Zgorzelec County authorities make a lot of effort to stimulate fast development of the small and medium-size businesses as those make the biggest contibution to the general structure of companies operating in the area (currently there are 7 500 registered companies).
www.powiat.zgorzelec.pl /cms/?id=1589   (659 words)

  
 EU Border Identities Communities   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Görlitz and Zgorzelec are two towns on the River Neiße/Nysa, Görlitz on the West bank and thus in the Federal Republic of Germany, Zgorzelec on the East bank and so in Poland.
Zgorzelec lies in the Wojwodship (region) of Lower Silesia, and in the Powiat (county) of Zgorzelec.
Zgorzelec was the site of the signing of the so-called Zgorzelec Agreement, a treaty confirming the state border between Poland and the GDR on 6 July 1950.
www.euborder.soton.ac.uk /commun02b.htm   (1034 words)

  
 Zgorzelec – FREE Zgorzelec Information | Encyclopedia.com: Facts, Pictures, Information!
One city until 1945, Gorlitz and Zgorzelec were divided at the war's end when the...
TRIM) On the first day of the new laws all was quiet in Zgorzelec, a town of 40,000 on the Polish side of the muddy Nysa...
at the POTSDAM CONFERENCE, was confirmed by the Treaty of Zgorzelec in 1950.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-X-Zgorzele.html   (620 words)

  
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Zgorzelec is a demographically young town bursting at its seams, profiting from being on Poland's western border with Germany, but suffering from an acute housing shortage.
While Goerlitz is not in a position to finance the renovation of Zgorzelec, the two towns are collaborating in a joint development plan concentrating on the banks of the Neisse.
Goerlitz will integrate with its twin city Zgorzelec as the 'European City - Goerlitz-Zgorzelec.' We want to prepare for this step, a step which is important for the future of this city -- this is where we see the future of this city.
www.rferl.org /specials/communism/10years/germany6.asp   (967 words)

  
 Zgorzelec county (Poland)
This is the Zgorzelec county flag for official usage.
Zgorzelec county (Powiat Zgorzelecki) consists of the communes (gminy) Bogatynia, Pieñsk, Sulików, Wêgliniec, Zawidów, Zgorzelec city, Zgorzelec commune.
This is the Zgorzelec county flag for civic usage.
flagspot.net /flags/pl-ds-zg.html   (77 words)

  
 zgorzelec   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Zgorzelec (Lusatian: Zhorljec, German: Görlitz; Czech: Zhořelec) is a town in south-western Poland with 36,800 inhabitants (1995).
Situated in the Lower Silesian Voivodship since 1999, previously in Jelenia Gora Voivodship (1975-1998).
Turow Zgorzelec men basketball team promoted to play in Era Basket Liga in 2004/2005 season.
www.yourencyclopedia.net /zgorzelec.html   (164 words)

  
 Goethe-Institut Kulturjournal - issues 2004
In summer 1950 the governments of the GDR and the Polish People’s Republic, meeting in Zgorzelec, declared the Oder/Neiße Line to be a "Peace Frontier" for all times.
After the upheavals of war expellees came to rest in Görlitz, cherishing the hope that they would soon be able to return from there to their homeland of Silesia.
The Görlitz and Zgorzelec city councils struggled jointly for ten years for permission to rebuild the former Altstadtbrücke, a footbridge that must also serve as a border-crossing.
www.goethe.de /wis/bib/prj/kjl/aus/en214707.htm   (1986 words)

  
 Polish deputy premier backs memorial for expellees : Europe World
In the daily Rzeczpospolita, Schetnya was commenting on ideas put forth by officials in the German and Polish cities of Goerlitz and Zgorzelec, which flank either side of the Neiss River forming the border between the two countries.
Officials in Goerlitz and Zgorzelec had first put the idea of a memorial and a joint centre for research and documentation on the issue of expulsions, forced resettlement and flight in early 2007.
After the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, the river became the boundary between Poland and then-East Germany, and the eastern part of the city was named Zgorzelec by the Poles.
www.earthtimes.org /articles/show/152837.html   (384 words)

  
 A City Divided by War, United in Peace
Zgorzelec was part of Gorlitz before World War Two, but when the border changed after the war, the city was divided in half, one side became part of Poland, while the other remained in Germany.
Yet, Gorlitz and Zgorzelec rely on each other to survive because their economy is poor.
But the mayors of Gorlitz and Zgorzelec are confident the cities will eventually pull themselves out of their economic rut.
www.voanews.com /english/archive/2005-01/2005-01-25-voa24.cfm   (753 words)

  
 Görlitz
The gorges and plains of the Neisse Valley, the original relief inside and outside the city boundaries and the natural vegetation complexes, some of which remain preserved today, gave the city both space and limits for development, and economic and cultural uses and for recreation and leisure.
In geographical terms, the two city districts of Görlitz and Zgorzelec belong to Lower Silesia; in terms of natural space they are part of the East Lausitz field and hill landscape, an agricultural plain crowned by wooded hills and mountains.
These recreational areas, the industrial wasteland from the recent past and the subsequent development in the regions around the city (mining) open up far-reaching possibilities for city development, especially with a view to the opening of the eastern EU border to Poland.
www.planum.net /4bie/main/m-4bie-goerlitz.htm   (1801 words)

  
 Gmina Zgorzelec v2
, is one of the seven communes of Zgorzelec county and neighbours with the
There are excellent investment conditions, owing to the accessibility of investment areas, efficiency in municipal media, accessibility of human resources and well developed administrative and service functions within Zgorzelec Commune.
The investment offer of Zgorzelec includes many interesting proposals of built-up and inbuilt-up areas.
www.gmina.zgorzelec.pl /index.php?option=content&task=view&id=270&Itemid=109   (289 words)

  
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To the east is Zgorzelec and Poland, the prime example of "New Europe" for Mr Rumsfeld, who visits the continent later this week.
Görlitz's young are departing for jobs in western Germany, leaving an ageing population down from its peak of 86,000 to 60,000.
Moreover, Görlitz and Zgorzelec are set to grow closer with Poland's planned accession to the EU next year.
courses.wcupa.edu /rbove/eco343/030Compecon/Centeur/Poland/030205GermBdy.txt   (799 words)

  
 Görlitz/Zgorzelec: One City, Two Names | Visit Germany | Deutsche Welle | 02.03.2005
Görlitz and Zgorzelec are separated by the Neisse River, and the history that created the German-Polish border.
The German city continued to be known as Görlitz, while the Polish city became Zgorzelec, an autonomous Polish city since 1945.
The Neisse River and the German-Polish border still separate the towns of Görlitz and Zgorzelec, but the people and the economy are already thinking in terms of one European city.
www.dw-world.de /dw/article/0,1564,1474518,00.html   (687 words)

  
 Zgorzelec Ujazd Map | Poland Google Satellite Maps
This place is situated in Zgorzelec, Dolnoslaskie, Poland, its geographical coordinates are 51° 8' 0" North, 15° 1' 0" East and its original name (with diacritics) is Zgorzelec Ujazd.
And last but not least you will find Zgorzelec Ujazd and Poland travel services offer including cheap flights, cheap hotels and other accommodation deals at the bottom of this page.
If you would like to recommend this Zgorzelec Ujazd map page to a friend, or if you just want to send yourself a reminder, here is the easy way to do it.
www.maplandia.com /poland/dolnoslaskie/zgorzelec/zgorzelec-ujazd   (550 words)

  
 Triangle-Project
We are very happy to invite you for the 6th international meditation course organized in the frame of the Triangle-Project.
Zgorzelec is in the south-western corner of Poland.
Please also feel free to visit the culture week 1st-9th October in Zgorzelec and the Buddhist lecture in Görlitz, 7th October, 2005.
www.triangle-project.org /content/view/29/28/lang,en   (212 words)

  
 ULEB Cup Draw profile: PGE Turow - News - Welcome to EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL
Perhaps the biggest surprise among the teams that won their regular season group is PGE Turow Zgorzelec, which dominated Group I with an amazing 8-2 record.
PGE Turow Zgorzelec general manager, Arkadiusz Krygier:"I think that Nymburk is one of the most difficult opponents we could face.
The only good thing is that fans from both teams can attend both games, as Nymburk and Zgorzelec are close to each other, even when none of us is going to play in our usual arenas, since we play in Liberec and they do it in Pardubice.
www.euroleague.net /item/23442   (651 words)

  
 Two Names, One City | Germany | Deutsche Welle | 31.03.2002
Germany’s easternmost city, Görlitz, is one of the last European towns that continues to bare the scar of post World War II division.
Separated from its Polish twin, Zgorzelec, on the other side of the Neisse River, Görlitz is an example for the history of eastern Germany and the future of Europe.
From that point on, the cities of Görlitz and Zgorzelec went their separate ways.
www.dw-world.de /dw/article/0,,486502,00.html   (978 words)

  
 Zgorzelec -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Zgorzelec (Lusatian: Zhorjelc, Czech: Zhořelec) is a town in south-western (A republic in central Europe; the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 started World War II) Poland with 36,800 inhabitants (1995).
Situated in the (Click link for more info and facts about Lower Silesian Voivodship) Lower Silesian Voivodship since 1999, previously in (Click link for more info and facts about Jelenia Góra Voivodship) Jelenia Góra Voivodship (1975-1998).
In the (The decade from 1950 to 1959) 1950s a large number of (A native or inhabitant of Greece) Greek immigrants, mainly Communist partisans defeated in the Greek Civil War, were settled there.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/z/zg/zgorzelec.htm   (221 words)

  
 OKRoommate.com Zgorzelec - Rooms and Roommates Search Engine
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 Rafał Gronicz, the Major of Zgorzelec, Visits Faculty of Applied Social Studies
On 24.05.07 the new mayor of Zgorzelec Mr Rafał Gronicz visited the Hermann-Heitkamp-House as part of the “Social Planning” course, held by Prof.
It became clear, that the new mayor relies on economic dynamics in Zgorzelec, especially in the field of trade facilities that will attract German customers.
Following the lecture the students took part in a Zgorzelec tour, guided by three Polish fellow students.
cmsweb.hs-zigr.de /en/gronicz.html   (194 words)

  
 PGE Turów Zgorzelec - Welcome to ULEB Cup
If there is a team that is rising fast in Polish basketball, that has to be BOT Turow Zgorzelec, a new alternative to challenge perennial champion Prokom Trefl Sopot.
Founded in 1948 as a sports club, it opened its basketball section in 1965, bringing out basketball talents such as Mieczyslaw Mlynarski and having a great coach in Jan Gruca.
Basketball madness has started again in Zgorzelec, as the team consolidated its status with a seventh-place finish in the 2005-06 Polish League, returning to the playoffs only to lose against Anwil Wloclawek in the quarterfinals.
www.ulebcup.com /ulebcup/competition/teams/showteam?clubcode=ZGO   (303 words)

  
 Polish-German Border Reunion : NPR
Map showing the towns of Gorlitz and Zgorzelec, along the German-Polish border.
When Blin moved to Gorlitz, she says, most of her West German countrymen considered it the end of the world.
His fear, common in Zgorzelec, is that rich Germans will come buy up his country.
www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=947092   (1133 words)

  
 TIME Fast Forward: Welcome to the New Frontier
Over the eastern bank of the river in Zgorzelec, optimism about E.U. accession is far more prevalent.
A binational "Eurocity" since 1998, Zgorzelec and Görlitz are increasingly cooperating in cultural, economic, environmental and political matters.
The towns' fire brigades recently conducted their first joint training session, a cross-border commission coordinates such efforts as building a second road bridge across the Neisse, and sports teams from both sides of the river play each other regularly.
www.time.com /time/europe/specials/ff/trip6/towndivided2.html   (959 words)

  
 BrainBetting.com | DBE Sunday: Turow Zgorzelec - Prokom Trefl Sopot -8 - Turow Zgorzelec - Prokom Trefl Sopot ...
DBE Sunday: Turow Zgorzelec - Prokom Trefl Sopot -8 - Turow Zgorzelec - Prokom Trefl Sopot Yesterday...
Zgorzelec won 82-79 after dramatic end even if they were fourteen points behind in third quarter.
In overal view Prokom was a better team I think and they lost only because of bad fourth quarter, where they was without Mustapha Shakur, who made fifth foul.
brainbetting.com /content/view/1951/127   (235 words)

  
 Polish border crossing at Zgorzelec or Gorlitz
Crossing the Polish border at Zgorzelec is a really annoying experience; we have found queues of between 30 minutes to one hour but have heard that the delay can be much worse.
Approaching the border guards at Zgorzelec on the Polish side
It's even more annoying when in your frustration you do eventually cross the border only to be fined by the police for supposedly speeding.
www.holiday-lets-poland.co.uk /Polish-border-crossing-Zgorzelec.htm   (628 words)

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