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64-589: Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski is a Polish multi-sports club based in Gorzów Wielkopolski with a leading speedway team, and also a men's handball team and a football youth academy. The speedway team is one of Poland's most accomplished teams, winning nine Team Speedway Polish Championships and ten Polish Pairs Speedway Championships (as of 2022). It competes in Speedway Ekstraliga (top division), as of 2023. The handball team plays in

128-492: A complex of hundreds of buildings and is in the Heritage Register. For the past few years, historical tenements have been successfully undergoing renovation. The Jewish cemetery of Gorzów is on the western edge of the city. The cemetery was vandalised in the 1930s, but a number of graves still remain intact. In recent years Gorzów Wielkopolski has been known for former Prime Minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz , who

192-464: A craftsmen settlement during the medieval period of the Polish royal dynasty of Piast. In Polish, it was the name 'Gorzów' which eventually stuck, beating the alternative postwar name "Kobylagóra", or 'Mare Mountain', which survives today as the name of a street in the city. The word Wielkopolski means " Greater Polish ", after the voivodeship of that name of which Gorzów was a part from 1946 to 1950,

256-584: A crash during a match at the Stal Rzeszów Municipal Stadium on 19 April 1970. Meanwhile the club continued to compete in the second division for 14 years. In 1976 the first league was rebuilt into ten teams and Toruń received a promotion. A young talented rider Kazimierz Araszewicz died in a crash during the 1976 season. The team began to race as ' Apator Toruń after the Apator Sports Club and continued to compete in

320-407: A festival which hosts internationally recognized musicians from Poland and around the world. The city is predominantly Roman-Catholic, with an Eastern Orthodox church, an Old Catholic (Polish Catholic) congregation and a number of Protestant (Baptist, Pentecostal/neo-Pentecostal, Lutheran) as well as the (Restorationist, non-mainstream Protestant) Jehovah's Witnesses congregations present there. It

384-628: A few gyms and sports hall in the city. New rowing centre at the Warta river has been completed in 2009. Speedway stadium is undergoing major extension works this year. Gorzów embankment, which is undergoing major renovation in 2011, is a new nightlife centre. There are many restaurants and pubs around the embankment and others are coming soon . Gorzów is famous in Poland for its great clubs and fine athletes. There are two Olympic champions from Gorzów: Tomasz Kucharski and Michał Jeliński , both in rowing. It

448-541: A silver medal of the Team Speedway Polish Championship . The same positions filled Stal still for two next seasons. Season 1967 closed with the lack of the medal and the fourth place. A year later team again became a vice-champion of the country, and Edward Jancarz , making his debut in gameses for the individual world championships , captured the after the play-off race with the representative of USSR – Giennadij Kurylenko, bronze medal. 1969

512-404: Is 7.6% (December 2009). The City of Gorzów has received an air Play Commune-Certified Investment Location award in big cities classification. The city has a good shopping and services infrastructure. There are numerous petrol stations, branches of all major banks and insurance companies as well as car dealers. Major shopping malls in the city are Nova Park, Galeria Askana, Panorama, Park 111, there

576-538: Is a Polish motorcycle speedway team from Toruń . The team currently competes in the Ekstraliga (the highest division) and have won the Team Speedway Polish Championship four times (as of 2022). Speedway motorcycles came to Toruń as early as the 1930, where they raced in classes according to engine size. The sport, called "Dirt-track" at the time, carried on in Toruń up until World War II . Immediately after

640-486: Is a home for many world champions and Olympic medalists. A historical sport is also volleyball. GTPS holds to a great tradition and has had many outstanding players with the best ever, Sebastian Świderski , born in Gorzów Wielkopolski. Gorzów Wielkopolski is twinned with: KS Toru%C5%84 Apator Toruń , historically KS Toruń , known also in the past as Unibax Toruń due to ownership changes,

704-491: Is a modern company with over 300 staff and it holds an award of Fair Play Company. One of the most distinguished employers is Biowet Vetoquinol which has over 100 years of experience in veterinary medicines and chemistry. manufacturing. Gorzów is a Polish headquarters of Spartherm Feuerungstechnik GmbH. A recent economic development of the city was boosted by creation of Kostrzyn-Słubice Special Economic Zone and its Subzone Gorzów. At present there are two significant employers in

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768-462: Is home to the house general of the Congregation of Sisters of Merciful Jesus . Its first monastery is in nearby Myślibórz . There are several hotels including railway station bed and breakfast. The city offers leisure facilities. Sports and Rehabilitation Centre "Słowianka" offers 50 m Olympic pool, aqua park facilities, saunas, gym, massage and spa. Gracja hotel offers a 25 m pool. There are

832-566: Is known from Polish maps and historical books dating back to the 19th century or perhaps earlier. The name appeared in a compendium called Ancient Poland according to its history, geography and statistics published in 1848 by Samuel Orgelbrand in Warsaw . Ten years earlier, in 1838, the same name Gorzew was used in a book published in Paris with a corresponding yet broader title encompassing all of Poland. The current spelling of "Gorzów" appears on

896-582: Is one Tesco hypermarket and many discount and department stores and retailers. Landsberg an der Warthe before the World War II was a very well developed and industrialized city. The most notable entrepreneurs included industrialists Max Bahr and Herman Paucksch. After the Second World War the city suffered from heavy losses especially in machinery which was confiscated by the Soviets. In

960-619: Is well known for the International Romani Gathering Romane Dyvesa which is held every summer in the first week of July. The gathering includes a series of concerts held in the outdoor amphitheatre near the centre of the city. The festival is organised by Edward Dębicki , the founder of the Romani music group Terno , which also performs as part of the series of concerts. Romane Dyvesa continues Gorzów's strong tradition of Romani culture, of which

1024-654: The Great Emigration led through the city. The city, like all of Prussia, was included in the German Empire in 1871 during the unification of Germany . During World War II , the Germans established nine forced labour camps, as well as four labour units of the Stalag III-C prisoner-of-war camp for French , Italian and Soviet prisoners of war in the city. In early 1945 during World War II

1088-639: The Napoleonic Wars the Russian Ataman Aleksandr Chernichev and his Cossack troops defeated a French battalion of 1,500 men of Louis-Nicolas Davout 's corps. In 1815 – in the course of an administrative restructuring – the town became part of Prussia's Province of Brandenburg . One of the main escape routes for surviving insurgents of the Polish November Uprising from partitioned Poland to

1152-531: The Potsdam Agreement , and the city was gradually repopulated with Polish settlers from central Poland and those expelled from Polish territory annexed by the Soviet Union . The last German inhabitants were forced to leave the city in the early 1950s. It was at this time that Gorzów's now sizeable Tatar and Romani communities arrived in the town. Not having had an agreed Polish name, the town

1216-618: The Silesian Duke Bolesław II Rogatka had sold Lubusz Land in the west to the Ascanian Margraves of Brandenburg , and the city of Landisberch Nova (named after Altlandsberg ) was founded on the site in 1257. The city was at that time an eastern outpost of the newly established Neumark region of Brandenburg, close to the Greater Polish fortress of Santok . After a war broke out over control of

1280-589: The 0 °C (32 °F) isotherm. Although the centre of Gorzów was heavily damaged during the Second World War, there are still many notable tourist attractions in the city. The largest of these is the Gothic , red brick Gorzów Cathedral of the Virgin Mary, dating from the end of the 13th century, situated on the old market square. The city centre is overwhelmingly occupied by Communist-era buildings, although many have been beautified, most notably those around

1344-599: The 1990s and 2000s the city saw a new economic age. While public giants were collapsing new private companies were established. Currently the biggest employer in the city is Sumitomo Electric Bordnetze Sp. z o.o. (previously Volkswagen Elektro-Systemy Sp. z o.o.), car wiring systems. The then German company established in Gorzów in 1993 (taken over by Japanese Sumitomo Electric in 2006), it operates in Stilon industrial estate. Gorzów Heat and Power Plant ( Elektrociepłownia Gorzów )

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1408-466: The Liga Centralna (2nd division), as of 2022–23. The speedway section of club was officially registered 9 April 1950. At number 60 the register of sports associations was written down trade union sports club of Gorzów Wielkopolski. In July 1951 the club already had own 395-metres with path by the Śląska Street. After a few years of the struggle on III league paths and suspending the operations of

1472-472: The Subzone: Faurecia and TPV Displays and many other smaller companies operating there. Gorzów has a good public transport network. City Transport Company (MZK) which is in charge of transport services runs 27 daily bus lines, four night lines , and three tram lines. In the summer season there are services to nearby lakes. MZK services carry about 90,000 people every day. The company owns one of

1536-495: The accidental spread of a fire started in order to light the westward march of the Red Army. The city became part of Poland in accordance with border changes promulgated at the postwar Potsdam Conference , supposedly pending a final peace conference with Germany. Since a peace conference never took place, the town was effectively ceded to Poland. German residents who had not fled or died in the war were expelled in accordance to

1600-693: The break fourth in the history of the club with bronze medal of the Team Speedway Polish Championship. In the season a representative of Poland is attaching 2012 to the Gorzów Wielkopolski team Krzysztof Kasprzak and the young Dane Michael J. Jensen . After 15 years are capturing Stal the vice-championship of the Team Speedway Polish Championship surrendering in final matches for gold for Azoty Unia Tarnów 93:86. Polish riders British riders Foreign riders Gorz%C3%B3w Wielkopolski Around Gorzów, there are two large forest areas: Gorzów Woods to

1664-500: The circle of teams was it Polish Speedway Ekstraliga. The team was strengthened with former individual world champion from 2000, with Mark Loram . The team finished the fundamental part of gameses on the top one spot. Unfortunately, the lost semi-final from the KM Ostrów Wielkopolski , that inhabitant of team to the match against the third place from RKM Rybnik they set about in domestic composition and after all from

1728-529: The city. The other part of the museum, on Warszawska street, is housed in the secessionist villa of Gustav Schroeder . This section contains a wide range of artifacts, ranging from portraits of the 17th century, to weapons, pottery, and the Biedermeier interior furnishings of the villa itself. The Old Town was almost completely destroyed, but the New Town (19th century) has survived in good condition as

1792-581: The club. To help with reaching at this target had Matej Ferjan contracting, Jesper B. Jensen and Magnus Zetterström . If later it turned out, the club after five years returned to the Speedway Ekstraliga. Except for very great achievement, that is winning through Stal the first divisions, the guard to mention the repair work which they moved at the Stadion Edwarda Jancarza . In the end fans could seat themselves in about of

1856-564: The country. In conclusion of season sports club was an organiser one from series test-match with the representation the USSR . specially to this match, with the help of Mechanical Plants Gorzów and of army unit, an artificial lighting was installed. Match, played on 17 October at hour 22, closed with the minimal victory for the representation of Poland 39:38. They acted in stocks white and red Stal speedway riders: Migoś, Padewski, Andrzej Pogorzelski , E. Pilarczyk and Zdzisław Boniecki. Igor Plechanov

1920-402: The decline for the lower league competition. In 2003 Stal spite of great money troubles. When Świst and Mariusz Staszewski left the team in the club they put to young people. Juniors bolstered up with experienced competitors with Piotr Paluch, Robert Flis and the three of Swedes they proceeded up to the season with the intention supporting the team, into reality fought to the bitter end against

1984-443: The entire path, because a missing part of the podium was built on. After five years spent in the first division, fans with hope looked at the consecutive season. A company became a titular sponsor of the team Caelum Development and before the season 2008 was strengthened team. An outstanding Polish competitor of Tomasz Gollob was contracted, of Norwegian with the Polish passport Rune Holta and Swede – Peter Karlsson . Projects of

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2048-432: The fourth place then again of the year. In 1981 the team captured silver, in 1982 bronze, and in the season gained 1983 last up until now title of Team Speedway Polish Championship. A year later the club occupied only an eighth place. In the following years inhabitant of team went on average apart from year 1987, in which they got a bronze medal of the team Polish championship. Years brought two fourth places to 1990–1991. From

2112-496: The fundamental round on the second place, but before play-off's from Falubaz of injury one of leaders of Stal – Pedersen and inhabitant of Gorzów Wielkopolski are losing match with the rival neighbouring and are taking the third time after all in gameses from the row the sixth place. In season 2010 a captain T. Gollob was a great success which got first in one's career and after 37 years – second for Poland – title of an individual world champion. Stal finished season 2011 after 11 years of

2176-558: The further expansion of the stadium were also described, of which openly a few days came before the inauguration of the season. Team finished gameses on the sixth place. Similarly it was in the consecutive season. Before the season a former individual world champion is attaching 2010 to the Stal Dane Nicki Pedersen and Tomasz Gapiński , and borrowed from the Unia Leszno – Przemysław Pawlicki . Team are finishing

2240-460: The heavy fight had defended before the fall themselves. After making composition look younger in the next season the Stal occupied the sixth place, giving the right of the start in the season 2000 in reformed Speedway Ekstraliga . In the new season they captured team bronze medal of the team Polish championship, to after the fourth for place in 2001 to spend the worst season for forty years finished with

2304-517: The highest division. They won a silver medal in the pairs during 1981 and the team gained their first honours in 1983, after taking the team championship bronze medal. Wojciech Żabiałowicz won the 1985 Golden Helmet . In 1986 , KS Apator Toruń won their first Polish champion title, overtaking rivals Polonia Bydgoszcz at the end of the season. The team consisted of riders such as Zabiałowicz, Eugeniusz Miastkowski , Grzegorz Śniegowski and Stanisław Miedziński . Zabiałowicz and Śniegowski also won

2368-560: The map featuring "Królestwo Polskie" published in Lwów in 1900 with "Landsberg an der Warthe" in parentheses next to "Gorzów". The name is interpreted in several different ways according to rules of the Old Polish language, originating from "gorzenie" (fire, burning) or gora- gorze (mountain - of from the mountain) or "pogorzelcy" (survivors of a fire), or alternatively "gorzelnia" (distillery) or "gorzałka" (spirits). The place originated as

2432-503: The most modern bus fleets in Poland. There are railway connections with major Polish cities, mostly with interchange in Krzyż or Kostrzyn . There are plans to start fast through trains to Poznań , Szczecin , Wrocław and Berlin . Gorzów main station was renovated in 2009 and 2010 and it offers bed and breakfast , restaurant and retail services. The S3 expressway provides a fast road connection to Szczecin and Zielona Góra . Gorzów

2496-461: The most widely known member was the poet Bronisława Wajs , often known as Papusza . Wajs's former home on Kosynierów Gdyńskich street is marked with a plaque, as is the main city library on Sikorskiego street. The library itself holds a collection of books about Papusza, as well as the manuscripts of her correspondence with Julian Tuwim . In Poland the city is famous for its Jazz Club Pod Filarami which every autumn organizes Gorzów Jazz Celebrations

2560-569: The north, where the Barlinek-Gorzów Landscape Park is situated, and Noteć Woods to the southeast. The biggest oil fields in Poland are located near Gorzów. The pre-1945 German name Landsberg an der Warthe , dating back to 1257, derived from the German words land or 'state' and berg or 'mountain' combined with Warthe  – the German name for the river Warta . The Polish name Gorzów, written as Gorzew,

2624-415: The old market square. Many of the façades of the buildings in the centre were renovated in anticipation of the visit of Pope John Paul II to Gorzów in 1997. Due to the large number of parks and green spaces, Gorzów has been termed 'the city of parks and gardens'. In addition to the central Park of Roses , there is also a viewing area on the hilltop of Siemiradzki Park which commands impressive views across

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2688-418: The pairs championship. The team grew to become one of the best speedway teams in Poland, winning the 1990 gold medal with a team that included Żabiałowicz, Jacek Krzyżaniak , Mirosław Kowalik and Robert Sawina . They then won four consecutive bronze medals followed by two silver medals from 1991 to 1996 . The 1990 world champion Per Jonsson was instrumental in much of the success. In-between in 1994,

2752-443: The place on the podium both in 1990 as well as of 1991 only small points divided. In 1992 they were Stal with team vice-champions of Poland. Four consecutive seasons proceeded without most successes. The club got around the club in 1997 and on this occasion activists implemented changes being supposed to improve the performance of the squad. A changed name of the team of Stal stayed on Pergo and from Apator Toruń of Tomasz Bajerski

2816-454: The plains and woods to the south of the city. The city also contains the museum of Lubusz Voivodeship , which is divided between two sites. The Spichlerz or 'granary' dates from the 18th century and can be found on the left bank of the Warta . The museum, housed inside, frequently plays host to art exhibitions and has a permanent collection of artifacts and photographs relating to the history of

2880-462: The podium and won gold medals in years 1973, 1975 and of 1978 and silver in 1974 and of 1979. To the success of the entire team in 70 years Migoś in 1970, Zenon Plech in years 1972 and of 1974, Jancarz in 1975 and Bogusław Nowak in 1977 still got titles of individual Polish Individual Speedway Championship . Moreover, Plech in 1973 got second in the history of the club bronze medal of the individual world championships. In 1980 competitors of Stal took

2944-410: The postwar time Gorzów saw a fast economic development and new industries were founded like Stilon (chemical fibres), Silwana (fabrics) and Ursus (tractors) who remained major employers up to the mid-1990s. After Leszek Balcerowicz 's free market reforms former state-owned companies either went bankrupt or had severe financial problems that resulted in radical employment and production reduction. In

3008-760: The region in 1319, the town came under control of the Duchy of Pomerania , but by 1325 it fell to Brandenburg again. In 1325 Polish, in 1432 Hussite troops beleaguered the city. In 1373 the city became part of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown (or Czech Lands ), ruled by the Luxembourg dynasty . In 1402, the Luxembourgs reached an agreement with Poland in Kraków . Poland was to buy and re-incorporate Gorzów and

3072-475: The row finished the third year gameses on the fourth position. The future of the club stood up under a big question mark. The most gifted club junior left the team Paweł Hlib which moved to the Unia Tarnów . On the day of 19 December 2005 a reporting-election annual general meeting, during which the new 6-person management board of a sports club was chosen was held Stal, at the head which Władysław Komarnicki

3136-475: The speedway chapter in 1953–1954 years, in 1955 the team is being Gorzów Wielkopolski reported to gameses of the II league. In 1961 the team of Stal in the end fought its way through to gameses of the first division . In the entire season the Gorzów Wielkopolski team suffered only two defeats, but surnames of Edmund Migoś, Bronisław Rogal, Edward Pilarczyk or Jerzy Padewski were already then well known for fans throughout

3200-446: The stadium was renamed again, taking the name of Marian Rose . Toruń were inaugural members of the Ekstraliga in 2000 and in 2001, signed Tony Rickardsson , which instantly saw success as Toruń won their third gold medal. The Polish championship title in 2001 lasted to the final heat of the final match against Atlas Wrocław , with Toruń's riders winning the heat 5-1. They secured two silver medals in 2003 and 2007 but in between

3264-694: The surrounding region, but eventually the Luxembourgs sold the city to the Teutonic Order . In 1454, after the Thirteen Years’ War broke out, the Teutonic Knights sold the city to Brandenburg in order to raise funds for war against Poland. In the 16th century the city became Lutheran , with St. Mary's Cathedral changing its allegiance in 1537. In 1701 Landsberg (Gorzów) became part of the Kingdom of Prussia . On 4 February 1813 during

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3328-483: The team was bought by a trader Roman Karkosik and the name was changed to Unibax Toruń . Plans for a new speedway stadium arose in 2008 and the last league match held at the KS Apator Stadium was a league match against Unia Leszno during the 2008 season , played on 19 October. A fourth gold medal was won during the 2008 season and Wiesław Jaguś and Robert Kościecha also won the pairs. Racing from

3392-580: The third league placing second to last (7th). In 1960 , they continued to race as LPŻ Toruń but placed last and in 1961 a team called MKŻ Toruń finished 7th. In 1962 , a speedway club named Stal KS Toruń was founded and competed in the second league. In 1966, their leading rider Marian Rose won the silver medal at the Polish Individual Speedway Championship . Rose helped riders like Jan Ząbik, Janusz Plewiński, Roman Kościecha and Bogdan Szuluk, but he died after

3456-430: The third place in the table. Charges of Stanisław Chomski are achieving 8 victories in the fundamental round, being promoted to a group of promotion-seek teams. Inhabitant of club after all are finishing the season on the fourth position. Similarly it was in the season 2004. Completely different moods accompanied speedway riders and activists before the season 2005. The purpose for the squad was clearly defined. An advance to

3520-530: The town was heavily damaged following the retreat of the Wehrmacht ahead of the Soviet Red Army . The Red Army arrived in the city on 30 January 1945, approaching from the left bank of the river Warta. The Wehrmacht had already evacuated most of the city, and the advancing forces met very little resistance. Over the course of the next few days, most of the city centre was destroyed, reportedly through

3584-463: The war, racing resumed and the Toruń's Motorcycle Club (Toruński Klub Motocyklowy) was formed. The speedway team saw its first race in 1950, when races were moved from the Bema street Municipal Stadium to the then Military Stadium ( KS Apator Stadium ) at Ulica Broniewskiego. In 1957, due to regulatory requirements, a major renovation took place and the new facilities opened on 20 October 1957. The stadium

3648-454: Was a huge success of Gorzów Wielkopolski speedway sport, then for the first time team from above of Warta became a Team Speedway Polish Champion. After the success in 1969 they counted on the defence of the title in the next season, unfortunately inhabitant of Stal finished gameses on the fifth place. The following year brought silver, already fifth as a matter of fact medal in the history of the club. From 1973 to 1979 inhabitant of team stood on

3712-466: Was a star of the Soviet team. In the draught of two first seasons in the first division inhabitant of Gorzów Wielkopolski occupied lower areas of the table. 1962 was the year difficult, but after winning play-off matches with Zgrzeblarki Zielona Góra defended Stal one's place in the first division for her no longer to leave for next long years. Only in 1964 the first success is coming in the form of getting

3776-520: Was added later. The area of today's Gorzów was part of the historical region of Greater Poland until the mid-13th century. During the reign of the first Polish monarchs of the Piast dynasty there was a craft and trade settlement and until the mid-13th century, the land where the river Kłodawka meets the Warta was the location of a defensive fort established by the Polish Piast dynasty . In 1249

3840-512: Was born and worked here. After stepping down as the PM he was appointed as acting mayor of Warsaw and then as a counsel to a chairman of PKO BP bank. In 2007 he became one of the directors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. He now works for Goldman Sachs . Gorzów is an economic centre of the region with almost 18,000 registered businesses (2008), the unemployment rate

3904-403: Was bought for the record-breaking 600.000 PLN . Also a contract with an individual world champion was signed from 1994 with Swede Tony Rickardsson . And after all the club in season 1997 gained a silver medal of the team Polish championship. After this season Piotr Świst resigned from the club, his walking away and a few smaller factors caused that in 1998 inhabitant of Gorzów Wielkopolski after

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3968-428: Was chosen. In the season 2006 applied to new regulations and for the first time in the history of Polish cinder a number of starting foreign competitors wasn't reduced. Then six competitors represented the club from outside Poland. Season 2007 it for of Stal special year. Before the start of gameses great achievements which were supposed to be crowning 750-years beats of the city were already being announced and 60-years of

4032-502: Was initially renamed as "Kobylagóra" on 30 May 1945, later as "Gorzów nad Wartą" on 7 July 1945 and finally "Gorzów Wielkopolski" on 5 November 1946. Between 1975 and 1998, it was the capital of the Gorzów Voivodeship . Gorzów Wielkopolski has an oceanic climate ( Köppen climate classification : Cfb ) using the −3 °C (27 °F) isotherm or a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification: Dfb ) using

4096-516: Was now named after Zbigniew Raniszewski , a Toruń speedway rider who lost his life in a race in Vienna on 21 April 1956. From 1957, the speedway club operated under the Friends of Soldiers League (Liga Przyjaciół Żołnierza), and one year later Toruń officially raced under the league and won with Unia Leszno . During the 1959 Polish speedway season , the riders from Copernicus's birthplace appeared in

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