SłUPSK

'Słupsk' (; , occasionally ''Stolpe''; Kashubian and Pomeranian: ''Stolpsk''; Latin: ''Stolpe'') is a city with approximately 100,000 inhabitants in northwestern Poland. It is the capital of the region of Middle Pomerania and has been the capital of Słupsk County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999. It was previously the capital of the Słupsk Voivodeship (1975-1998)
with a fast growing economy, jetted by car manufacturer Scania AB (buses and lorries), furniture factories, and a growing shoe potential is believed to be a very attractive city for future investments.
Słupsk is on the Słupia River, about 18 km from the Baltic Sea. Historically it is connected with Sławno and Ustka, smaller towns nearby.

Contents

The current city

Future

History

Timeline

Słupsk's population span

Famous people of Słupsk

Culture

Theatres

Cinemas

Economy

Trade

Shopping malls

Hiper markets

Super markets

Restaurants, Catering

Sports

Facilities

Twin towns

See also

References

External links

The current city

Słupsk has a landspan of 43,15 km², from which 21,12 km² is used for buildings, 5,74 km² made up by woods and 11,86 km² of fields.
In 2005 Słupsk had 99 674 inhabitants, 53 106 women, 46 568 men. Birthrate is very low, around 0%.
Despite numerous investments the unemployment rate is high, at the end of May 2006, there were 7830 unemployed people, from which 4372 were women.

Future

Słupsk is expanding towards the North, creating special tax areas for future investemnets. There are no plans of changing the city boundaries but that is expected to happen.

History

Słupsk began in the 9th century when a Slavic gord was built on one of the islands on the Słupia. The fortification and a small Slavic village was built on a hill (nowadays there is St Otton's Church there). Beginning in the Late Middle Ages the town began to be settled by ethnic Germans. It received Lübeck law on 9 September 1310 from the Margrave of Brandenburg. The town became part of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1701 and of the German Empire in 1871. The local Slovincian Slavic culture gradually disappeared as the people were assimilated and became Germans. From 1938 to 1945 there was a large radio station at Słupsk (Transmitter Stolp). After the defeat of Nazi Germany in May of 1945 in World War II, the existing population was completely expelled by Soviet and Polish forces and the city was repopulated with Poles.

Timeline

★ 1269 - Słupsk gains town rights.

★ 1310 - Relocation of Słupsk.

★ 1316 - Słupsk was a member town of Duke Wartislaw IV's Wolgost Duchy.

★ 1337 - Ustka bought, along with Słupia shoreline accommodated.

★ 1373 - future candidate to the Polish throne Kaźko Słupski rules Słupsk

★ 1382 - Słupsk becomes member of the Hanseatic League.

★ 1395 - Great fire, destroying nearly the whole town.

★ 1477 - Another great fire, most of the gothic buildings destroyed.

★ 1507 - Słupsk's castle being built.

★ 1534 - Protestanism accepted as religion of Słupsk.

★ 1564 - Plague, which took lives of more than 1000 people in Słupsk.

★ 1624 - fortifications being built around the city.

★ 1630 - Swedish forces enter Słupsk.

★ 1648 - Słupsk becomes a member of Brandenburg due to treaty.

★ 1807 - Słupsk becomes liberated from Germans by gen. Michała Sokolnicki.

★ 1825-1848 - Industrial revolution in Słupsk

★ 1831 - Ustka becomes no longer subject to Słupsk.

★ 1869 - Słupsk gains railroad connection with Koszalin and Szczecin.

★ 1901 - New Town Hall built.

★ 1944 - ''Aussenarbeitslager Stolp'' concentration camp established.

★ 1945 - Russian troops enter Słupsk, power transferred to the communist government of Poland.

★ 1967 - First edition of Piano Festival in Słupsk.

★ 1970 - Riots against the communist government.

★ 1986 - New Hospital built.

★ 1994 - Słupsk granted an honorable European flag.

★ 1999 - Słupsk voivodship disbanded.

Słupsk's population span

date	inhabitants
1810	5 393
1910	32 000
1939	50 337
1945	approx. 7000
1950	33 100
1960	53 400
1970	68 900
1975	77 600
1980	86 100
1990	101 200
1995	102 700
1999	102 370
2003	99 987
2005	99 687

Famous people of Słupsk

★ Wilhelm Sebastian von Belling

★ Thomas Heinrich Gadebusch

★ Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

★ Christian Ludwig Mursinna

★ Lothar Bucher

★ Wilhelm Dames

★ Otto von Kameke

★ Heinrich von Stephan

★ Eduard Engel

★ Hans Schrader

★ Zygfryd Bumke

★ Erwin Bumke

★ Oswald Bumke

★ Adolf Pojda

★ Otto Priebe

★ George Grosz

★ Bronisław Jerzy Kostkowski

★ Heinz Theuerjahr

★ Otto Helm

★ Michał Mostnik

★ Kaźko Słupski

Culture

Słupsk plays a colourful role in the cultural life of Poland. Many famous festivals take place in Słupsk, most notably

★ International Sport Bridge Festival ''Solidarność'' - ''Międzynarodowy Festiwal Brydża Sportowego 'Solidarność'''

★ Komeda Jazz Festival

★ International Art Festival ''Performance'' - ''Międzynarodowy Festiwal Sztuki 'Performance' ''

★ International Piano Festival

Theatres

There are three theatres currently running in Słupsk

★ 'Tęcza' ''Rainbow'' Theatre

★ 'Rondo' ''Roundabout'' Theatre

★ ''New'' Theatre revived after 13 years of absence

Cinemas

During Słupsk's long history there had been up to five cinemas running simultaneously, but only one cinema has survived, the ''Millennium'' Cinema. There is also a rather small cinema based on 3 Maja street, which is devoted to passionate cinemaniacs

Economy

Słupsk has a solid and developing economy based on most big factories. The footwear industry has made a spectacular success in the region expanding its trades to many foreign countries, successfully increasing the number of people working.
Scania also has a very significant role for Słupsk's economy as it generates the most revenue among all the current companies based in Słupsk. It has a very solid amount of people working. Currently most of the buses, which are being manufactured are exported to Western Europe.

Trade

Several trading investments have been made with others either awaiting approval or already passed by the local government. There are going to be many new hypermarkets built, including:

Shopping malls

★ Galeria Podkowa - Starzyńskiego street

★ CH Passo - Tuwima street

★ CH Wokulski - Kołątaja street

★ Skwer Viki - Wolności street

★ CH Manhatan - Wileńska street

★ Galeria Słupsk (planned) - Tuwima street

★ CHR Arena (planned) - Krzywoustego street

★ CHR Jantar (otwarcie wiosna 2008) - Szczecińska street

★ CH w byłym RDT (wkrótce otwarcie) - Kopernika street

★ Hala Targowa - Banacha street

Hiper markets

★ Real - Szczecińska street (trade complex with OBI, direction to Szczecin)

★ Kaufland - Kołłątaja street (Centre of City, nearby Railway Station PKP)

★ E.Leclerc - Szczecińska street

★ OBI - Szczecińska street

★ Castorama (from 14 March 2007) - Hubalczyków street (direction Bytów)

★ Media Markt (planned) - ?

★ Real (CH Jantar)(planned) - Szczecińska street (area behind Sezamor - former manufacturer fabricats for also former manufacturer of boats in Ustka)

★ Fimal - Bałtycka street (direction Ustka)

Super markets

★ Biedronka - 5 shops - Szczecińska, Kulczyńskiego, Wolności, Przemysłowa, Lutosławskiego street

★ Lidl - 3 shops - Lutosławskiego, Kopernika, Tuwima street

★ Netto - 2 shops - Psie Pole, Małcużyńskiego street

★ Sieć 34 - 2 shops - 11 listopada, Kołątaja street

★ Sano- Królowej Jadwigi street

★ BOMI - Wolności street

★ Sam Czar - 2 shops - ul. Dmowskiego, Mostnika street

★ Intermarche (planned) - ?

Restaurants, Catering

Słupsk has developed a very well organised system of restaurants, pizzerias, catering and beanaries. One of the most famous pizzerias is the one located in the Poranek beanery, it's the first pizzeria in after-War Poland. There are a number of pizzerias, with the majority offering free delivery.
A McDonalds is also present in Szczecińska street while Pinocchio is a pizzeria on the same street.
There are a number of Bar mleczny scattered around the civic centre.

Sports

★ Energa Czarni Słupsk - men's basketball

★ Gryf '95 Słupsk - football

★ Słupia Słupsk - handball

★ Słupski Klub Sportowy Piast-B - badminton

★ SKB Czarni Słupsk - boxing

★ TPS Czarni Słupsk - women's volleyball

★ Towarzystwo Pływackie Skalar Słupsk - swimming

★ SKLA M&S Okna Słupsk - athletics

★ Basket Słupsk - men's basketball

Facilities

There is a lattice tower used for broadcasting at Słupsk, the TV Tower Słupsk.
Near Słupsk there is the static invertor station of the HVDC link Swepol.
Ten silo-based two-stage long-range US missile defense interceptors are planned to be placed in nearby Redzikowo, forming a Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system in conjunction with a US narrow-beam midcourse tracking and discrimination radar system in the Czech Republic. The system is intended to protect against missiles from Iran, both in the case they target Europe, and as an extra protection in the case that they target the US. ^[1]

Twin towns

Arkhangelsk, Bari, Bukhara, Carlisle, Flensburg, Ustka, Vantaa, Vordingborg

See also

★ Słupsk (PKP station)

References

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External links

★ Municipal website

★ Museum of Central Pomerania

★ Portal Słupskich Internautów

★ Official Free Hugs website in Słupsk

★ International Sport Bridge Festival "Solidarność"