Puszczykowo
Encyclopedia
Puszczykowo p is a town in Poznań County
, Poland
, with 9,177 inhabitants (2004). It is located about 12 km (7.46 mi) south of Poznań
, the area is surrounded by the Wielkopolski National Park
(located within the park buffer zone).
In the years 1934-1954 there was a rural village Puszczykowo. In the years 1975-1998 the town administratively belonged to the regional capital Poznań.
At the railway line, which existed here since 1856 (leading to Wroclaw)were built the station buildings. In the Interwar period
the excursion traffic on Sundays and holidays was so great, that the trains from Poznań ran for every 10 minutes. To avoid interference with the long-distance traffic an additional track had to be built for them . Great popularity among the Poznań enjoyed the steamboat
trip to Puszczykowo. In the 1950s the steamboat, "Janek Krasicki", in later years, motorboat "Dziwożona" cruised from Poznań to Puszczykowo. The chief of the city Puszczykowo during 1968-1984 was Mr. Wladyslaw Krzyżański. In those years, many public buildings were built. In the 1970s century, on Warta fields a hospital for the train health professionals was built. Since 1998, a tourist route, which is called the Kórnik Route runs in Puszczykowo.
Poznan County
Poznań County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Greater Poland Voivodeship, west-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the city of Poznań, although the city...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, with 9,177 inhabitants (2004). It is located about 12 km (7.46 mi) south of Poznań
Poznan
Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...
, the area is surrounded by the Wielkopolski National Park
Wielkopolski National Park
Wielkopolska National Park is a National Park within the Wielkopolska region of west-central Poland, approximately south of the regional capital, Poznań...
(located within the park buffer zone).
In the years 1934-1954 there was a rural village Puszczykowo. In the years 1975-1998 the town administratively belonged to the regional capital Poznań.
History
For the first time Puszczykowo name appears in written sources in the form of Posczucowo in 1387 year. Top of residential buildings, so characteristic of present-day town of forming a town, dates from the close of the 19th century.At the railway line, which existed here since 1856 (leading to Wroclaw)were built the station buildings. In the Interwar period
Interwar period
Interwar period can refer to any period between two wars. The Interbellum is understood to be the period between the end of the Great War or First World War and the beginning of the Second World War in Europe....
the excursion traffic on Sundays and holidays was so great, that the trains from Poznań ran for every 10 minutes. To avoid interference with the long-distance traffic an additional track had to be built for them . Great popularity among the Poznań enjoyed the steamboat
Steamboat
A steamboat or steamship, sometimes called a steamer, is a ship in which the primary method of propulsion is steam power, typically driving propellers or paddlewheels...
trip to Puszczykowo. In the 1950s the steamboat, "Janek Krasicki", in later years, motorboat "Dziwożona" cruised from Poznań to Puszczykowo. The chief of the city Puszczykowo during 1968-1984 was Mr. Wladyslaw Krzyżański. In those years, many public buildings were built. In the 1970s century, on Warta fields a hospital for the train health professionals was built. Since 1998, a tourist route, which is called the Kórnik Route runs in Puszczykowo.