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Aleksandrów Łódzki

Aleksandrów Łódzki. My Home Town. The flag of Aleksandrów Łódzki. The coat of arms of Aleksandrów Łódzki. Aleksandrów Łódzki Country – Poland Voivodship – Łódź County - Zgierz county Commune – Aleksandrów Łódzki Population (2004) – 20,324.

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Aleksandrów Łódzki

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  1. Aleksandrów Łódzki My Home Town

  2. The flag of Aleksandrów Łódzki The coat of arms of Aleksandrów Łódzki

  3. Aleksandrów Łódzki Country – PolandVoivodship – ŁódźCounty - Zgierz countyCommune – Aleksandrów ŁódzkiPopulation (2004) – 20,324

  4. Polish nobleman Rafał Bratoszewski coat of arms Sulima – the founder of Aleksandrów Łódzki • The village was founded in 1816 by Rafał Bratoszewski, the owner of an estate Brużyca Wielka situated on the Bzura river. • By 1820 the population reached more than 1,000. • In 1822 the new settlement gained the city rights and was named Aleksandrów after the Russian tsar Alexander I. • From the beginnig Aleksandrów was a town of three cultures: Polish, German and Jewish. • In the late 19th century and early 20th century a lot of knitting companies were founded in Aleksandrów. The town gained a nickname „Sock-city”. • In 1969 Aleksandrów lost its city rights for over 60 years. The rights were regained in 1924. • Currently it is a headquarters of an Aleksandrów Łódzki commune.

  5. Classical Town Hall from 1824designed by Jakub Kubicki, the author of the Warsaw Belweder

  6. St. Rafael and Michael catholic church- built in 1816 – 1818.Under the church, lies buried Rafał Bratoszewski, the founder of Aleksandrów. Evangelicchurch – built in 1828 by pastor Fryderyk Jerzy Tuve. Currently it is in very bad condition.

  7. Weaver houses –long wooden houses of the first settlers from the first half of the XIX century

  8. The City Shops „Jatki” - rebiult in 1998,a place for butchers and bakers to sell their goods;now part of the Town Hall

  9. Albert Stiller’s villa and factory - built in 1908

  10. Tadeusz Kościuszko’s Square - the city park - founded by Rafał Bratoszewski as the centre of the new factory settlement in 1824

  11. The library - originally the house of pastor built in 1848

  12. The Józef Jaworski Group of Sports Schoolsand covered swimming pool „Olimpijczyk”

  13. The Youth Centre

  14. One of housing estates in Aleksandrów Łódzki

  15. Sports Hall – consists of three sectors, each of them having volleyball, basketball and football pitches

  16. Sports and Leisure Centre

  17. „Zgniłe Błoto Reservoir”- a wide variety of leisure activities includes sailing on boats, pedal boats, kayaks…

  18. Prezentację wykonała: Aleksandra Olejniczak Opiekun: p. Anna Drabczyńska

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