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Skierniewice posses an old and historical-worth tradition.
The town was founded in 1457 by Archibishop Jan Odrowaz of Sprowa.
The location was apporoved by the King Kazimierz Jagiellonczyk in 1463.
Till present days there has been preserved a historically-shaped special structure
of the town and numerous monuments like the complex mansion of Gniezno bishops with
a great park, the Roman Churches, the Town Hall, the Railway Station,
the Skierniewice Regional Council, the steam engine service station,
the barracs and many residential buildings. Almost all the monumental objects are
grouped in the heart of the town. They form two distinct complexes: The Market Squere
with the Town Hall and nearby residential-service buildings, the mansion complex
of the park. Close to them, there can be found the railway function complex
of the former Warsaw-Wien connection. In 1867 the town became the seat of
the District Council and acted these dutes until 1975 when it changed into the
capital of Skierniewice Provience. Nowadays Skierniewice underwent yhe administration partition and it became an administrative unit.
Skierniewice is also a significant place of the concentration of
business companies. Almost 15 thousands of people found employment in local administration.
Most of them are employed in the fields of production, health and social care, transport
and communication, trade and repairs, education, and in construction industry and firm service.
There is also a seat of two national institutes which receive wide recognition in Poland and other countries.
They are: the Research Institute of Fruit and Flowers' Prodiction and the Research
Institute of Vegetables' Production. Deep Studies on new plant species are being
carried out by the scientists in the above mentioned institutes.
These institutions co-operate with numerous research institutes in Poland and other coutries.
The result of their co-operation are presented in specialist conferences, symposiums,
and seminars. These institutions also carry out publishing, specialist
guidance and counselling. They arrange demostrations and exhibitions of their
achievements in the fields of research.
Moreover, Skierniewice is a seat of Experimental
Field connected with Katedra Chemii Rolniczej Main School of Farming. Which covers
the area of 28 ha. It was established in1921 and it remains as one of the oldest object
in Poland. It is also the seventh in Europe and nineth in the World as far as its
long-lasting is concerned. It co-operates with many similar research institutions in Europe.
In the autumn of 1999 there were finished works connected with the modernisation
of the reservoir on the Łupia river called "Zadebie". You can practice there water Sports
such as rowing and canocing. There have been started works connected with recreational
and leisure developing of the riverside of the reservoir "Zadebie".
Futhermore, the town has been co-operated with two cities: Gera in Germany since 1976
and Chatelaillon in France since 1990. After signing Akt Zbratania (in 1994 in France
and in 1995 in skierniewice) Chatelaillon and Skierniewice were listed by the European
Union as twin towns and their projects are founded by the European Commission.
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