Tomaszów Mazowiecki

Coordinates: 51°31′N 20°1′E / 51.517°N 20.017°E / 51.517; 20.017
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Tomaszów Mazowiecki
Plac Kościuszki, main square of Tomaszów Mazowiecki
Plac Kościuszki, main square of Tomaszów Mazowiecki
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Tomaszów Mazowiecki (pronounced

World Championships.[3][4] In autumn, the city hosts the international Love Polish Jazz festival, organized by the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.[5]

Location

Trumpet Call of Tomaszów

Tomaszów is situated in the Łódź Voivodeship (since 1999); previously, it was part of

Sulejow Reservoir
and the edge of the Puszcza Spalska wilderness area.

History

Early 20th-century view of the town. Kaliska Street, now Piłsudskiego Avenue. In the background of the photo, the Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, existing on the main square of Tomaszów since 1901 to 1925.[6][7]

Tomaszów Mazowiecki was founded in 1788 by Count

city rights in 1830 during the Polish November Uprising against the Russian Empire. The first weavers came to Tomaszów from Zgorzelec. The first Lutheran church was established in 1823.[10] In 1825, Antoni Ostrowski transferred from the village of Tobiasze to Tomaszów a Catholic parish with the church of St. Wenceslas – Duke of Bohemia, which was located at Wieczność St., in the area of the first Catholic cemetery (nowadays Słowackiego St).[11][12] In 1831 Qahal was founded.[13] During the January Uprising, on July 12 and September 1, 1863, clashes between Polish insurgents and Russian soldiers took place.[14] From 1867, it was administratively located in the Piotrków Governorate
.

During

Jewish population of the city grew to 11,310 inhabitants, or about 30% of the general population of Tomaszów.[13]

World War II

Memorial plaque to local synthetic fiber factory workers murdered by the Germans in 1940–1944

On September 1, 1939, the first day of the German-Soviet

looted the town, burned houses, and committed some murders of its inhabitants.[18] On September 26, the Germans founded a local branch of the Arbeitsamt, which sent local Poles to forced labour.[20] The Great Synagogue was burned to the ground as first on 16 October 1939; the remaining two synagogues were destroyed on 7–14 November.[13]

Before the Polish Independence Day (November 11), in 1939, the German police carried out mass arrests of about 300

Polish Jews was created in December 1940 and closed off from the outside in December 1941. Hunger was rampant, followed by the typhus epidemic. In December 1942, 15,000 Jews were deported aboard Holocaust trains to the Treblinka extermination camp. Some 200 Jews from Tomaszów are known to have survived World War II.[13] The Germans carried out further executions of Poles, among which was priest Wojciech Dionizy Bryndza-Nacki,[25] and also established and operated a Nazi prison,[26] and a Baudienst forced labour camp for young Poles in the town.[27] In 1944, even 12-year-old Polish children were used as slave labourers to build fortifications in the area in preparation for the advancing Eastern Front.[28] In 1944, during and following the Warsaw Uprising, the Germans deported thousands of Varsovians from the Dulag 121 camp in Pruszków, where they were initially imprisoned, to Tomaszów Mazowiecki.[29] Those Poles were mainly old people, ill people and women with children.[29] 30,000 Poles expelled from Warsaw stayed in the town and nearby settlements, as of 1 November 1944.[29]

Geography

Urban park „Bulwary” in the historical town center on the Wolbórka river south bank

According to 2006 data, Tomaszów has an area of 41.3 square kilometres (15.9 sq mi); about 45 percent of the land is put to agricultural use, 13% is forested, and the city itself covers about 4.03% of the area.

In the valley of the Pilica river in the south-eastern part of the town, there is a unique natural karst spring of water containing calcium salts, that is an object of protection in Niebieskie Źródła Nature Reserve in Sulejów Landscape Park. The origin of the name of the reserve Niebieskie Źródła, which means Blue Springs, comes from the fact that red waves are absorbed by water and only blue and green are reflected from the bottom of the spring, giving that atypical colour.[30] The reserve is situated near the end of Saint Anthony Street (in Polish: ulica świętego Antoniego) that begins in the centre of Tomaszów Mazowiecki, in proximity to the central Kościuszko Square.

Climate

Tomaszów Mazowiecki has a humid continental climate (Cfb in the Köppen climate classification).

Climate data for Tomaszów Mazowiecki
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 0.3
(32.5) 		2.1
(35.8) 		7.1
(44.8) 		13.8
(56.8) 		18.7
(65.7) 		22.0
(71.6) 		24.0
(75.2) 		23.7
(74.7) 		18.8
(65.8) 		12.8
(55.0) 		7.3
(45.1) 		2.5
(36.5) 		12.8
(55.0)
Daily mean °C (°F) −2.0
(28.4) 		−0.9
(30.4) 		3.1
(37.6) 		9.1
(48.4) 		14.2
(57.6) 		17.7
(63.9) 		19.7
(67.5) 		19.3
(66.7) 		14.5
(58.1) 		9.3
(48.7) 		4.7
(40.5) 		0.4
(32.7) 		9.1
(48.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −4.5
(23.9) 		−4.0
(24.8) 		−1.0
(30.2) 		3.8
(38.8) 		9.0
(48.2) 		12.6
(54.7) 		15.0
(59.0) 		14.5
(58.1) 		10.4
(50.7) 		6.0
(42.8) 		2.2
(36.0) 		−1.8
(28.8) 		5.2
(41.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 45
(1.8) 		41
(1.6) 		49
(1.9) 		50
(2.0) 		73
(2.9) 		69
(2.7) 		92
(3.6) 		64
(2.5) 		61
(2.4) 		47
(1.9) 		45
(1.8) 		46
(1.8) 		682
(26.9)
Source: https://en.climate-data.org/europe/poland/łodz-voivodeship/tomaszow-mazowiecki-10350/

Economy

Weaving wool mills in the Łódź industrial region and in Tomaszów (1869)

Since the mid-19th century to the 1990s, a large center of the textile industry. The second, after Łódź, center of clothing wool production in the Congress Poland and nineteenth-century Russia. In the 20th century – thanks to Tomaszów's Artificial Silk Factory – one of the largest European centers for the production of fibers and plastics. Nowadays, Tomaszów Mazowiecki incorporates the Łódź Special Economic Zone, which is one of the 14 special economic zones in Poland.[31] The city is home to a variety of industries: ceramics, construction, chemicals, plastics producers, electrical machinery manufacturers, upholstery, food, logistics and service.

Materials Industry

Ceramika Paradyż, factory in Tomaszów Mazowiecki, by Expressway S8

The major minerals companies in the area are Ceramika Paradyż a manufacturer of

ceramic tiles[32] and Sacmi which specialises in ceramic tile production machines.[33] The Wagran factory (built on the area of the former Artificial Silk Company of Tomaszów), is a producer of granite sinks[34]

Construction Sector

Within the construction sector Balex Metal produces high quality

steel construction components.[35] Ezbud-Budownictwo focuses on the construction of residential and service premises, sales and management of constructed properties[36] and also produces ready-mixed concrete and other building materials. The company has been engaged in the construction of several housing estates in Tomaszów and Łódź from 1989 onwards and since 2019 has been the main sponsor of Tomaszów's largest football club - "Lechia 1923".[37]

Chemical Industry

EcoHydroCarbon in Tomaszów

Major chemical companies in Tomaszów include Sicher Bautechnik which is a producer of construction chemicals,[38] EcoHydroCarbon which specializes in polymer waste processing[39] and Toma a plastics processing company[40] that also operates a private clinic at its plant for employees to use.

Equipment Manufacturers

The region has several specialist equipment manufacturers that include Markom, a producer of welding and transport equipment, and Glass Product, which manufactures automatic fertilization and raw material transport systems.[41]

Carpets and upholstery industry

Part of Weltom carpet factory today

The Japanese car manufacturer Toyota has a base in Tomaszów, specializing in the production of upholstery for its range of premium vehicles.[42] Weltom, a producer or carpets and rugs, also has a base in the city. The company was founded by Eleonora and Jan Roland. Their son, Edward Roland, began the business in 1848 from a small workshop consisting of a spinning mill and a weaving mill operated by three people. The workshop was located on Kaliska Street (today Piłsudskiego). In 1905, the company had expanded to employ a hundred and thirty weavers. The company quickly made a name for itself and became known throughout the Russian Empire. After World War II, the company was nationalized and renamed the "Weltom". In the 1990s, the plant underwent a transformation into a joint-stock company. Today, in addition to carpets, the company produces upholstery and coconut wipers. The entire western district of the city (Rolandówka) has been named after the company's founders.[43][44]

Food Industry

PepsiCo factory in Tomaszowie Mazowieckim

Within Tomaszów's food and beverage sector

energy drinks
where the group also own the "Bulwary" shopping center in the city.

Logistics and Services Sector

Other companies in the region specializing in logistics and services are FM Logistic, serving Carrefour and Makro Cash and Carry,[48] and Syntom, a recycling company.[49]

Sport

Ice Arena Tomaszów Mazowiecki

The town's most notable sport clubs are Lechia Tomaszów Mazowiecki [pl] with football and volleyball sections and Pilica Tomaszów Mazowiecki [pl] with speed skating and bowling sections.

The sports venue Ice Arena Tomaszów Mazowiecki hosts main international speed skating competitions; including ISU Speed Skating World Cups. It is also an ice hockey venue.

Education

Branch of University of Łódź in Tomaszów Mazowiecki (four departments)

There are seven high schools in Tomaszów Mazowiecki as well as branches of notable universities including:

Points of interest

In the city there is first in Poland year-round

short track and roller skating. It is located near Pilica River.[50]

Main article: Ice Arena Tomaszów Mazowiecki

During the

occupation of Poland
in World War II, several strategic bunkers were built by Nazi Germany near Tomaszów Mazowiecki. The construction of the two large air-raid shelters was started in early 1940. The so-called Konewka Bunkers (now a tourist attraction) were a complex of various concrete structures hidden in the woods, including an enormous 380 metres (1,250 ft) long bunker capable of protecting an entire trainset from the possible air raid. The shelters in Konewka and in Jeleń, built of reinforced concrete, served as unloading stations for military cargo.[51]

Sulejowski Reservoir

Sulejowski Reservoir, 7 km from the town center
Main article: Sulejowski Reservoir

The Sulejow Lake is a large reservoir built from 1969–1973 in order to help meet the demand for fresh drinking water in the city of

water sports
, including windsurfing, canoeing and sailing.

Grottoes in Nagórzyce (district of Tomaszów)

Grottoes in Nagórzyce (southern Tomaszów)

In the south of the town there is an eighteenth-century quartz sand mine -

The Nagórzyckie Grottoes (Polish: Groty Nagórzyckie). Today, an underground tourist route. At the entrance there is a pavilion with ticket desk, food vending machines and public toilets. They can be reached from the town center by a city bus or by an illuminated bicycle path.[52][53][54][55]

Transport

The railway station in Tomaszów Mazowiecki, May 2019

Public transportation by buses was established in 1929. Since 2018, public transport in the city is free of charge.

Directly by train from Tomaszów it is possible to travel to:

Łodź, Poznań, Gdynia, Szczecin
.

Several national and regional routes cross each other in the city:

International relations

City Hall
County Hall
Gmina Hall
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland

Twin towns — Sister cities

Tomaszów Mazowiecki is

twinned
with:

Polish Armed Forces

The march of soldiers of the Tomaszów Air Cavalry on the main square of Tomaszów before the city celebration in 2019.

The 25th Air Cavalry Brigade is deployed in Tomaszów Mazowiecki. Headquarters there are in the town and main barracks. Garnison Polish Armed Forces in Tomaszów Mazowiecki has existed since 1918. At the north-eastern border of the town, by Expressway S8 there is the Brigade airport (Tomaszów Mazowiecki Airport).[57][58][59][60]

Notable people

Gallery

  • The expressway S8 (Białystok – Warsaw - Wrocław / Katowice), over Ujezdzka Street in Tomaszów Mazowiecki
    The expressway S8 (Białystok – Warsaw - Wrocław / Katowice), over Ujezdzka Street in Tomaszów Mazowiecki
  • The oldest secondary school (AD 1903) Listed in the rank of the top 500 schools in Poland
    The oldest secondary school (AD 1903) Listed in the rank of the top 500 schools in Poland
  • The largest shopping center- "Galeria Tomaszów", former textile factory
    The largest shopping center- "Galeria Tomaszów", former
    textile factory
  • The largest shopping center on the Wolbórka river - "Galeria Tomaszów"
    The largest shopping center on the Wolbórka river - "Galeria Tomaszów"
  • Police station
    Police station
  • Main square by night
    Main square by night
  • Parish church of St Anthony
    Parish church of St Anthony
  • The Ostrowski Palace, built in 1812. Now, regional museum.
    The Ostrowski Palace, built in 1812. Now, regional museum.
  • The Knothe Family house. Now, children's library
    The Knothe Family house. Now, children's library
  • Pilica River in Tomaszów
    Pilica River in Tomaszów
  • Evangelical-Augsburg Church
    Evangelical-Augsburg
    Church
  • 100 meters high television mast in the telecommunications complex in the city center
    100 meters high television mast in the telecommunications complex in the city center
  • Complex of special schools
    Complex of
    special schools
  • One of stadiums of city football club "Lechia 1923"
    One of stadiums of city football club "Lechia 1923"
  • Electric kick scooters on the street
    Electric kick scooters on the street
  • Residents of Tomaszów on the main square of the town (end of December 2022)

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