Zamosc article

[Jaga]

I am working on it. I did not double-check the article yet. This is just the first part. I have many photographs (although not the best quality) and tour-books from the family. My problem _ I was never in Zamosc before so I feel like cheating ....and it is just difficult to wirte about something you did not see in your own eyes . On the other hand, I am planning to visit it this year when I will go to Poland with Ela. So, possibly I will be able to do more pictures and modify it (improve a bit).

Zamosc is really a beautiful town, it is just far from any other centers (like Krakow or Warsaw) or it is outside of the main communication roads.

here is just the first part:
culture.polishsite.us/articles/art399.html
Zamosc - Town and History - The Pearl of Renaissance

after this article we will do Kalwaria

[Jaga]

The second part is ready:
Zamosc - Its Market Square, Town Hall Tower, Arcades & Armenian Tenant Houses

and the first part is polished.

Tomorrow I should finish it all (part 3)

[pieter]

Did you read this article Jaga: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zamo??

Zamo?? is a town in southeastern Poland with 66,633 inhabitants (2004), situated in the Lublin Voivodship (since 1999), previously capital of Zamo?? Voivodship (1975–1998). About 20 kilometres from the town is the Roztocze National Park.
The city is located on the broad gauge railway line linking former Soviet Union with Upper Silesian coal and sulphur mines as well as less than 60 kilometres from the border crossings to Ukraine. On December 14, 1992, the historical city centre was inscribed onto UNESCO World Heritage List.

Zamo??

Zamo?? was founded in the year 1580 by the Chancellor and Hetman (head of the army of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth) Jan Zamoyski on the trade route linking western and northern Europe with the Black Sea. Modelled on the Italian trading cities and built during the Baroque period by the architect Bernardo Morando, a native of Padua, Zamo?? remains a perfect example of a Renaissance town of the late 16th century which retains its original layout and fortifications and a large number of buildings blending Italian and central European architectural traditions. The Old City quarter of Zamo?? has been placed on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.

City Hall of Zamo??
In 1942, Zamo?? County, due to its fertile black soil, was chosen for further German colonisation in General Government as part of Generalplan Ost. German occupiers planned relocation of at least 60,000 ethnic Germans in the area before the end of 1943. Before that, a "test trial" expulsion was performed in November 1941, and the whole operation ended in pacification operation combined with expulsions in June/July 1943 which was code named Wehrwolf Action I and II. Around 110,000 people from 297 villages were expelled. Around 30,000 victims were children who if racially "clean" were planned for germanisation in German families in Deutsches Reich. Most of the people expelled were sent to slave labour in Germany or concentration camps. Local people resisted the action with great determination; they escaped into forests, organised self-defence, helped people expelled, bribing kidnapped children out of German hands. Until the middle of 1943 Germans managed to settle 8,000 colonists, the number increased by a couple of thousands in 1944. This settlement was met with fierce armed resistance by Polish underground forces.

Market Sqaure
After the World War II Zamo?? started a period of development. In the 1970's and 1980's the population grew rapidly (from 39 100 in 1975 to 68 800 in 2003) as the city started to gain significant profits from the old trade routes linking Germany with Ukraine and the ports on the Black Sea.

[Jaga]

Pieter,

the last article about Zamosc would deal with what happened there during the war. I did not want to write the article which would be only a type of encyclopedia like. But I link to Zamosc main site. I should probably mention Morando as a main architect of the town.

[Jaga]

Sorry, I would not be able to finish Zamosc topic tonight. I just had too many other things to take care of. I hope to finish it until this week and start then Kalwaria with Chris

[hollister]

Jaga,
I am looking forward to your article. There more you talk about it - the more I am looking forward to reading it.