PEARLS OF MAZOVIA

1. PEARLS OF MAZOVIA Places of Beauty in the Mazovian Region, Heart of Poland Jaktorów (24 slides) Międzyborów (14 slides) Milanówek (12 slides)

2. JAKTORÓW

3. Table of Contents: • Our City • Tourism and recreation • Culture and entertainment • Services

4. Location Jaktorów is a village located nearGrodzisk Mazowiecki.The RiverPisiaflowsthrough Jaktorów and itis foundon theedge of the JaktorowskaForest. Thereis a monument of thelast aurochs, which died in 1627.

7. Story • The area of today's village Jaktoróworiginally was heavily forested. • Forested areas were favourite hunting areas for princesof Mazovia and Polish kings. • The legend hasitthatonce the Kingfell intoa great ditch(in Polish: rów) whilepassingthevillage. TheKing was so surprised that he cried „What? Ditch"?! - And since then the villagehasbeen called Jaktorów.

9. Population • Thepopulation of themunicipality Jaktorów is 8.5 thousandpeople. • Thehead of themunicipalityisthemayorMaciej Śliwierski.

10. Tourism and recreation Jaktorów Municipality has great potential for recreation and relaxation. In the municipality there are objects included in the register of monuments. • The settlement I-IVth centuries • Military cemetery from World War II

11. Sport Clubs • LKS 'TUR' headquartersin Jaktorów, • "WRZOS" MIĘDZYBORÓW • Karate ClubFudokan "zanshin"

13. Investment Opportunities The proximity of the Warsaw agglomeration is also important. The main asset: only 45 kilometersfromthe capital city! Another advantage is large resources of vacant land, much cheaper than in the Warsaw agglomeration.

14. Culture and entertainment

15. Festivals • Everyyearinour community istheVoluntaryFireBrigadefestivalattheend of summer. • We can go to theFamilyPicnicorganized on Children's Day.

16. Church • Parishdedicated to Holy Family • Churchdedicated to St. Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr and St. Therese of the Child Jesus. • Deanery: Żyrardów

18. District Public Libraryin Jaktorów

19. Education • School and Pre-School Team • K. I. Gałczyński Gymnasium

20. Services • Bank • Public Library • Police station • OSP Jaktorów • Health Centre • Post office • Pharmacy point • Parishin Jaktorów • Othershops and services (e.g. Tesco supermarket, florists etc.)

25. Thank you for your attention: Eve Śleszyńska

26. Międzyborów

27. Międzyborów – location and population.

28. Międzyborów is a village in voivodeship – mazowieckie, district of Grodzisk, commune Jaktorów. It is located about 50 km from Warsaw between Żyrardów and Jaktorów. The population is about 3800 people.

29. How to get there? You can get the train (coming from Milanówek - Skierniewice in the direction bypassing Grodzisk mazowiecki and Jaktorów) or by car along the same route :)

31. School in Międzyborów

32. In 1923 a school was builtin Międzyborów. Its appearance has changed over the years. A gym was builtin1991 and middle schoolin2003. On Saturday, 8 December 2012a sports hall was open. The first director was JóżefJagielski – patron of primary school. The patron of middle school is Karol Wojtyła. the present director is MrDariusz Grabowski.

33. Churchin Międzyborów

34. Church in Międzyborów was officially consecrated on 23.08.1980 year by Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski. Before this event, a wooden chapel was used as thechurch. The first parishpriest wasCzesławSuchta. The present parish priest is Krzysztof Krawczyk.

35. Tourist attractions and monuments The most known object is the międzyborowskiedunes.They are dunesfromthe last glaciation. On the dunes there is a monument commemoratinginsurgents. There is an organization - Association of Friends of the Międzyborowskie Dunes. Thanks to them the dunes have a relaxing trail, ecological, historical and “natural monuments”.

37. What elsedo we have in Miedzyborów? We have a lot of very well-stocked grocery stores, medical attention point, pharmacy, hairdresser’s, beauty salon and wholesale papermakingwarehouse.

38. We have beautiful places, silence and many other reasons tovisit Międzyborów.

39. Prepared by: • Aleksandra Mirecka • Magdalena Gorożankin • Class 1a

40. MILANÓWEK Edyta Komendarek

41. General information • Milanówekis a town in theMazowieckie voivodship in the municipality of Grodzisk, located near Warsaw. • According to data from 2010, the town had a population of 16 056 inhabitants. • The church of St. Hedwig, "Turczynek" villa, accommodation of soldiers from World War II and many villas built between 1896 - 1945, including "Potęga", "Matulinek", "Hygea", "Borówka„ are the most popular buildings in Milanówek. They are all in the national register of historic monuments (26 items).

42. A littlehistory. • Milanówek was built at the turn of the 19th and 20th century. From its beginning, Milanówek was mainly a summer resort for the rich from Warsaw, who very often built magnificent summer houses here, which often, when the owners decided to move to Milanówek, turned into splendid villas. • During the Warsaw Uprising the most important organs of the Polish Underground State moved to Milanówek, and thanks to this fact it was called little London. • Milanówek got municipal rights in 1951.

43. Memorial of combatants for freedom. „Starodeby” A thankful memorial and a square of John Paul II

45. Villa "Borówka"

46. Villa „Halinów”

47. 10 Mickiewicza Street

48. Podgórna street

49. 20 Krasińskiego Street

50. Catherine Grochola is a resident of Milanowek. She is a Polish writer and journalist. She has published eight novels. The most important are:„Nigdy w zyciu!”, „Ja wam pokaze!”, „A nie mowilam!”, „Zielone Drzewo”. A resident of Milanowek.