| Location, geographical values
Szczytno is the furthermost town of south-east part of Warmian-Mazurian Voivodship, which is situated at two lakes: Domowe Duże and Domowe Małe. There are about 27 000 inhabitants in this area and it covers 10 kilometres.
History
The beginnings of the town of Szczytno reach at least the period of the Middle Ages. The Teutonic castle was built in the mid - XIVth century in the vicinity of the old trade route that runs from the Baltic sea up to the South of Europe.
The castle with its moat and rampart was located on the peninsula between the two lakes: "Sciten Minor" and "Sciten Maior" (from Latin).
The name "Ortolfsburg" arose from the name of Teutonic commander, Ortolf from Trewir, who established a guardroom here. The name was changed later into Ortelsburg until the year 1945. Slavic population living in vicinity of this district, named the place: Szczytno (from the mentioned above Latin names of the lakes).
In the second half of XIV century, beekeepers settled northerly from the castle and their hamlet gave origins to the village Bartna Strona. While developing very rapidly, the hamlet received the right to brew beer. From 1616 it was described as a town.
In 1723 Szczytno received full municipal rights.
Thanks to the marked spatial and population development, in 1818 the town became the capital of the district. Many schools and official buildings arose at that time. On the turn of the successive century a very important railway junction was built here.
After the change of the administrative partition of the country in 1975, Szczytno was not a district town anymore. However, the number of inhabitants was rising persistently from 13 000 in 1961 to 27 973 in 1995. The development of the town was mainly caused by its location on the borderline of Great Lakes District (Kraina Wielkich Jezior).
In 1975, an International Airport "Mazury" was activated in Szymany near Szczytno, as a result of rising interest of this region. After the next administrative partition of the country on 1st January 1999, Szczytno became the seat of district Szczytno and a part of Warmian-Masurian Voivodship at the same time.
Monuments
The beauty of the town is accentuated by numerous monuments:
the ruins of Teutonic Castle from the mid-XIV century
the titanic Town Hall from 1937 year with its inner courtyard and 46 meter-high tower
the Hapsburg Evangelical Church in classical baroque style from 1718 year
neo-gothic Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary from 1899 year
the Baptist Church from 1903 year
The Mazurian Cabin (Chata Mazurska) with museum interior furnishings
the Jewish cemetery established in 1815
the Evangelical cemetery which was established at the beginning of the XIX century and today serves as a park
History of culture and nature of Szczytno's land is presented by Mazurian Museum, which is situated in 1 Sienkiewicza Street. On can see the only in Europe collection of hand-painted stove tiles.
Touristic Offer
Every year the greatest community mass event: Days and Nights of Szczytno is organized in the town. Main attractions are: All-Polish Song Contest by name of K.Klenczon and commemoration of Police Day. It takes place in the middle of July and it is one of the greatest cultural events in Warmia and Mazury in summer time.
It is a three-day town's festival with performances of well-known Polish and foreign stars. The second cyclical event organized in Szczytno is Hunter Fest with performances of the greatest rock stars and it takes place in the middle of August. Tourists are also welcomed to take part in many attractive cultural events during summer months. The most spectacular ones are: Dni Kresowe, Mazurian Jazz Night and Culture Day of Kurpie.
In the town, next to the town beach, there is a water station of Municipal Centre of Sport (Miejski Ośrodek Sportu) with a water equipment rental.
At the end of June 2005 a great sports hall with about 600 seats will be opened. The attraction of the hall will be two-lane bowling alley enabling to organize professional competitions. A body building gym, a sauna and a well-equipped fitness club will be placed there.
Investment offer
Szczytno is also an attractive place to have dealings with services and trade and to develop investments in different businesses. The most common are: processing industry: furniture, nutritive, retail and wholesale, hotel services and travel agencies, transport services. Other advantages are:
beneficial location of the domestic roads route: Olsztyn - Białystok and Warszawa - Bezledy (the boundary with Russia) with the fork in the direction of Great Mazurian Lakes (Wielkie Jeziora Mazurskie).
the only in the region Airport Szczytno-Szymany
well-developed hotel and restaurant base
railway junction and numerous bus connections
six bank outposts
Furthermore, an economical sub-zone, located in the suburbs of the town, has been functioning for several years and on its premises there are six manufacture works.
Welcome investments on the area of the town are: the extension of the infrastructure connected with tourism and recreation and manufacture activity which is harmless for the natural environment.
A knowledge storehouse about Szczytno, local government and economic potential of the town represents the webpage www.um.szczytno.pl. It was highly marked on portal www.gmina.pl, achieving the 34th position among 600 local governments' websites. Dynamically increasing number of visitors from many, even very distant and exotic countries, proves its popularity.
Among many precious information, it contains bookmarks strictly connected with economy and administration, always current for the dwellers and tourists, traders and potential investors:
Public Information Bulletin (Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej) - a detailed reference book connected with functioning of the territorial government
Investor's Notebook - it contains the functional, spatial and economic characteristic (information about business and estate taxes, investment offers (enumeration of estates prepared for sale)
Auctions - public purchase orders, selling estates
Interactive town map - fast and precise retrieval of streets and public utility places
Contact form - enables to send an e-mail straight from the web page.
Szczytno Police Academy, 111 Piłsudskiego Street, telephone number: (089) 621 59 00
www.wspol.edu.pl
It is the only establishment of this type. The school educates future Polish police officers. The history of school reaches the year 1954, when the Officer School was established. In 1990 it was changed into High Police School. In 2004 the academy celebrated 50th anniversary of its existence.
The structure of the WSPol is formed by:
The Institute of Educating State Service Officers Combating the Organized Crime and Terrorism
The Institute of Educating Management and Administering the Quality in Police
Preventive Service Institution
Criminal Service Institution
Law Institution
Special Training Institution
The crucial assignment of the school is scientific and searching activity, in particular, the disciplines connected with combating the organized crime but also the organization and police actions tactics. Researches in range of police history, psychology, organizing and administering, sociology and job ethics are also carried on. Surveys and opinions for agencies and establishments of the Department of Home Office and Administration are developed in school institutes.
High Police School in Szczytno keeps close contacts with schools and police academies of Germany, France, Lithuania, England, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Szczytno's school also carries on trainings for policemen in Mid-European Police Academy system.
School's premises are located in protected area which covers 33, 2 ha. There are didactic, administrative and economic buildings, dormitories, a hotel for guests, a canteen, Culture House with cinema and exhibition room, also: a post office, a bookshop, shops and cafes. A fragment of the forest with full-dimensional sports field is also a part of High Police School, as well as Recreational Centre at the Wałpusz Lake, situated 10 kilometers from Szczytno.
Within ten last years the school enriched its didactic, sports and residential base. A new computerized studio of cyberspace penetration and a centre of police operations.
management were opened and dormitories and management courses centre were renovated and modernized.
In 1999 two latest places were activated: indoor swimming pool and a modern, indoor shooting range.
At present education in WSPol is continued on the following levels:
Elementary and specialist courses
High professional studies for candidates with secondary education
Studies for policemen - graduates of high civil academies
Proffessional training courses for police management personnel of middle and upper rank |
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