Olsztyn

(German Allenstein) is a city in north-east Poland, historically capital of Warmia, on the Lyna River, with a population is 175,000. Olsztyn is the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodship, previously Olsztyn Voivodship.

Table of contents

1 Geography 2 Economy 3 Education 4 Sports 5 Famous people 6 Politics 6.1 Olsztyn constituency 6.2 Municipal politics 7 History 7.3 Postage stamps 8 External links

Geography

The town is beautifully situated in a lake region of forests and plains, barely touched by man. There are 11 lakes inside the administrative bounds of the town and many more surrounding it: (Krzywe, Dlugie, Zbik, Redykajny and others).

Economy

For industry, it features a tire company, Stomil, a subsidiary of Michelin. There are also food processing plants and furniture manufacturers.

Education

• Olsztyńska Szkoła Wyższa im. Józefa Rusieckiego
• Olsztyńska Wyższa Szkoła Informatyki i Zarządzania im. Tadeusza Kotarbińskiego
• Wyższa Szkoła Informatyki i Ekonomii TWP

• PZU AZS Olsztyn - men's volleyball team playing in Polish Volleyball League (Polska Liga Siatkówki, PLS)

Nicolaus Copernicus for some time lived at the Olsztyn castle, where he was administrator and was in charge of the King's of Poland forces to defend the city against the Teutonic Knights .

Lucas David, a historian of Olsztyn wrote a number of volumes on Prussian history, some are in the collection (Prussica Sammlung Trunz) started by Dr. August Trunz (1875-1963) of Olsztyn.

Politics

Olsztyn constituency

• Aszkiełowicz Mieczysław, Samoobrona
• Czepułkowski Jerzy, SLD-UP
• Dziewulski Jerzy, SLD-UP
• Florek Sebastian, SLD-UP
• Iwiński Tadeusz, SLD-UP
• Nowina-Konopka Halina, LPR
• Sosnowska Joanna, SLD-UP
• Szczygło Aleksander, PiS
• Żyliński Marek, PO

History

to be written yet

Postage stamps

5-pfennig stamp

Originally the town was in a district of the Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights In 1920 a plebiscite was held to determine whether the people wished to become part of East Prussia or Poland. In order to avoid bias, and to advertise the plebiscite, special postage stamps were produced by overprinting German stamps and sold from 3 April. One kind of overprint read PLÉBISCITE / OLSZTYN / ALLENSTEIN, while the other read TRAITÉ / DE / VERSAILLES / ART. 94 et 95 inside an oval whose border gave the full name of the plebiscite commission. Each overprint was applied to 14 denominations ranging from 5pf to 3m.

The plebiscite was held on 11 July, with 98% of the voters opting for East Prussia. However, Olsztyn and East Prussia was denied autonomy and the district was directly incorporated into Weimar Republic. The stamps became invalid 20 August. Despite the short period of use, almost all the types of these stamps are cheaply available both used and unused.

External links

• Olsztyn Online
• Virtual Olsztyn

Poland
Voivodships of Poland
Greater Poland | Kuyavia-Pomerania | Lesser Poland | Lodz | Lower Silesia | Lublin | Lubusz | Masovia | Opole | Podlachia | Pomerania Swietokrzyskie | Silesia | Subcarpathia | Warmia and Masuria | West Pomerania
Principal cities
Warsaw | ŁÃƒÂ³dź | Kraków | Wrocław | Poznań | Gdańsk | Szczecin | Bydgoszcz | Lublin | Katowice | Białystok | Częstochowa | Gdynia | Toruń Radom | Kielce | Rzeszów | Olsztyn