Comenius 2012-2014

Gimnazjum nr 25 w Zabrzu

„ Save the PAST, live in PRESENT,

IMAGINE the FUTURE”

Scoala cu cis. I-VIII NR. 8 Elena Rares, Botosani Scoala cu clasele I-VIII, Săveni

ISMA vidusskola „Premjers”, Ryga

Gimnazija „Fran Galović ”, Koprivnica

PROTYPO PIRAMATIKO LYKIO PANEPISTIMIOY, Patras

ADIYAMAN MERKEZ INONU ILKOGRETIM OKULU, Adiyaman

General secondary school „ Georgi Izmirliev”, Gorna Oryahovista

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Geographical location of Poland in Europe

Warsaw- the capital of Poland

Cracow- one of the oldest Polish historical town

Wroclaw -the pearl of Lower Silesia

Toruń - the hometown of the greatest Polish astronomer- Nicolaus Copernicus

Gdańsk - - the most beautiful Polish costal town

Zabrze

Our town Zabrze- where we are

The” Nowy Theatre” is situated in the historic interior of the former Donersmack’s steelworks casino, which was built in 1901. Zabrze’s theatre started functioning in 1995. The theatre hosted many outstanding Polish and foreign actors and directors. Its performers very often leave its walls and perform in unusual places and interiors such as Botanical Garden or underground of “Królowa Luiza” Heritage Park.

The building of the Main Post Office was built in 1913.

Before the II Word War it used to be the most

luxurious hotel in Zabrze. In 1932 the highest floor of the building was destroyed in a

fire. After being converted an unexploited building is

currently waiting for a new owner.

Historic Coal Mine “ Guido” was carved out by human hand

in underground rocks in search of coal deposits. Its beginnings data back to the early second half of the 19th

century and the permission of mining was granted on 2nd

October 1855. The mine originally belonged to

Donnersmarck’s family, therefore it was given name

after its founder- count Guido Henckel von Donnersmarck –

the owner of Zabrze. Nowadays, the coal mine has

three levels- 80, 170,320 metres with drilled galleries, drifts and chambers. The tourist route is constituted of excavations on two levels- 170 and 320 which

are facilitated with exhibits enabling visitors to trace

development of the coal mine and get accustomed with the technologies applied at the

pivot of past centuries.

Steel House- the house was built within 26 days in 1927 as a building

experiment according to the design by the anonymous architect. The idea of

the building was to replace the traditional brick walls with metal

plates. The house is now often called “a tin” by the local people but on the

other hand it has admires who find it a very attractive monument.

Hotel Admiralspalst- built at the corner of two streets, between 1924 and 1928, the time of emancipation of

women, overwhelming jazz music and the culture inspired by art of ancient Egypt. The hotel was pre-

symbol of huge industrial city and the style of a design was an example of sophisticated American modernism

with the elements of Art Deco. It is worth mentioning that its construction is placed in the longest street in

Poland- Wolności Street ( The Street of Liberty) which full length is 8856 metre. Nowadays, the building is

administrated by the private owner.

St. Joseph Church- this is the most outstanding example of sacral architecture from between the war period. The church was built in expressionist style in 1931. Historians of art agree that since than in Upper Silesia more perfect temple has never been erected. The architect Dominikus Bohm from Koln himself describes his work of art as “the church brushed with paint of light, where darkness meets the light. The light is what the temple is made of, it creates unique reception and atmosphere. It is a symbol of absolute beauty and the church itself represents the road to salvation.

The oldest Pressure Tower in Zabrze as well as in Silesia - built in 1871.

The shaft “Maciej” in Maciejów was built in the first half of the 20th century as ventilating, auxiliary, transporting and principally draining shaft of the mine “Concordia’, extracting a very good and valuable at that time coking carbon. Nowadays, in front of the main gate to the site of mine there is, accessible for everyone, frame of drinkable water intake which surfaces directly from the bottom of “Maciej” shaft. This object due to its historical and educational values occurs on The Route of monuments of the technology of Silesian province.

Botanical Garden- it is one of the biggest botanical gardens in Silesia. On its territory there is over five thousand various specimens of trees, shrubs, and flowers that comes from nearly all over the word. We can distinguish two parts of the garden. First, the botanical part , kept in a French style with the regular ordered sections cut by paths. The second part is kept in English style with the pond inhabited by a pair of swans all the year. It is said that the Botanical Garden is the oasis of calmness, green and it is the jungle in the middle of the town.

Snapshots of our school

Our principal at work

The view of the classroom

An IT classroom

Our library and students during the break

Schoolactivities

European Days

...and students’

workshops in London

Students’ exchanges...

Our Silesian tradition

Our typical Silesian dinner - - a piece of meat called “rolada” filled

with bacon, onion and cucumber, dumplings and red sauerkraut.

Sports tradition in Zabrze - - the construction of the new football pitch of our local football team “Górnik Zabrze”