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Zamość hosts the following cultural events: concerts of music performed by the Karol Namysłowski Symphonic Orchestra in Zamość and by Polish artists representing different kinds of music, Zamość Days of Music ( Zamojskie Dni Muzyki ) and International Meetings of Jazz Singers ( Międzynarodowe Spotkania Wokalistów Jazzowych ), which is a tribute to Mieczysław Kosz, a great blind jazz player and composer who used to combine his jazz music with the Polish folk.
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In 1809 the city was incorporated to the Napoleonic Duchy of Warsaw whereas after the fall of Napoleon, following the decisions taken during the Congress of Vienna in 1815, Zamość became a part of the Kingdom of Poland, also called Congress Poland, which was controlled by the Russian Empire.
The following day the Bolshevik units continued their advance towards Zamość, but found the Polish mobile defence difficult to break.
Kraków Department was formed following the annexation of Austrian Galicia by the Duchy of Warsaw in 1809 including areas of Zamość and Kraków.
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* 1941 to 1944 Expulsion of Poles from Zamość region was performed in November 1941, and continued by June / July 1943 which was code named Wehrwolf Action I and II to make room for German ( and to a lesser extent, Ukrainian ) settlers as part of Nazi plans for establishment of German colonies in the conquered territories.
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Town Hall of Zamość by Bernardo Morando
Zamość was planned by the renowned Paduan architect Bernardo Morando and modelled on Renaissance theories of the ideal city.
Zamość was founded in 1580 by the Chancellor and Hetman ( head of the army of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth ) Jan Zamoyski, on the trade route linking western and northern Europe with the Black Sea.
Modelled on Italian trading cities, and built during the Baroque period by the architect Bernardo Morando, a native of Padua, Zamość remains a perfect example of a Renaissance town of the late 16th century, which retains its original layout and fortifications ( Zamość Fortress ), and a large number of buildings blending Italian and central European architectural traditions.
Only during the Great Northern War Zamość was occupied by the Swedish and Saxon troops.
After Poland regained its independence in 1918, Zamość witnessed the outbreak of a communist revolt, suppressed by the Polish troops under the command of Major Leopold Lis-Kula.
The settlement rights given by Jan Zamoyski were re-confirmed in 1684 by Marcin Zamoyski, the fourth Ordynat of Zamość estate.
Following the German invasion and outbreak of World War II, in September 1939 Zamość was seized by the German army.
Reichsfuhrer Himmler visited Zamość in August 1942 and ordered that the buildings of the old city be demolished immediately and replaced by a " German town ".
This settlement was met with fierce armed resistance by Polish Underground forces ( see Zamość Uprising ).
The square is surrounded by a complex of arcaded houses that were built by the richest Zamość merchants.
Namely the building, which was built by Szymon Piechowicz from Turobin, a chemist and a professor of medicine at the Zamość Academy, still houses a chemist's.
In 1636 the house was bought by another professor of the Zamość Academy, Andrzej Abrek who turned it into a splendid edifice with an arcaded portal, triangular top and three stone doors in the hallway.
The festival is organised in Zamość Old Town by the Zamość Jazz Club to commemorate Mieczysław Kosz.
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Zamoyski's success with Zamość spawned numerous other Polish nobles to found their own " private " cities, such as Białystok.
Rosa Luxemburg ( Rosalia Luxemburg, ; 5 March 1871, Zamość, Vistula Land, Russia – 15 January 1919, Berlin, Germany ) was a Marxist theorist, philosopher, economist and revolutionary socialist of Polish Jewish descent who became a naturalized German citizen.
Zamoyski's success with Zamość spawned numerous other Polish nobles to found their own " private " cities such as Białystok and many of these towns survive today, while Zamość was added to the UN World Heritage list in 1992 and is today considered one of the most precious urban complexes in Europe and in the world.
The district maintains partnerships with the district Delitzsch in the Free State of Saxony and the Polish commune of Zamość.
It was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Lublin, Chełm, Zamość, Biała Podlaska and ( partially ) Tarnobrzeg and Siedlce Voivodeships, pursuant to Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998.
In Galicia to the south, General Semyon Budyonny's cavalry advanced far into the Polish rear, capturing Brodno and approaching Lwów and Zamość.
Stalin had then disobeyed his orders and ordered his forces to close on Zamość, as well as Lwów – the largest city in southeastern Poland and an important industrial center, garrisoned by the Polish 6th Army.
Moving through weakly defended areas, Budyonny's cavalry reached the city of Zamość on 29 August and attempted to take it in the Battle of Zamość ; however, he soon faced an increasing number of Polish units diverted from the successful Warsaw counteroffensive.
The Soviet forces were intercepted and defeated by Polish cavalry at the Battle of Komarów near Zamość, the largest cavalry battle since 1813 and one of the last cavalry battles in history.
Among other things he was responsible for: crushing rebellion in the extermination camps, setting up forced labour camps, the employment of police and SS in the evacuations of people from Warsaw ghettos, the execution of Aktion Erntefest, the so-called " anti-partisan " fighting in the General Government, and the driving out of over 1, 000, 000 Polish farmers from the area around Zamość.
Affectionately called by her Polish name, " Justyna ", she lived in Ukraine for a year, but spent most of her childhood in the village of Wożuczyn near Zamość, Poland.
In July the Polish resistance carried out the country-wide Operation Tempest, and in the Zamość region the town of Szczebrzeszyn and Zamość itself were freed by the partisans.
* Relief for the expelled from Polish areas annexed by Germany, Zamość area, Volhynia and residents of Warsaw during and after the Warsaw Uprising
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In addition, the other companies include: a daughter company of the Black Red White furniture company ( former Zamojskie Furniture Company ), the Spomasz Zamość SA industrial and metal hardware producer, the SIPMOT agricultural machinery producer ( a branch of the SIPMA Group from Lublin and a branch of Stalprodukt ( former Metalplast )-producer of metal hardware and equipment from Bochnia, listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In addition, the admirers of open-air performances can enjoy the Zamość Summer Theatre ( Zamojskie Lato Teatralne ) whereas enthusiasts of folk art can relish the performances of folk groups from all over the world during the annual " EUROFOLK " International Folk Festival.
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Zamość (; ; German: Zamosch ) is a town in southeastern Poland with 66, 633 inhabitants ( 2004 ), situated in the south-western part of Lublin Voivodeship ( since 1999 ), about from Lublin, from Warsaw and from the border with Ukraine.
Zamość was the hometown of many prominent Jews, including poet Solomon Ettinger ( 1799 – 1855 ), writer Isaac Leib Peretz ( 1852 – 1915 ), and political activist Rosa Luxemburg ( 1870 – 1919 ).
Before the war, there were 300, 000 Jews living in the region, which became the site of the Majdanek and Belzec concentration camps as well as several labour camps ( Trawniki, Poniatowa, Budzyn, Puławy, Zamość, Biała Podlaska, and the Lublin work camps Lindenstraße 7 ( Lipowa Street ), Flugplatz, and Sportplatz ) which produced military supplies for the Wehrmacht and Luftwaffe ).
Situated in the Lublin Voivodeship ( since 1999 ), previously in Zamość Voivodeship ( 1975-1998 ), near Roztocze National Park.
On the other hand, much of Lesser Poland – Nowy Sącz and Przemyśl ( 1772 – 1918 ), Zamość ( 1772 – 1809 ), Lublin ( 1795 – 1809 ), Kraków ( 1846 – 1918 ) – did become part of Austrian Galicia.
Soon afterwards, however, Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich of Russia demanded that Zamość should remain a militarized city ( see Zamość Fortress ), and civilian authorities ( police, courts, criminal prison ) moved between 1817 and 1827 to Janów.
Jan Zamoyski ( also known as Jan Zamojski, Ioannes de Zamość ) ( 1542 – 1605 ), was a Polish-Lithuanian nobleman, magnate, 1st duke / ordynat of Zamość.
After several major battles against German units ( the most notable being the battles of Wojda, Róża and Zaboreczno ), the Germans had to halt the expulsions and in the end very few German settlers were brought to the area ( see Zamość Uprising ).
He was worried that an attack by the Hungarian reinforcements would come from a side road to Marosvásárhely ( now Târgu Mureş, in Romania ), so he defended it with three rifle regiments from Zamość, 16 cannon, 5 sapper battalions, 4 squadrons from Prince de Nassau ulan regiment, one division of horse and a Cossack squadron.
Petro ’ s teachers were monks from the Lviv brotherhood and later, he continued his studies of classical literature in Latin, Greek, Polish, and Ukrainian languages at the academy in Zamość ( the Zamojski Academy ), founded in 1594 by Polish Crown Chancellor Jan Zamoyski.
* Jan Tomasz Zamoyski ( 1912 – 2002 ), Polish Armed Forces and Home Army soldier, Polish Senator, the last Ordynat of Zamość estate
* Marcin Zamoyski ( born 30 October 1947 ), president of Zamość ( 1990-92, since 2002 )
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