By the turn of the 18th and 19th century Upper Silesia had evolved to a leading European mining and industrial basin. Most notable among its fast-growing urban centres was Zabrze, site of the 1791-opened Queen Luiza coalpit.  >>

I have wondered about it for many years… Early in the 1990s, together with a few other enthusiasts, we decided to rescue this post-Cistercian Abbey, once the biggest Cistercian monastery in the world, and generally considered as the “Pearl of the Silesian Baroque”. Some might say that such enthusiasts rescuing historic relics are many and that is surely and fortunately true. But there is only one Lubiąż, magnificent for its size and beauty of its style. >>

The 40,000-strong borough of Police covers slightly over 25,142 hectares in the northwest of Zachodniopomorskie province, immediately north of the region's capital Szczecin. >>

The growth and development of Łódź at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries is to a great extent attributed to the Łódź Jewish inhabitants. Their active involvement in the city’s economic, social and cultural life helped to create early last century a then-modern Łódź and its industrial power in the steam-engine era. >>

Situated in North-Eastern Poland Gołdap spa is one of a handful of Polish communes where tourism can be practiced throughout the year. >>

Elbląg is a city of 127,000 inhabitants. It is situated in northern Poland not far from the Baltic Sea and the Vistula Lagoon The attractive landscape and rich history, as well as the city’s charm pull in growing numbers of visitors from Poland and foreign countries. >>

Częstochowa is among the fastest-growing Polish cities. One of its main assets for investors is its convenient location in central-south Poland on the European North-South transport corridor, 70 kilometres from the Silesian industrial basin, 120 kilometres from Łódź and 110 kilometres from Kraków. Also nearby are the international airports Balice and Pyrzowice. >>

Czeladź spreads over 1,640 hectares in the northeastern part of Śląskie province (Silesia), in what is known as the Katowice Agglomeration or Upper-Silesian Industrial Basin. The 34,000-strong city is Upper Silesia’s oldest urban centre and one of the earliest on Polish territory (first mentioned under its present name in 1228). >>