 Location
Gierałtowice is a quite big commune in Silesian’s province. It is
an area of over 39 km2, the half of which is ploughland, and 11%
are forests. The commune has no more than 10574 inhabitants. The
neighbourhood consists of big industrial aglomerations – Gliwice,
Zabrze, Knurów. That is why you can find some shafts and factory
chimneys while admiring the landscape. In spite of that, in the
commune there are also few picturesque and calm places.
History
The commune dates back to 1977. It consists of six villages: Bujaków,
Chudów, Gierałtowice, Ornontowice, Paniówki and Przyszowice. In
1991, according to the inhabitants’ suggestion, Ornontowice became
an autonomical commune. Since 1995 Bujaków has been dependent on
the administration of Mikołów.
The first mention of the village called Gierałtowice comes from
the end of 13th century, after the 3rd Tatar invasion. Up to the
information gathered in the church books, Chudów was developing
in 1193 – 1318. All the information we know about Paniówki were
found in notes from 1305 when it was a part of Paniowy. One of the
first information about Przyszowice also comes from 1305.
In the commune there are a lot of monuments which are symbols of
its great history. These are: the Castle from 17th century in Chudów,
that is already partly renovated or the Palace with a beautiful
park in Przyszowice.
Infrastructure
The strong diversity of the commune could be treated as
a reason of its dynamic development and the feature that makes it
attractive for investors. Along one of the borders two motorways
A1 and A 4 cross. The whole area of Gierałtowice’s commune is cut
with 150 km roads.
The communal infrastructure makes the water supply, which length
is 155 km and the gas supply – 25 km. However, just now the location
of the gas distributing network is concentrated in Gierałtowice,
but after a few years it will spread among the whole commune. Another
attractive features of the infrastructure are good conditions of
the telephone and teletype service and permanent development of
communication technologies.
Sewage treatment plants are a rare element of the communal infrastructure,
only in the neighbourhood of the public services. But in the nearest
future the building of the communal sanitary sewers and the main
sewage treatment plant in Przyszowice is planned. According to the
demands of the European Union the Gierałtowice’s commune undertakes
more and more activities to make the condition of the natural environment
better, e.g. exchanging central heating stoves for the ecological
ones, and, what is more, selecting rubbish.
The modernization of the communal structure is easier because of
the help that comes from the Union’s funds. Day after day Gieraltowice’s
commune becomes more interesting not only for investors but for
new inhabitants as well.
Culture
and education
The cultural area of Gierałtowice’s commune is quite extended.
It includes: choirs (Słowik from Przyszowice, Cecylia from Paniówki,
Bel Canto from Chudów, Skowronek from Gieraltowice), a Communal
Public Library with 3 branches, a Farm-mistress world in each village,
4 athletic clubs (Tempo Paniówki, Gwiazda Chudów, 35 Gierałtowice,
Jedność Przyszowice), 4 units of Volunteer Fire – brigades, many
organizations and associations. Among the culutral events the most
popular are “Śląskie Gody” in May and “Trojok Śląski” in September.
In Gierałtowice’s commune there are 4 kindergartens, 4 primary schools
and 3 grammar-schools.
Laisure
The Gierałtowice’s commune offers its inhabitants many interesting
forms of active leisure. There are modern fields, gym halls in school’s
neighbourhood and playgrounds near kindergartens. Finally, one of
the future planned enterprise is a communal swimming-pool.
Prizes
and awards
Gierałtowice’s commune in 2003 got the second prize in a national
competition for the best lighted up commune. The competition was
organized by the Association of Warsaw’s and Mazowsze’s Employers.
Gierałtowice’s commune was submitted in the category: “Lightning
up of a chosen space or building”.
In the same year Gierałtowice’s commune was found in the “Golden
Hundred” (“Złota Setka”) of the town councils on 65th place, and,
what is more, 46th place in the category of expenditures on pupils
from primary schools and junior high schools.
In 2004 Gierałtowice’s commune had 3rd place in a contest of communal
lighting investments in the category “Complex investments and modernisations
of lighting the streets and roads up”. The contest was organized
by the Association of Warsaw’s and Mazowsze’s Employers.
In 2005 the commune was honoured for the modernisation of lighting
the palace in Przyszowice. The nationwide contest was organized
by the Association of Warsaw’s and Mazowsze’s Employers, the editorial
staff of “The Newspaper of Town Council and Administration” (“Gazeta
Samorządu i Administracji”), SOMA Agency, National Agency for Respecting
the Energy and the editorial staff of Polish Roads.
In 2005 Gierałtowice’s commune for the second time was found in
the “Golden Hundred” on the 45th place, with the 30% share of investments’
expenditures of the commune’s budget on one inhabitant.
A
register of the most important imvestments in years: 2004-2006.
Not only projects and execution of ventures are a proof of dynamic
development of the commune, but also the achievments from last years
in thess fields. Beneath, some examples of finished ventures, which
help the inhabitants of our commune, are presented:
- extension and modernisation of a primary school and junior high
school in Gierałtowice
- building a complex of football pitches in Chudów (pitches, pavements,
lighting system, green areas)
- building a complex of pitches near the primary school and junior
high school in Przyszowice
- modernisation of a building of Voluntary Fire Brigade in Gierałtowice
- redecoration of a historic elevation of the palace in Przyszowice,
and moreover, making a lighting system
- conversion of K.Miarki Street in Przyszowice, Ligonia Street in
Gierałtowice, Szkolna Street in Chudów
- from 2004 to September 2006 changed and built 13km of a water
supply system and 7,4km of water terminals in the commune.
In 2005, a “strategy for Gierałtowice’s commune’s development for
years 2005-2015” and “A Plan for the Local Development for the years
2005-2008” were passed on a meeting of the city council (Rada Gminy).
Moreover, a “Plan of Spacial Developing”, “A Strategy of Solving
Social Problems for the years 2005-2015” and “A Strategy of Promoting
the Commune” were accepted. The main mission of Gierałtowice’s commune,
written down in the strategy of the Development of Gierałtovice’s
commune, is shaping the commune as the one, which is friendly to
the inhabitants who live in detached houses, who care of the solidarity
and ties between each other, and, moreover, who care of health,
education, public security, environment and the development of the
culture.
Gierałtowice’s commune is the one which uses the advantages of the
countryside concerning the tourists’ needs and, furthermore, it
takes care of the increase of the innovation and competition of
the local economy, that is of small and medium enterprises and farms.
The duty of the present and future commune’s authorities is to
ensure Gierałtowice’s commune’s inhabitants a high level of the
quality of life by:
- the increase of the innovation and competition of the local economy
- the support of the argiculture’s development
- the improvement of the environment
- the creation of proper conditions to the development of tourism
- the increase of the access to education, culture and sport
- a better care of saving inhabitant’s health
- ensuring a public safety
- the minimalization of the unemployment
- the creation of proper living conditions
A schedule of the most important investments for the years
2007-2010.
Among the planned projects are:
- building the communal sewage system together with sewage treatment
plant
- building Graniczna Street which would link directly Gierałtowice
with “Sośnica” on A-1 and A-4 motorways
- building an indoor swimming-pool in Paniówki
- multifunctional energy complexes (a source of clear energy) supplying
the public use buildings and an educational-sports complex with
a swimming-pool
- building a complex of football pitches for a primary school and
a junior high school in Gierałtowice
- revaluation of the “Landscape’s Park” in Przyszowice (reconstruction
of the pond, paths and alleys near the palace)
- building of the new health centre in Gierałtowice and redecoration
of these buildings in the remaining districts
- modernization of the buildings of the old school in Paniówki and
Przyszowice
- building the communal community centre in Gierałtowice
- creating Tourist-Cultural Information Centre in Chudów
- rebuilding Dworska Street and building a bicycle path, one-sided
pavement and a parking – a part from Topolowa Street in Chudów to
Voluntary Fire Brigade’s building in Paniówki. This investment is
co-funded by the European Union from the financial resources of
the European Fund for the Regional Development and Country’s Budget.
- modernization of football pitches in all districts, and building
a sport hall in Przyszowice.
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