34 Facts About Lublin

Lublin is the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland.

Lublin thrived as a centre of trade and commerce due to its strategic location on the route between Vilnius and Krakow; the inhabitants had the privilege of free trade in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

Lublin witnessed the early stages of Reformation in the 16th century.

Until the partitions at the end of the 18th century, Lublin was a royal city of the Crown Kingdom of Poland.

In 1578, Lublin was chosen as the seat of the Crown Tribunal, the highest appeal court in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and for centuries, the city has been flourishing as a centre of culture and higher learning.

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In 2011, the analytical Financial Times Group found Lublin to be one of the best cities for business in Poland.

Lublin is noted for its green spaces and a high standard of living; the city has been selected as the 2023 European Youth Capital.

Lublin was founded as a town by Wladyslaw I the Elbow-high or between 1258 and 1279 during the rule of the prince Boleslaw V the Chaste.

In 1474, the area around Lublin was carved out of Sandomierz Voivodeship and combined to form the Lublin Voivodeship, the third voivodeship of Lesser Poland.

In 1877, a railway connection to Warsaw and Kovel and Lublin Station were constructed, spurring industrial development.

Lublin's population grew from 28,900 in 1873 to 50,150 in 1897.

On June 24,1940, the Germans carried out mass arrests of over 800 Poles in Lublin, who were then imprisoned in the castle, along with dozens of Poles who were arrested at the same time in other towns in the region, including Biala Podlaska, Chelm, Pulawy.

Many Poles from or associated with Lublin, including 94 lecturers, alumni and students of the Catholic University of Lublin were murdered by the Soviets in the large Katyn massacre in April–May 1940.

Lublin has a humid continental climate with cold, damp winters and warm summers.

Lublin region is a part of eastern Poland, which has benefited less from the economic transformation after 1989 than regions of Poland located closer to Western Europe.

However, the Lublin area has to be one of the main beneficiaries of the EU development funds.

Lublin has direct train connections with Rzeszow, Szczecin, Gdynia and other Polish cities and towns in the region as Naleczow, Chelm or Zamosc.

Lublin is located at the intersection of expressways S12, S17 and S19.

Lublin is one of only four towns in Poland to have trolleybuses.

Lublin is the largest city in eastern Poland and serves as an important regional cultural capital.

The frescos at the Holy Trinity Chapel in Lublin Castle are a mixture of Roman Catholic motifs with eastern Byzantine styles, reinforcing how the city connects the west with the east.

Lublin is a city with a proactive approach towards filmmaking industry.

In 2008, Lublin collaborated with Ukrainian Lviv, to film and distribute promotional materials which painted both cities as attractive to the filmmaking industry.

Lublin aims to be known as the Polish Capital of Festivals.

In 2007, Lublin joined the group of Polish cities as candidates for the title of European Capital of Culture.

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Lublin is a pilot city of the Council of Europe and the European Commission Intercultural cities programme.

Lublin is the capital of the province called Lublin Voivodeship, a province created in 1999.

Lublin has an official flag, a 5:8 rectangle divided into three horizontal stripes: white, green, and red.

Lublin is divided into 27 administrative divisions : Abramowice, Bronowice, Czechow Poludniowy, Czechow Polnocny, Czuby Poludniowe, Czuby Polnocne, Dziesiata, Felin, Glusk, Hajdow-Zadebie, Kalinowszczyzna, Konstantynow, Kosminek, Ponikwoda, Rury, Slawin, Slawinek, Stare Miasto, Szerokie, Srodmiescie, Tatary, Weglin Poludniowy, Weglin Polnocny, Wieniawa, Wrotkow, Za Cukrownia, Zemborzyce.

Lublin is a pilot city of the Council of Europe and the EU Intercultural cities programme.

In 2017, Lublin was awarded the Europe Prize by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

In 2023, Lublin was selected as the European Youth Capital by international jury of the European Youth Forum.

Lublin is a signatory of the European charter for equality of women and men in local life.

Lublin, Wisconsin is a village in Taylor County in the United States, while Lublin, Moldova was a Jewish agricultural colony founded during the Russian Empire in what is the village of Niemirowka in 1842.