Osiedle Zielone Wzgórza, Białystok Explained

Zielone Wzgórza
Settlement Type:District (osiedle) of Białystok
Coordinates:53.1223°N 23.1045°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Poland
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Podlaskie
Subdivision Type2:City
Subdivision Name2:Białystok
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:1.186
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Area Code:+48 85
Registration Plate:BI

Zielone Wzgórza is one of the districts of the Polish city of Białystok.

History

The district was constructed from the mid 80s. Alongside with the construction of the buildings, the then pastor of the Catholic parish of st. Andrzej Bobola in Starosielce, he initiated the construction of a new church at the junction of Słoneczny Stok and Zielone Wzgórza. In 1984, the faithful began to pray in a makeshift chapel. Two years later, the construction of the St. Jadwiga Church, designed by Marian Szymański.[2]

The dominant type of buildings within Zielone Wzgorza are four-floor apartment buildings with balconies, and small business area on the 1st floor of the outside wall of the buildings set-up in the shape of a letter "U." In the middle of each U-shaped grouping of buildings there are parking lot, recreational area for small children, trash disposal, and place to clean rugs and carpets as well as low growing coniferous trees and grass. Each unit within a given building is assigned a basement cell as well as parking space.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Program rewitalizacji miasta Białegostoku na lata 2017-2023 . pl.
  2. https://osiedlownik.blogspot.com/2019/10/soneczny-stok-zielone-wzgorza-lesna.html SŁONECZNY STOK /ZIELONE WZGÓRZA / LEŚNA DOLINA