DREZDENKO

My hometown - DREZDENKO:)

Usually, when I mention the name of my hometown people say something like: "Hmm... Yeeees... And where is it? " or "What?! Could you repeat that, please?" Yeah... And I give its location. It's the easiest way...

But if you want to know more (and I know that you want;D )...


ENJOY!!! :)

Drezdenko is a small town in Lubuskie. It's about 40 km east of Gorzów Wielkopolski. The river that flows through Drezdenko is Noteć (it's not like Wisła or Warta but still;D ). My hometown is situated in the Noteć forest. That's why forests constitute about 75% of the surface of Drezdenko district. I must say that the area near Drezdenko is REALLY beautiful. It's because of all those wooden areas, as well as, many lakes.

The place I associate with my childhood is Zagórze (it's near my town). I spent there two weeks of my summer holidays every year. It was great!!!

Look at those beautiful views!

I love this photo!

Do you hear it?
No?
It's called silence...

I associate Zagórze with fishing. The man in the picture that's my dad:) He's a keen angler.






Memories..ooh yes;)



Have you ever gone canoeing?
NO?!
You have to try it in Noteć forest!
You won't regret it!:) I don't!
It was fantastic!
Just look...

As I've already mentioned Drezdenko is a small town. It has a population of 12000. It has only 10,74 square kilometres. There aren't any shopping centers in my lovely hometown but...who cares!
I can always go to Stary Browar or Plaza in Poznań, or to Galeria Askana in Gorzów Wielkopolski.


Drezdenko got the title of "Krajowy Mistrz Gospodarności". Even twice! It was in 1967 and 1976. Nowadays it wouldn't get it because of, for example, the high unemployment. Unfortunatelly...;(


Drezdenko's license plates are FSD. Do you know what it stands for? It stands for "Fabryka Samochodów Drezdenko";). I agree with it, and my friends as well. In my hometown many people are dealing in cars. I've heard that even people from the eastern Poland come to Drezdenko to buy cars. It's an interesting fact.



From the very beginning of its existence Drezdenko had different names. In historical documents we can come across such names as "Drizina", "Drecen", "Driesen", "Dersen", "Droczen", "Dirzen", "Drezen", "Dirczen", "Drczen", "Drdzen". The most well-known names are, however, "Drzeń" or "Drżeń". Contemporary name was based on German name "Driesen". I have the impression that all those names create something like a tongue-twister. Don't you think?:DDD



I associate Drezdenko with my education - schools, friends, teachers...


The building of the elementary school and then the junior high school I attended is in reality a baroque palace dating from the 18th century (exactly 1766)! It has an intersting history. I must say that it's beautiful. I liked this place a lot. It was a real pleasure to learn in such a place!:)




Inside...



My high school, on the other hand, was a totally new building...




There are some other historic buildings like, for instance,..








Neo-Gothic church dedicated to the Transfiguration(1896-1902)










Neo-Gothic town hall (1884)














A water tower














Museum - I can't even count the number of times I have visited this place:)










You may say: "Drezdenko? Nothing interesting". Maybe... But for me it's a place where I was born; a place where I was growing up. It's obvious that now I spend much more time in Poznań than in Drezdenko. When I was younger and staying all the time only in Drezdenko I thought that it's such an extremely boring place where completely nothing is going on. But now, when I'm a little bit older, I appreciate Drezdenko. Sometimes I even miss it (especially when I'm waiting for a bus or tram -> in Drezdenko there are no buses and no trams; you can get everywhere on foot;D ). When I'm at home I can have a rest - it's not as noisily as in Poznań. I often repeat: "It's great in Drezdenko!" ;D