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Photo Gallery
Jelenia
Gora, Poland
900th
Anniversary Celebration
Tyler’s Sister City of Jelenia
Gora, Poland, celebrated their 900th Anniversary September 6 and their
Sister Cities across the globe were invited to attend. Our Tyler Mayor
Barbara Bass was made an honorary citizen along with other recognized
dignitaries. Unfortunately, with the invitation to participate arrived
in late August, Tyler Sister Cities was unable to participate or travel
to the community.
We are looking forward to other opportunities to connect
with our Polish friends in Jelenia Gora –a friendship that dates to
1996 when the group of 20 men and women of Jelenia Gora traveled to
Tyler as guests of The University of Texas at Tyler through then President
George Hamm, and participated in studying city government, schools,
judicial operations and economic adventures.
At that time, Jelenia Gora was emerging from a long
period of Communist domination. Since then, delegations of Jelenia
Gora citizens and Tyler Sister Cities have exchanged visits, most
recently in 2006, when a delegation of 8 from Tyler visited Jelenia
Gora, took part in a symposium of university and polytechnic higher
education facilities regarding student exchanges.
Can this be a recognition of their invitation and acknowledgement?
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2006
Visit |
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These
ornately carved life sized wooden beehives,
which are reconstructions and restorations of antique beehives
from the region, are located at the Natural History Museum in
the Cieplice spa district and are part of a project to preserve
beekeeping skills for the next generation.
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Captured by photographer Rod Mabry, Tyler
Sister Cities members Elaine Osborne, Merle Mabry,
Ellen Gage, Betty Bower, Chris Albertson, Richard Osborne, and
Louis Bower are seen walking the park trails in the Cieplice
spa district. To the right of Betty are Natural History Museum
Director Andrzej Paczos and Jelenia Gora city hall representative
Monika Jablonska. |
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The
Wojanowska Gate
and the tower at St. Anne’s Chapel are sights found in Jelenia
Gora’s city center on the way to the town square.
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This
ornate lecture hall
in the former Schaffgotsch Palace in the Cieplice spa district
has been used by the local branch campus of the Technical University
of Wroclaw since it opened in the palace in 1975. |
The
Chojnik Castle Hill
is south of Cieplice. The castle dates back to the 1300’s.
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Other
Archived Photos |
A
twinning ceremony in
Jelenia Gora,
Poland, during the Tyler Sister Cities delegation visit on May
22, 1993, shows President Norman Shtofman
signing the official document prior to a banquet held in an
army arsenal that was a former headquarters for the KGB in the
Polish community. The Jelenia Gora
mayor remarked that he had never been in the building during
the Russian era. |
Tyler
Sister Cities
member Juanita Smotherman (far right)
and travel guide pass by St. Anne's Church in Jelenia Gora on
a walking tour of the town.
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Twinning
ceremonies at Jelenia
Gora, Poland, on May 22, 1993, drew
a standing crowd of Tyler delegates. Left to right: Eunice
Chancellor, Ina Davidson, Jack Davidson, Dr. Sandra Cross Sayles,
Evalyn Free, Betty Bower and Bill
Martin.
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Tyler
Sister Cities delegates tour the city square of
Jelenia Gora,
Poland.
(L to R) Polish interpreter, Dr. Steve Rainwater
(UTT) Wanda Joyce, Margaret Perkins and Jody Martin.
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A
Tyler Sister Cities delegation boards a plane at Tyler Pounds
Field for the first leg of their May 1993 trip to
Jelenia Gora,
Poland. The group also plans travel to Germany and France before
the official twinning ceremony in Poland. Delegates included
Dr. and Mrs. George Joyce, Mr. and Mrs. George Oge,
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Morris, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bower, Mr. and
Mrs. Norman Shtofman, Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Smotherman and Dr. Sandra
Cross Sayles.
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