1. WELCOME in Opole StudyVisit MODN Opole 2011 Janusz Berdzik

3. Inhabitants: about 1 mln

6. The western part of Upper Silesia (Silesia Superior)

7. Principalities: opolsko – raciborskie, opawskie, karniowskie, cieszyńskie, bytomskie

8. Historical capital - Opole

9. Meeting point of cultures: Polish, German, Czech (Moravian), Silesian

10. Intensivecolonizationinthe 13th century

14. Thebase of nonmaterialheritageisconstituted by thestrongbondwiththetraditonsdemonstrated by thelocalinhabitantswhocultivatecustoms, dialect, localcostumes and folk art.

15. Numeroushistorical and architecturalobjects and buildings, historicalurban and rurallayouts, park complexes, ‘smallarchitecture’ elements and historicalfurnishingaretheexamples of materialheritage of the region.

17. 1950:

18. > 50% localinhabitants

19. ~ 25% immigrantsfromeasternterritories of Poland

20. ~ 23% immigrantsfrom central Poland

21. 2002:

22. 5,5% bornabroad

23. 10% of bornabroad – in Germany and France

24. 81% withonlyPolishcitizenship

25. 15,6% with German citizenship (156,6 tys.)

27. 16 districts – absolutemajority

28. rulesin 29 towns and districts

29. 43% of alldistrictcouncillors

30. 2 starosts

31. in 3 districts: majority

32. regionalcouncil: 6 councillors,

33. deputyhead of regionalcouncil

34. languageeducation

36. Opole provinceis one of thebestdeveloped regions as far as infrastructureisconcerned - density of public roadsnetworkis 90.9 km per 100 squarekms. The most important for thesouth part of Poland motorway A-4 runsthrough Opole province. Itisthe part of transEuropeanroutefrom Berlin to Kiev.

37. Food industry hasthebiggestshareinthewhole industrial production of the region. The most importantsegments arefruit and vegetableprocessing, dairyproduction and confectionery as well as bakery.

38. Thenextequallyimportant industry isthe chemical one. Itisbased on theproduction of basic chemicals and in a lesserdegree on theproduction of domesticdetergents.

39. The third element of regional industry istheproduction on thebasis of nonmetallic resources. The most importantare cement industry, concrete and plaster production and theproduction of glass and glass products.

41. Around 990 Opole togetherwiththewhole Silesia was joined to Poland by Mieszko I.

43. Opole TechnicalUniversity,

44. Public Medical College,

45. Wyższa Szkoła Zarządzania i Administracji,

46. Wyższa Szkoła Bankowa we Wrocławiu - Wydział Ekonomiczny

48. Józef Elsner Philharmonic Orchestra

49. Opole Amphitheatre Since June 1963 roku, except 1982, National Festival of Polish Song hastaken place here. ThereisalsoNational Centre of Polish Song theamphitheatre.

50. Climatic and natural characteristics of the Opole province make it a great place for the development of tourism. Thanks to the lie of the landyoucanrelaxherebothinsummer and winter.

51. Dinopark – theuniqueintheworldpaleothologicalfind of theoldestprimitiveancestors of dinosaursin Krasiejów isthefantasticchance for our region to becomeknown on the international science arena.

52. Thankyou for yourattention