Welcome to Leszno

SPREAD YOUR WINGS!

64 000 inhabitants

One of major towns of Greater Poland

Poznań – 80 km Wrocław – 100 km Warszawa – 350 km Berlin – 340 km Prague – 340 km

UNDER THE LESZNO SKY – gliding picnic

Biggest sports grass airfield in Europe

World Gliding Championships:1958, 1968, 2003

UNDER THE LESZNO SKY

Center for flight sports: gliders, hot air baloons, microflights

Central Gliding Schools of the Polish Aeroclub: trainings, licences, free time

Successes of the local team

SPEEDWAY PASSION and…

Organisation of

international events

Other disciplines where Leszno is famous from:

fencing

basketball

swimming

speedbiking

bowling

SPEEDWAY PASSION and…

Numerous sports and recreation events in Leszno

1547 – establishing of the town

LESZNO REGION THE RIGHT ROYAL WAY! - history

LESZNO REGION THE RIGHT ROYAL WAY!

Leszno is connected with king Stanisław Leszczyński through its history

Celebrations of „Return of the King”

LESZNO REGION THE RIGHT ROYAL WAY!

Historic buildings of Leszno

LESZNO REGION THE RIGHT ROYAL WAY!

Cultural, active, country tourism

We welcome the tourists in the region the right royal way!

CULTURAL INSPIRATIONS

Amateur clubs, workshops

Leszno DaysSummer fairReturn of the KingJazz workshops

May picnic with ABCGliding picnic

Dog shows

PERIODIC EVENTS

OPEN FOR BUSINESS

Leszno – economic centre of the region8600 economic entities

TRADE AND SERVICES

Main sectors: clothing, furniture, metal, machine and food industries

INDUSTRY

OPEN FOR BUSINESS

2 special investment zones VASA and IDEA

HIGHER STANDARD SCHOOLS

12 primary schools

12 low secondary schools

8 basic vocational schools

7 secondary schools

3 specialized secondary schools

15 technical schools

HIGHER STANDARD SCHOOLS

Higher education schools in Leszno: Higher Vocational State School Higher Schools of Humanities Higher School of Marketing and Management

3 higher education schools = 7 500 students

THE EUROPEAN WAY

Partner towns:

Friendly towns: St. Pölten, Sisak, Stryj, Zweibrücken, Batouri

Suhl (Germany) since 1984Deurne (Holland) since 1999Montluçon (France) since 2004

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