In June 1999 the Letter of Intent was signed concerning the cooperation with a German town Stendal. This 800 year-old German town is situated by the river Uchte 135 km from Berlin and 200 km from Hamburg. It is one of the biggest and most important towns in Altmark province which is inhabited by about 45 thousand people. Stendal is the economic, cultural and administrative centre of the region, known as ‘the heart of Altmark’. In 1160 it obtained municipal rights to become a flourishing town in the XVth century. The characteristic bricked buildings such as the cathedral, churches, town hall, as well as town gates Tangermunde and Uenglingen, were built at that time. The town received a prize for tradition cultivation, plans and good solutions introduced in monuments’ restoration domain which is presently its symbol. Local authorities took care of the particularly precious facades of the XVIIth and XVIIIth century buildings.
The cooperation of Puławy with the German town Stendal concerns the following domains: local government, education, sport, culture, youth exchange. The Initiative Group Puławy-Stendal has been functioning from the beginning of the cooperation, the leader of the group being Grzegorz Janusz – rector of the Puławy Higher School. At the turn of 1999 and 2000 Marek Pawulski, a teacher from Primary School nr 6 in Puławy, took part in an apprenticeship in Stendal, the goal of which was to get to know the town, its specific problems, organization of the schooling system and ways of working with teenagers, as well as developing personal friendships enabling further cooperation.
Mr and Mrs Pawulski visited Stendal in 2001 - between March 30 – April 2, during this visit official partnership relationships were established between Puławy Primary School nr 6 and Grundschule Nord. During the meetings elementary programme goals were devised concerning cooperation of these schools. The EXPO 2000 project was realised from 2 to 12 August 2000; teenagers from Pu?awy also took part in it. Groups of 10 students were invited from all partner towns of Stendal: Puławy, Lemgo, Beverley, Vandoeuvre, Svitavy, Grenoble. The goal of the project was the opportunity to meet young people from other partner towns, integration and improving knowledge concerning European countries. In January 2001 the European Cooperation Youth Club was created in the Public Gymnasium nr 1. Already in March the club established cooperation with the youth club Sud in Stendal. Twice a year young people meet during organized camps. All Puławy schools with good young sportsmen could took part in this project.
Apart from sports exchange, also soloists from the State Musical School in Puławy were invited by the Musical School in Stendal in June 2003 for the annual festivity „Music-und Kunstschul-Sommerfest”. Its celebrations were exceptional due to the 50th anniversary of the musical school in Stendal.
            COOPERATION WITH STENDAL IN 2010
Visit of delegation from Puławy on the annual Roland Festivity in Stendal
From 4th to 6th of June 2010 a delegation from Puławy at the invitation of our German partner town Stendal and participated in the annual Roland Festivity. A meeting was held with all the partner towns of Stendal: Svitavy, Lemgo and Puławy and the Mayor of Stendal. The meeting was an occasion for the representatives of the cities to exchange experiences. The Mayor of Stendal expressed a great interest in the flood situation in Poland. Organisers of the meeting invited the delegations for an excursion around Berlin.
    Sports cooperation of Puławy and Stendal
Lasting for many years sports cooperation of the School Sports Club *Olympic* is based on annual meetings of sportsmen from both cities: every year in October German sportsmen come to Puławy and each year in May Polish sportsmen from Puławy go to Germany.
The common aims set by the partners leading to continuation and development of friendly cooperation were accomplished? By participation in sports activities, competitions and friendship tournaments as well as by the participation in a cultural and bonding programme. Common realisation of the programme of the meeting enabled integration of Polish and German sportsmen, breaking intercultural boundaries, closer recognition/knowing of each other and making friendly relations. Close contacts and time spent together favoured improvement of communication abilities and practicing and developing language skills. Friendly and pleasant ambient of our meeting which was created by the participants favoured open and direct contacts and resulted in exchange of many sports and cultural experiences.
Visit of Polish sportsmen in Stendal
From 13th to 16th of May young sportsmen from Puławy visited their friends in Stendal. In the scope of the sports part of the programme matches of friendship in hand ball was organised. Athletes participated in the XIIIth International Athletic Competition ‘Wincklemann Games’. Tennis players took part in the Group Tournament in Table Tennis. In the integration and cultural part there were planned a common walk around the Old City, meetings in youth clubs, an excursion to Targenmunde together with sightseeing of a beautiful ancient old part of the city and a visit in Municipal Relax Centre ‘Altoa’ and in Relax Establishment by the Wischer lake. Everybody was very satisfied with realisation of the programme.
Visit of German sportsmen in Puławy
From 18th to 22nd of October 41 young sportsmen from Stendal were welcomed in Puławy. For the eleventh time the School Sports Club *Olympic* (Public Gymnasium No.1) organised a stay of German delegation in Puławy.
In the scope of the meeting the friendly sports cooperation in athletics, hand ball and table tennis between our sportsmen and the German sportsmen from the club Stendaler LV*92, Post SV Stendal and ESV lok Stendal was continued. During the stay of German sportsmen in Puławy matches of friendship in hand ball, the fourth common athletics tournaments and the third friendship tournament in table tennis were organised. The German guests started their stay in Puławy with a short welcoming meeting in which participated organisers of cooperation and representatives of activists, couches and competitors representing gymnasiums and sports clubs of Puławy.
Festival of Partner Towns 4th-7th of June 2011
On 4th-7th of June 2011 the Festival of Partner Towns was organised. Participants of this event were delegations from the following partner towns of Puławy: Bojarka (Ukraine), Douai (France), Dublany (Ukraine), Nieśwież (Belarus), Nieuwegein (Holland) and Stendal (Germany). For the first time the city of Puławy was organiser of the Festival of Partner Towns as the winner of the European Diploma. The meeting, just like each year, was an opportunity to exchange experiences and to prepare plans for the future. On 5th of June there was a Partner Towns’ Football Tournament in which teams from Bojarka (Ukraine), Douai (France) and Puławy participated. The matches ended in victory of Bojarka. During breaks of football matches there were performances of POPCORN – a group of cheerleaders from Stendal. During one of the breaks the final of arts competition for pupils of kindergartens and primary schools titled “Europe for Euro 2012” was announced. It was the second edition of the competition related to celebration of the Festival of Partner Towns. In the afternoon, on the Vistula Boulevard during the Festival of Sea Song GREEN HORN there was a concert of a Dutch group YAZZOO from Nieuwegein. On Monday, on 6th of June delegations visited high schools of Puławy. Teachers and students prepared debates concerning European integration. Some of the propositions were: hare and hounds, charades, discussions, workshops. Among the discussed subjects there were: educational system in France, stereotypes about Polish and German people, sports and exceptional attitudes of sportsmen. In the afternoon delegations had an opportunity to visit the Museum of Czartoryskis where they acquainted themselves with a presentation titled ‘The Czartoryskis Family in the context of Europe’.
Certainly, contact which was established between the participants of the meetings will develop and change into a permanent cooperation. During the Festival of Partner Towns there was also a meeting of mayors of Nieuwegein and Puławy during which the directions for future cooperation were set. The guests were also offered to visit the biggest municipal investments in Puławy: The Science and Technological Park of Puławy and football stadium.
The Festival of Partner Towns received a co-financing from The Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency in the scope of ‘Europe for Citizens 2007-2014’ programme.
               Our delegation visited Stendal
On 1st-3rd of July 2011 our delegation participated in the annual Roland Festival in Stendal. Delegation of Puławy included: Ewa Wójcik- Deputy Mayor of Puławy, Sławomir Seredyn- Chairman of the Sports and Tourism Committee of the City Council and Marcin Czajka- driver. Besides taking part in celebration of the Roland Festival, our delegation had an opportunity to to see the biggest cellulose factory in Europe.
The visit was an opportunity to strenghten the partnership between the towns and to discuss the mutual cooperation.
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