About Lebork

The town of Lêbork has very convenient transport linkages, as it lies next to international car route E28 From Gdañsk to Szczecin (country road no. 6). Only 30 km north of Lêbork lies coastal town of £eba, with fishery port and a yacht marina; and the S³owiñski National Park with moving sand dunes, which are unique in whole Europe.

65 km east of Lêbork lies Tricity (agglomeration of joint cities of: Gdañsk, Sopot and Gdynia), and 55 km west of Lêbork lays S³upsk. The nearest maritime port is Gdynia, 60km from Lêbork, and the nearest airport is in Gdañsk, which is distant about 80 km.

LANDSCAPE VALUES

The town possesses undoubted landscape and nature values. From south and north Lêbork is surrounded by partly forested slopes of moraine hills with wavy land sculpture. Forests take approximately 20% town area. About 4km east from Lêbork, surrounded by forests, lies lake Lubowidzkie, and the navigable river £eba with its side stream called Okalica, runs through the town itself.

The hydrographic circuit is enriched by mill canal and several ponds developed in parts of loam excavation terrain – main mineral wealth of town, which is exploited for masonry brick production.

LÊBORK IN NUMBERS

Area:

Lêbork occupies 18 km² of ground.

Use of land:

Total: 1.786 ha, in particular:

·         agrarian grounds:                                                    682 ha

·         forest grounds, stand density and bush grounds: 348 ha

·         underwater grounds:                                                12 ha

·         urban and built-up area:                                           706 ha

·         wastelands:                                                                30 ha

·         other (various areas):                                                8 ha

HOUSING RESOURCES OF MUNICIPAL COMMUNITY OF LÊBORK

Housing resources of town (dating 31.12.2004)

• community housing                                                         1,844
• Lêbork Corporation for Social Housing                       118
• Housing co-operative’s houses                                    4,364 incl.:

a) Housing Society                                                             3,758

b) other housing co-operatives                                         606

• company flats                                                                 297
• private housing (owned by private proprietors)          4,989                                        

Total number of buildings                                                  2,468

Included private ownership buildings                            2,167

Number of housing premises in Lêbork                                 11,612

Economic entities

Number of economic entities:                                                3,400

Number of telephone subscribers (dating 31.12.2003.): standard telephone subscribers of our national provider – TPS                     10,359

Health preservation and social care services

·         Hospitals:                                           1

·         Social care houses:                          2

·         Orphanages:                                      2

·         Civic Centre for Social Support:     1

·         Drugstores:                                        9

Education:

Polish system of education comprises of following degrees of school:

1.      Preschool

2.      Elementary school

3.      Secondary School (called gymnasium in Poland)

4.      High school

5.      University

Young people are obliged by national bill to continue their educational process until they become adult, which is 18 years old by terms of Polish law. If you don’t repeat any class in your education process, then you are 18 in the last year of your highschool.

Professional childcare and youthcare:

·         Preschools:                                                                        6

·         Orphanages:                                                                      2

·         Borstals (houses of correction for young people):         1

Elementary schools:                                                               4; incl.:

·         Elementary schools as a part of school clusters:         1

Elementary schools for mentally retarded:                                 1

Musical elementary schools:                                                        1

Secondary schools:                                                                6; incl.:

·         public:                                                                               3

·         non public:                                                                        2

·         for mentally retarded:                                                      1

High schools:                                                                            7; incl.:

·         Economic - commercial high school:                             1

·         Agricultural and Nutrition Management school             1

·         English language social school (private)                       1

Other objects

Cultural objects:

·         museums:                      1

·         galleries:                        1

·         culture house:                1
(a place where young people can develop their interests in cooperation with mentors e.g. guitar playing teachers):                                           

Recreational objects:

·         stadiums:                                                3

·         football pitches / sports fields:              2

·         sport halls                                               1

·         gym halls:                                               16

·         covered swimming pools:                    1

·         tennis courts:                                        10

·         sport shooting ranges:                          2

·         basketball courts:                                  3

·         indoor handball courts:                         8

Accommodation premises:                                                    3,  incl.:

·         hotels:                                                                             2

·         motels:                                                                            1

OBJECTIVES OF LÊBORK TOWN STRATEGY – ESSENTIAL GOALS

ECONOMY

·         create facilities for business infrastructure development

·         undertake actions towards creation of convenient and flexible conditions for entrepreneurial development

·         create conditions for holistic town promotion.

INFRASTRUCTURE

·         create conditions for road and rail network to develop

·         realize investments concerning complex waste management

·         undertake actions towards development of sport and recreational infrastructure.

USE OF LAND

• create conditions for development of services concerning needs that generate transport streams in social and technical aspects
• create conditions for placing of investors whose enterprises significantly depend on convenient transport connections
• create conditions encouraging settlement for new
• create conditions for renovation of historic buildings and for improvement of architecture of existing objects

COMMUNITY

• support existing educational posts and create conditions for broadening  of educational offer
• create conditions for new vacancies to arise
• undertake actions towards improvement of security

OBJECTIVES OF COMMUNITY STRATEGY FOR SOLVING SOCIAL PROBLEMS, YEARS 2005 –2009 – ESSENTIAL GOALS

HOMELESSNESS

• oppose the occurence of homelessness, help and support for homeless persons, help and support for persons and families living in poverty

UNEMPLOYMENT

• support for the unemployed in their search for work, opposing and eliminating negative social effects of unemployment
• building a network of cooperation between institutions

UPBRINGING PROBLEMS

• necessity of systematic approach to work with families,
• supporting of existing educational and upbringing posts and creating facilities for broadening their offer
• building a network of cooperation between institutions and non governmental organisations

ALCOHOLISM AND VIOLENCE

• supporting the existing forms of aid for persons and families with alcoholism and violence problem, increasing the access to therapeutic and rehabilitation aid
• developing a model of effective and integrated actions aid institutions employees

DISABILITY AND OLDNESS

• searching to increase the vital activity of older and disabled people
• improving the offer of services
• prevention of social exclusion of older and disabled people

ECONOMIC VIEW

There is 3,4 thousands of economic entities in Lêbork. Majority of them are small and medium sized companies concentrated in following branches:

·    services and commerce

• food processing industry
• masonry ceramics production
• timber production
• machines production
• electrotechnics
• metal industry
• pharmacy

The town’s vicinities are mostly agricultural areas dominated by cereal and potatoes cultivation.

The advantages which are to encourage potential investors are:

-          low taxes

-          cheap and mostly technically prepared premises

-          facilities related to occurrence of structural unemployment

-          advanced infrastructure

For many investors it is important that the town owns a modern water processing station, waste dumping yard and sewage treatment plans.

A proof for constant development of town is the presence of foreign capital in Lêbork (Dutch – Farm Frites and Austrian – Wienerberger Masonry Ceramics).

Both in the centre and on the outskirts of town there is a constant renovation and modernization of existing streets and new streets are built. Local self-government modernizes and builds up schools (e.g. two new gym rooms), builds general use premises (e.g. municipal swimming pool), and builds new or modernizes objects which are generally important for community (sewage treatment plant, a road tunnel crossing under railway, biomass heat plant).

MAIN EMPLOYERS

Farm – Frites Poland S.a. – food production – fries, chips and other potato products

Przedsiêbiorstwo Produkcji Farmaceutyczno – Kosmetycznej PROFARM – cosmetics and medicaments production

Przedsiêbiorstwo Produkcyjno – Handlowe AMG Sp. z o.o. – containers and steel constructions production

WIENERBERGER Cegielnie Lêbork Sp. z o.o. – masonry ceramics production

Odlewnia ¯eliwa i Metali Nie¿elaznych SPOMEL Spó³dzielnia Pracy – cast iron and aluminium production

NUMAFA POLSKA Sp. z o.o. – stainless steel machinery and constructions production, metalwork processing

Przedsiêbiorstwo Zagraniczne ROBEX – production of containers, sedimentation plants and  water containers

Przedsiêbiorstwo Przemys³u Drzewnego POLTAREX – wood processing for construction use, production of timber, floorboards, paneling, elements to use in garden, services related to wood processing.

LAURIN SEAFOOD Sp. z o.o. - Fish processing

Przedsiêbiorstwo Us³ugowo – Handlowe METAL – ROM – PCV and aluminium windows production

RETHMANN Lêbork sp. z o.o. – waste transport, road and pavement maintanence (cleaning, sweeping)

REMIX Sp. z o.o. – retail of timber and timber products, construction carpentry, doors, windows, panels etc.

Przedsiêbiorstwo Produkcyjno – Us³ugowe MIMAL – metalwork, welding, power pressing and locksmith services

BO – PLAST Zak³ad Produkcyjno – Us³ugowy – production of isolation articles from thermal plastics

Zak³ad Wytwórczy Aparatów Elektrycznych Sp. z o.o. – high and middle voltage switchgear, internal and external switchgears.

DOS Sp. z o.o. – canned fish, frozen fish, smoked fish production.

Hotel „Vega” – accommodation services (hotel)

„B&B” – wholesale of cables and electrotechnical articles, lighting design

COMPANY LTD Sp. z o.o. Przedsiêbiorstwo Produkcyjno – Us³ugowo – Handlowe – timber articles production, production of wood boxes and crates

Lêborskie Przedsiêbiorstwo Robót Drogowych S.A. – construction of roads, pavements and squares

ARKADA Kwidziñscy i Sawiccy Sp.j. – retail of fuel, construction services

Cukiernia – Piekarnia Brunon i Marek Wenta Sp. j. – cake shop and bakery

MOSAIK – PROFIL Sp. z o.o. – furniture production

KNK s.c. – services and production, metal processing

Przedsiêbiorstwo Handlu i Zaopatrzenia LEVINO – TRADE Sp. z o.o. – trade, services

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN LEBORK MUNICIPALITY

I. Basic tasks of the municipality concerning environmental protection:

1.        Environmental protection activities, including maintenance of green areas and decreeing decisions concerning removal of trees or bushes

2.        Supervising obedience to the rules concerning water and wastewater management based on respective regulations and water resources monitoring.

3.        Supervising maintenance of overall cleanness and tidiness in the municipality area, including issue of permits for communal waste management and liquid waste treatment.

4.        Issuing opinions about decisions and permits concerning waste management, including waste management programmes, permits for waste production and collection, transport and recycling.

5.        Issue of decisions for removal of waste from unsuitable place within municipal area.

6.        Issue of permits for breeding/raising aggressive races of dogs, based on animal protection bill.

7.        Issuing opinions on location of investments and construction projects which may affect the environment.

8.        Issuing opinions on geological, hydrogeological projects and mining.

9.        Issuing opinions concerning applications for concessions for searching and recognising the excavations.

10.    Issuing opinions concerning reclamation and management of agrarian soils.

11.    Executing actions concerning Communal Environmental Protection and Water Treatment Fund.

12.    Planning  of activities and participation in elaborating surveys and projects concerning environmental protection.

II. Expert documentation and plans concerning environmental protection owned by the municipality of Lêbork – implemented or during realisation:

1.      Whole town development strategy (1998) involving environmental protection issues.

2.      Local Agenda 21 Programme – Action plan in Community of Lêbork (1995), updated in 1998.

3.      Waste Management Programme (1999)

4.      Feasibility study for Communal Waste Utilisation Plant and implementation of waste management system in Lêbork administrative district (2001)

5.      Simple spatial plan of communal forest in Lebork municipality in years 1997 – 2006.

6.      Concept of spatial planning of park complex near Gdanska Street in Lêbork.

7.      Evaluation and environmental stocktaking for Lêbork (2000 – 2001)

8.      Decision of Environment Minister accrediting forests in Lêbork’s surroundings under protection (2002).

9.      Optimisation of municipal heating system by having two heat sources (2001).

10.   Technical project of complex modernization of municipal sewage treatment plant in Lêbork (2002) – investment soon to be finished.

11.  Long term plan of Development and Modernization of Sewage and Water Devices in Lêbork for years 2003 – 2007.

12.   Audit of sustainable development of municipality of Lêbork (2002)

13.   General spatial plan for town of Lêbork (1994) with later changes and forecasts of impact on environment.

14.   Particular spatial plan for Lêbork town centre (1994).

15.   Study of conditions and directions of spatial planning in Lêbork (2002).

PARTNER TOWNS OF LÊBORK MUNICIPALITY

COOPERATING TOWNS