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Altitude: 112 m. ASL.
Region:
Poland > mazowieckie
Cache type: Traditional
Size: Micro
Status:
Ready for Search
Time required:
0:05 h
Distance to travel:
0.10 km
Date hidden: 10-09-2013
Date created: 10-09-2013
Date published: 10-09-2013
Last modification: 18-08-2015 
303x Found 
0x Not found 
18 notes 
9 watchers 
145 visitors 
179 x rated 
Rated as: Good
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‘Friendship’ Estate is probably one of most pleasant places for a walk in the whole city. The atmosphere of this place is unique - the buildings look a bit like manors, and the area may bring associations to a holiday camp from communistic times in Poland. The district is full of green, it is idyllic and calm, differently than the surrounding districts with blocks of flats.
The district was founded in 1952 as a place to live for Soviet workers, who were employed by the construction of Palace of Culture. An unconfirmed information says that some of the houses were brought here from the disassembled former German prisoner camp (Stalag) I B “Hohenstein” near Olsztynek in northern Poland. Supposedly, some inhabitants found later German inscriptions on the buildings’ elements. Other version reports that it was not a prisoner camp, but a pre-war estate.
The aim was to create a self-sustainable estate, so that its inhabitants had no need to walk outside. The full social facilities were provided here - canteen, library, cinema. The workers were transported to the construction of Palace of Culture by buses. Simple workers lived it big, one-floored houses, and small one-family houses were constructed for engineers. A canteen was situated in a separate building, as well as the bathhouse, one for the whole estate. Nearly all buildings were made of wood, this is why they are sometimes called Finnish houses.
After the construction of Palace of Culture was finished and Soviet workers moved out, the estate was handed over to Warsaw’s high schools. The big houses became student dormitories, and university workers with families moved to former engineers’ houses. Most of the buildings held those functions until today. Only the function of former social building changed - today they have mainly commercial use.
In south-western part of the estate there are 77 small, two-floored houses, which had been initially built for engineers who worked by the construction of Palace of Culture. Later, there were taken over by Warsaw universities and given to their lecturers. Many of their families live here till today. The houses are really very nice, they are tiny, but have a very comfortable interior. Many of them were renovated very elegantly by their owners. Each house is surrounded by a small garden.
Attention ! The cache is situated high, smaller persons may need some extra equipment or someone else's help !
The cache is one of the series "Friendship Estate". The other caches are:
Friendship Estate - Workers' Houses
Friendship Estate - Canteen
Friendship Estate - Bathhouse
Friendship Estate - Playground
Friendship Estate - Workers' Club
and the final cache:
Friendship Estate - Final
Please note down the number from the logbook ! It will be necessary to find the final cache !
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