UNDERTAKE INVENTORY OF POLISH CITIES

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 11, 2011
• Sequence Number: 32
• Publication Date: May 4, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO.
COUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT Economic - Urban planning
HOW
PUBLISHED Daily newspaper
WHERE
PUBLISHED Warsaw
DATE
PUBLISHED 29 Jan 1950
LANGUAGE Polish
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF ESPIONAGE ACT EO
U. S. C.. S I AND 32. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION
OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON 13 PRO'
HINITED ET LAW REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM 13 PROHIEITED.
DATE OF
INFORMATION 1950
DATE DIST, 4 may 1950
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
In 1947, the Institute of City Planning of the Warsaw Polytechnicum was
ordered by the Ministry of Reconstruction to work out a detailed chart of Pul-
tusk Island for its historical landmarks. This involved a listing of all the
buildings of historical importance according to types, original and current
purpose, style of architecture, etc.
This was the beginning of a gigantic project called Urban Inventorying.
After Pultusk Island, the towns of Pultusk, Tarlow, and Warka were inventoried.
In the same year, 40 students from the Warsaw Polytechnicum, under the super-
vision of two profe_,Sors, inventoried 17 cities in the Mazury area, including
Biskupiec, Orneta, Olsztynek, Jeziorany, Szczytno, Dobre Miasto, and the old
section of Olsztyn. A general inventory of 16 cities of Szczecin Wojewodztwo,
as well as 27 cities of the Mazury area, was made in the autumn of 1947.
In 1948, the cities of Olecko and Raczki in Bialystok Wojewodztwo were in-
ventoried. In Lublin Wojewodztwo, six cities, including Bilgoraj, Goraj, and
Frampol, were inventoried. In Kielce Wojewodztwo, Stopnica, Nowy Korczyn, Stas-
zow, Klimontow, Polaniec, and Koprzywnica were inventoried. In the Krakow Woje-
wodztwu two Lowne and nine of Lhe Kujawy cities Were inventoried.
In 1949, 11 more Kujawy cities were inventoried, including Raciazek and
Sluzew. Also inventoried were 11 cities of Lodz Wojewodztwo, a group of Sando-
mierz towns (Zawichost, Tarlow, Solec, etc.), four cities of Bialystok Wojewod-
ztwo, as well as Wachok and Ilza in Kielce Wojewodztwo. The 1949 survey wiz con-
ducted by six groups (40 persons) under the Ministry of Construction. The plans
for 1950 call for the inventorying of cities located along the Sandomierz-
Kujawy belt.
The inventory of a city may be general, detailed, or special. The first step
is a map, with a scale of 1:5,000. In the general inventory, the area is surveyed
by a group of enumerators who list, sketch, and photograph all the developed, semi-
developed, and undeveloped areas, with orchards, parks, lawns,'and the number and
types of springs, ponds, and streams. Quantitative and descriptive data are col-
lected on public buildings and municipal communications. An enclosure contains
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data on historical places, economic data, demography, communications, adminis-
tration, and a description of monuments. This information is obtained either
from local records or through library research. The inventory plan for all
cities is uniform.
For detailed inventory, a map with a scale of 1:1,000 or 1:2,000 is used.
building dimensions, type of building material, purpose for which the build-
ings are being used, type of roofing, etc.
ether with diegrams of roads), agricultural (the layout of fields), trade
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(distribution of stores), and industry (the types of industrial establishments,
local sources of raw materials, etc.).
a complete picture of the municipal centers. The information is so extensive
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construction plans of a city can be made without any delay. It is also valu-
able as a guide to economic and social planning.
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