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<p>[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 376797, member: 5066"]<a href="http://test.slupsk.eu/miasto/!links/_CACHE/r1286788217636072d4b1eb3c9cad8814a99a28ab85_800x600.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://test.slupsk.eu/miasto/!links/_CACHE/r1286788217636072d4b1eb3c9cad8814a99a28ab85_800x600.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://test.slupsk.eu/miasto/!links/_CACHE/r1286788217636072d4b1eb3c9cad8814a99a28ab85_350x350.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p>Happiness</p><p><b>"Niedźwiadek Szczęścia" is an amber figurine that was found near Słupsk in 1887. According to the then scholars who researched the find - the bear's figurine was an amulet of bear hunters, and the year of its creation was estimated for the years from 1700 BC to 650 BC. the figurine can be up to 3700 years old. </b></p><p><br /></p><p>Niedźwiadek at once met with great liking of visitors and all of Germany at that time. The then German press wrote about it extensively. For security reasons, he was taken to Szczecin, where, with special precautions, he was placed in a museum there. In Słupsk, however, a copy of a bear was placed in the Heimatmuseum.</p><p><br /></p><p>From the beginning, the figurine is associated with the idea that it brings happiness. And indeed, from the moment the city was found, the city was in a happy time. Intense development, thriving trade, new factories, breweries, new, neo-Gothic Town Hall is erected, a number of extremely charming tenement houses are created, many of which have survived to this day. It was at that time that Słupsk was called "Paris of the North" or - according to others - "Little Paris" (Klein Paris). Before the war, poems, tales and stories were written about Niedźwiadka. His thumbnails or copies could be bought in any trafic. Słupsk was identified with this charming bear.</p><p><br /></p><p>Due to the safety of the priceless amulet, the original was transported to Szczecin before the war, and at the end of the war its faithful copy went there. Until 2009, the figure was in German Stralsund, in the museum there. </p><p><br /></p><p>Currently, the figurine is in the National Museum in Szczecin. This exhibit is important for this museum. In the competition for children, the name was given to Słupcio. Although so much remained from the Słupsk's address in Niedźwiadka Szczęścia. The original bear figurine in September 2010 only appeared for one day in the town hall in Słupsk. We can see a copy of it on the first floor of the town hall.</p><p><a href="http://test.slupsk.eu/miasto/zabytki/zabytki/dokumenty/697.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://test.slupsk.eu/miasto/zabytki/zabytki/dokumenty/697.html" rel="nofollow">http://test.slupsk.eu/miasto/zabytki/zabytki/dokumenty/697.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 376797, member: 5066"][URL='http://test.slupsk.eu/miasto/!links/_CACHE/r1286788217636072d4b1eb3c9cad8814a99a28ab85_800x600.jpg'][IMG]http://test.slupsk.eu/miasto/!links/_CACHE/r1286788217636072d4b1eb3c9cad8814a99a28ab85_350x350.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Happiness [B]"Niedźwiadek Szczęścia" is an amber figurine that was found near Słupsk in 1887. According to the then scholars who researched the find - the bear's figurine was an amulet of bear hunters, and the year of its creation was estimated for the years from 1700 BC to 650 BC. the figurine can be up to 3700 years old. [/B] Niedźwiadek at once met with great liking of visitors and all of Germany at that time. The then German press wrote about it extensively. For security reasons, he was taken to Szczecin, where, with special precautions, he was placed in a museum there. In Słupsk, however, a copy of a bear was placed in the Heimatmuseum. From the beginning, the figurine is associated with the idea that it brings happiness. And indeed, from the moment the city was found, the city was in a happy time. Intense development, thriving trade, new factories, breweries, new, neo-Gothic Town Hall is erected, a number of extremely charming tenement houses are created, many of which have survived to this day. It was at that time that Słupsk was called "Paris of the North" or - according to others - "Little Paris" (Klein Paris). Before the war, poems, tales and stories were written about Niedźwiadka. His thumbnails or copies could be bought in any trafic. Słupsk was identified with this charming bear. Due to the safety of the priceless amulet, the original was transported to Szczecin before the war, and at the end of the war its faithful copy went there. Until 2009, the figure was in German Stralsund, in the museum there. Currently, the figurine is in the National Museum in Szczecin. This exhibit is important for this museum. In the competition for children, the name was given to Słupcio. Although so much remained from the Słupsk's address in Niedźwiadka Szczęścia. The original bear figurine in September 2010 only appeared for one day in the town hall in Słupsk. We can see a copy of it on the first floor of the town hall. [URL]http://test.slupsk.eu/miasto/zabytki/zabytki/dokumenty/697.html[/URL][/QUOTE]
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