city: Rzeszów Staroniwa, Rzeszów Zwięczyca, Rzeszów Osiedle, Rzeszów Załęże and Rzeszów Zachodni (freight only). There are also two non-electrified lines stemming from Rzeszów – to Jasło and to Tarnobrzeg. Education Universities: Rzeszów University (established in 2001 from a number of smaller schools) Rzeszów University of Technology (formed from The Higher Engineering School in 1974) Rzeszów University of Technology University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszów (established in 1996) Branches in Dębica, Krosno and Nisko Wyższa Szkoła Zarządzania WSPiA Rzeszów School of Higher Education (established in 1995) Notable high schools: Konarski's Number 1 High School in Rzeszów John Paul II High School Twin towns – sister cities Rzeszów is twinned with: Bielefeld, Germany Buffalo, United States Chernihiv, Ukraine Fangchenggang, China Gainesville, United States Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine Klagenfurt, Austria Košice, Slovakia Lamia, Greece Lutsk, Ukraine Lviv, Ukraine Nyíregyháza, Hungary Rushmoor, England, United Kingdom Satu Mare, Romania Split, Croatia Truskavets, Ukraine Notable people Maurycy Allerhand (1868–1942), lawyer Stan Borys (born 1941), singer Aleksander Cichoń (born 1958), wrestler Lukasz Cieplinski (1913–1951), anti-Nazi and anti-Soviet resistance hero Jerzy Grotowski (1933–1999), theatre director and theorist Rafał Jonkisz (born 1997), male model Dawid Kostecki (1981–2019), boxer Paweł Kowal (born 1975), politician Dawid Lampart (born 1990), motorcycle speedway rider Joanna Lech (born 1984), poet Hieronim Augustyn Lubomirski (1648–1706), nobleman and military commander Stanisław Herakliusz Lubomirski (1642–1702), nobleman and politician Anja Rubik (born 1983), supermodel and philanthropist Władysław Sikorski (1881–1943), military and political leader, statesman Mieczysław Boruta-Spiechowicz (1894–1985), military officer Tomasz Stańko (1942–2018), jazz musician and composer Justyna Steczkowska (born 1972), singer and songwriter Józef Szajna (1922–2008), set designer and painter Rich Szaro (1948–2015), Polish-born American football player Andrzej Szlachta (born 1947), politician Józef Zając (1891–1963), general and pilot Oscar Zehngut (born 1874), violinist Fred Zinnemann (1907–1997), film director Gallery Notes References Bibliography Moshe Yaari-Wald (ed.), Sefer Zikkaron li-Kehillat Risha (Heb., some Yid. and Eng., 1967). External links Gallery Rzeszów City Department Welcome to Rzeszów! Best infoblog in Rzeszów City counties of Poland Cities and towns in Podkarpackie Voivodeship Palaces in Poland Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Lwów Voivodeship Ruthenian Voivodeship Holocaust locations in Poland