Środa Śląska is located in south west Poland. In it's early days, it was a hub of transportation routes that joined east and west Europe. The word  Środa means "Wednesday" which was the day the weekly market took place. Duke Henry the Bearded wanted to enhance the economic and political significance of the Silesia region. He transformed Środa Śląska into a larger economic and cultural centre.  Today,  Środa Śląska is a town of almost 10 000 people and is a part of the Wroclaw metropolitan area. 

Syców is a town of 10 400 located about 50 km from  Wrocław. It is an ancient city first mentioned in documents in February 1276.  This card was painted by Anna Irmina Bak, a Polish Postwar and Contemporary painter. She was born in 1992.