We present the list of honorary awards. The city has not yet provided the lists of the remaining awards. The idea is to do this in installments. Below, therefore, we publish the laureates in the category: honorary awards.

  1. Teresa Wolanin
    art historian, director of the Museum of Ceramics in Bolesławiec from 1971 to 2001. During her 30 years of work at the museum, she consistently built the collection of Bolesławiec ceramics, to which she devoted the first guidebook in 1974 and the first comprehensive catalogue in 1995, prepared in cooperation with Dr Maria Starzewska. She cooperated with scientists, collectors and institutions in Poland and Germany on research into ceramics and the development of the city's history. During her tenure, more than 20 temporary exhibitions promoting Bolesławiec ceramics were organised in Poland and abroad, including at the Polish Institute in Paris. Since retiring in 2001, she has continued to actively participate in research programmes carried out by the Museum of Ceramics, cooperates with the “Ceramika Artystyczna” Artistic Handicraft Cooperative, as well as with the Wałbrzych Museum of Porcelain and the UNIKAT Foundation במסגרת the Bronisław Wolanin International Ceramics Masters Biennale, organised since 2013.
  2. Primary School No. 4 named after Jan Matejko in Bolesławiec
    was founded in 1958. In 1961, Jan Matejko became the school's patron, emphasising the role of art education for the pupils of “No. 4”. In 1965, the school established a relationship with the captain and crew of the “Jan Matejko” ship, which inspired the creation of a Maritime Museum in the school building. For years, the school has been a “Forge of sporting talent”, reflected in its high places in sporting competitions in all disciplines. In 2000, the school joined the “Schools That Learn” club, in 2002 the “School with Class” programme, and in 2008 the “I Have a Chance – Give Me a Hand” programme. In 2016, “No. 4” received the certificates “School of Sporting Talents” and “Safe School”. The school also works to establish contacts between its pupils and peers from schools in partner cities: Pirna and Česká Lípa, as well as Jindřichovice pod Smrkem and Liberec. Cooperation with the European Education Centre and the Polish-American Freedom Foundation contributed to broadening knowledge, innovation and pedagogical changes. The school received the “School That Learns” certificate twice, as well as the “School with Class” and “School for Discoverers of Talent” certificates. In 2020, the school participated in the European Commission's “One star, one wish” initiative, as well as in projects on the eTwinning platform: “R-EU-Connected”, במסגרת which pupils jointly created trees of European values and prepared a simulation of a European Parliament session.
  3. Museum of Ceramics in Bolesławiec
    has for several years cooperated with associations of ceramic cities in Italy, France, Spain, Romania, Germany, Portugal and the Czech Republic, as well as with the European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation “Cities of Ceramics”. It is also a supporting member of the Association of Ceramic Municipalities of the Republic of Poland. As part of this cooperation, a series of exhibitions promoting Bolesławiec ceramics was organised in Italy in 2017–2018, as well as a series of exhibitions presenting Italian ceramics in Poland. In 2020, the Museum of Ceramics actively engaged in efforts to include Bolesławiec in the European Ceramic Route, one of the international cultural routes certified by the Council of Europe. Through cooperation established with Telemark Museum in Skien, Norway, and the operator of the European Ceramic Route—the Italian city of Faenza—the concept was developed for the project “Poland and Norway on the European Ceramic Route: Including Bolesławiec and Porsgrunn in an International Cooperation Network of Cities with Ceramic Traditions”. The project, whose main element is the revitalisation of one of Bolesławiec's most valuable historic buildings—the Neo-Gothic Pückler Palace—received funding in 2020 from the resources of the European Economic Area Financial Mechanism and the state budget. The museum's active work, with the involvement of numerous partners in Poland and abroad, enables the implementation of many international projects co-financed by the European Union or other sources. As part of these projects, many investments were carried out, including modernisations of permanent exhibitions and the purchase of equipment and multimedia, as well as exhibition, promotional and educational initiatives, including exhibitions in Poland and abroad, publications, conferences and various workshops. In 2020, the Museum carried out five projects with 12 partners from Italy, Austria, Germany, Slovenia and the Czech Republic. These activities were recognised by the jury of the nationwide competition of the Minister of Culture, National Heritage and Sport and the General Conservator of Monuments entitled “Local Government for Heritage”, and the Bolesławiec museum was also honoured by the Association for the Promotion of Lower Silesia with the Lower Silesian Key to Success in 2020.
  4. Field Organisation of the Independent Self-Governing Trade Union “Solidarity” in Bolesławiec County
    In 2020, NSZZ “Solidarity” celebrated its 40th anniversary. From the beginning of “Solidarity's” operations, many, often anonymous, activists opposed the authorities of the time. Resistance visible in public spaces and on the streets, including strikes, the printing and distribution of leaflets and the press, risked the loss of employment, severe fines, imprisonment or internment. Many local trade union activists suffered this fate. Today, Bolesławiec activists of NSZZ “Solidarity” are strongly involved in the life of the local community. They co-organise ceremonies commemorating subsequent anniversaries of the organisation's activities, including lectures, conferences, exhibitions and competitions aimed at popularising historical knowledge, particularly among young people. In connection with the 40th anniversary of the founding of “Solidarity”, activists from the Field Office initiated the construction of the Bolesławiec “Solidarity” monument, which was unveiled in 2020. During ceremonies commemorating the 40th anniversary, the Lower Silesian Voivode presented decorations to people who had rendered outstanding service to Bolesławiec's Independent Self-Governing Trade Union “Solidarity”: Zbigniew Razik—the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta; Dariusz Górecki—the Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta; Arkadiusz Urban, Bogusław Frydrych, Rev. Józef Gołębiowski and Lucjan Złotkowski—the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. One of the most important forms of activity of the Bolesławiec Field Office of NSZZ “Solidarity” is commemorating distinguished activists from workplace and inter-workplace structures by helping to prepare applications for the status of anti-communist opposition activist or person persecuted for political reasons, as well as applications for state decorations.
  5. Healthcare Services Complex in Bolesławiec
    has been undergoing numerous infrastructure and investment changes since 2019. One result of these activities was an award for the “Diagnostics as the Foundation of Treatment” project in the Inspirations 2019 competition, organised by Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, in the category “Activities to improve the health and quality of life of seniors”. Bolesławiec Hospital was one of several hospitals in the voivodeship designated as a dedicated infectious-disease hospital, to which patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 from across the Lower Silesian Voivodeship were admitted. In response to this challenge, the hospital created a comprehensive system for treating and diagnosing patients, consisting of its own diagnostic imaging facilities, a molecular biology PCR laboratory, 12 field swab-collection points, three swab ambulances, an isolation facility, a temporary hospital and an infectious-disease ward. Bolesławiec Hospital is now one of the main centres for treating COVID-19 patients in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. The Healthcare Services Complex in Bolesławiec carried out an innovative investment on a national scale: the construction of a modular hospital for patients infected with SARS-CoV-2. The first steps towards implementing this investment were taken in the summer, when the number of infections did not exceed several hundred per day and the number of hospitalised patients was relatively small. This pioneering investment enabled the effective treatment of patients during the rise in infections in the autumn and winter of 2020.