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Inżynier Jan Żurowski – pierwszy dyrektor elektrowni miejskiej w Rzeszowie

Lelek Wiesław Józef

Zeszyty Naukowe Wydziału Elektrotechniki i Automatyki Politechniki Gdańskiej

2024

nr 77

145--148

Artykuł poświęcony jest Janowi Antoniemu Żurowskiemu absolwentowi Politechniki Wiedeńskiej, budowniczemu a zarazem pierwszemu dyrektorowi Elektrowni Miejskiej w Rzeszowie. Podkreślone są jego zasługi dla elektryfikacji miasta, jego praca społeczna, a także wspieranie Towarzystwa Gimnastycznego „Sokół.

Jan Antoni Wilhelm Żurowski was born in Gorlice on September 30. 1877, his father Adam died quite quickly and his mother Joanna and her boys moved to Tarnów to educate their older sons. Jan Antoni graduated from the 1st Imperial and Royal Higher Real School in Krakow, completed military service and became a student at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Vienna University of Technology - TUV. In 1905. he graduated from the Vienna University of Technology with a degree in mechanical engineering, specializing in electrical engineering, and immediately took up the position of director of the City Gasworks. Engineer Jan Żurowski turned out to be a very good specialist, he was soon commissioned to design and manage the construction of the power plant, and after its launch in 1911 he took up the joint position of director of the Gasworks and the Municipal Power Plant in Rzeszów. Jan Żurowski during his professional career and after his retirement in 1936 actively participated in the city's social life, was involved in the activities of the "Sokół" Society and the reconstruction of the Society's headquarters into the Municipal Theatre. He died in 1941 and is buried in the Old Historic Cemetery in Rzeszów, and his grave is cared for by Rzeszów energy workers. The article is devoted to Jan Antoni Żurowski, a graduate of the Vienna University of Technology, a builder and the first director of the Municipal Power Plant in Rzeszów. His contributions to the electrification of the city, his social work and his support of the "Sokół" Gymnastic Society.