This Saturday, the opening of the brine graduation tower in Maciejów!
The graduation tower, which was built at Kondratowicza Street in Zabrze-Maciejów, will be officially opened this Saturday – June 24. The facility will be open to the general public, but it will certainly be used first by residents suffering from diseases of the thyroid, diseases of the upper and lower respiratory tract and chronic rhinitis. The beneficial effect of brine in this type of ailments is invaluable.
The ceremonial opening of the graduation tower in Maciejów will take place during the picnic „Health Intensity”, which will start in Orlik pitch in Maciejów at Kondratowicza Street at 3 p.m. and will take place until 10 p.m. Until at 5 p.m. there will be ecological creative workshops for children and parents; at 4 p.m. circus workshops (ReCyrkling) will start, which will take place until 6 p.m. The program will also include concert of the Brass Band of the Coal Mining Museum in Zabrze, conducted by Henryk Mandrysz (at 6 p.m.), during which the official opening of the graduation tower will take place.
The graduation tower in Maciejów is equipped with:
- bike racks,
- underground brine tank with brine mixing device,
- brine installation for brine distribution: brine dosing automation and control room and a pump with a float switch,
- underground technical well (technical chamber) with access,
- blackthorn column (blackthorn core),
- elements of small architecture: benches and dustbins,
- lighting with RGB-W LED light sources (dynamic color change based on color therapy is assumed),
- a pole with a photovoltaic panel and a battery (basic power supply for the graduation tower) and an auxiliary power supply system (connection to the existing internal installation) – the whole in the form of a hybrid electrical installation,
- proximity sensor integrated with the brine installation – activating the installation when people stay in the graduation tower area and immobilizing it in the absence of users and at night,
- twilight sensor and time switch integrated with the lighting system – activating the lighting system after dusk and switching it off outside the hours of use,
- a board with the regulations for using the graduation tower (a typical system board with a character and color scheme referring to the graduation tower shelter).
The building contractor was AQUARIUS ŚRODA & HOLISZ Sp. z o. o.
The investment task was co-financed in 85 percent. from the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2014-2021 – the project „City as Space for Development” and 15% from the state budget.
The graduation tower is a place to meet, relax, but also to take care of your health by inhaling the healing brine. The structure made of wood with blackthorn branches, on which brine flows, is also a response to the needs of a society that takes its health more and more seriously. The brine breaking into small drops creates a breeze that cools and increases humidity and reduces dust in the air around the graduation tower. Inhaling it for one hour provides the same dose of iodine as a few days at the seaside. The brine breeze moisturizes and stimulates the production of mucus in the upper respiratory tract which allows them to get rid of contaminants faster. The iodine contained in the breeze promotes, among others, proper functioning of the thyroid gland. Inhalations used by healthy people increase the body’s immunity.
It is worth recalling that just a few days ago, on June 17, the first graduation tower in our city – in Kończyce – was opened. You can read more about this investment HERE.
