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Żywiec Basin
Żywiec Basin ( pl, Kotlina ŻywieckaProf. Jerzy Kondracki. Geografia fizyczna Polski. Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe. Warszawa. 1988. ) is a lowland, located in southern Poland, between the Little Beskids to the north, Silesian Beskids to the west, Żywiec Beskids to the south and east, and Maków Beskids to the east. It has the size of around . It is centered on the confluences of the rivers Koszarawa and Żylica with Soła close to the town of Żywiec Żywiec () (german: Saybusch) is a town in southern Poland with 31,194 inhabitants (2019). Between 1975 and 1998, it was located within the Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship, but has since become part of the Silesian Voivodeship.It is the capital of Ż ..., whence the name of the basin is derived from. References Landforms of Poland {{Silesian-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerzy Kondracki
Jerzy is the Polish version of the masculine given name George. The most common nickname for Jerzy is Jurek (), which may also be used as an official first name. Occasionally the nickname Jerzyk may be used, which means "swift" in Polish. People *Jerzy, ''nom de guerre'' of Ryszard Białous, Polish World War II resistance fighter * Jerzy Andrzejewski, Polish writer * Jerzy Bartmiński, Polish linguist and ethnologist * Jerzy Braun (other), several people * Jerzy Brzęczek, Polish footballer and manager * Jerzy Buzek, Polish politician and former Prime Minister * Jerzy Dudek, Polish footballer * Jerzy Fedorowicz, Polish actor and theatre director * Jerzy Ficowski, Polish poet and translator * Jerzy Grotowski, Polish theatre director and theorist * Jerzy Hoffman, Polish film director, screenwriter, and producer * Jerzy Jarniewicz, Polish poet, literary critic, translator and essayist * Jerzy Janowicz, Polish tennis player * Jerzy Jurka, Polish-American computational and m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous member state of the European Union. Warsaw is the nation's capital and largest metropolis. Other major cities include Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź, Poznań, Gdańsk, and Szczecin. Poland has a temperate transitional climate and its territory traverses the Central European Plain, extending from Baltic Sea in the north to Sudeten and Carpathian Mountains in the south. The longest Polish river is the Vistula, and Poland's highest point is Mount Rysy, situated in the Tatra mountain range of the Carpathians. The country is bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukraine to the east, Slovakia and the Czech Republic to the south, and Germany to the west. It also shares maritime boundaries with Denmark and Sweden. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Beskids
The Little Beskids () is one of the Beskids mountain ranges in the Western Beskids ranges of the Outer Western Carpathians in southeastern Poland. Within the range is the protected area known as Little Beskids Landscape Park. Its highest mountain is Czupel, 933 m above sea level.R. Truś, 2008, p. 14 Soła river running from south to north divides the mountain range into two groups. Andrychów, Bielsko-Biała, Kęty Kęty is a town in Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland with 18,955 inhabitants (2012). The town located in Silesian Foothills dates its earliest document from 1277 when Polish prince of Opole Władysław Opolski, Władysław c ..., Kozy, Międzybrodzie Bialskie, Porąbka, Wilkowice are the main starting points of the blazed routes into the mountains. Footnotes References * Mountain ranges of Poland Mountain ranges of the Western Carpathians Landforms of Silesian Voivodeship Landforms of Lesser Poland Voivodeship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silesian Beskids
Silesian Beskids (Polish: , Czech: , german: Schlesische Beskiden) is one of the Beskids mountain ranges in Outer Western Carpathians in southern Silesian Voivodeship, Poland and the eastern Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. Most of the range lies in Poland. It is separated from the Moravian-Silesian Beskids by the Jablunkov Pass. The Polish part of the range includes the protected area called Silesian Beskids Landscape Park. The highest mountains Silesian Beskids have 20 mountains with a highest point above 1000 m, including three above 1200 m and nine above 1100 m. * Skrzyczne (1,257 m) - the highest mountain * Barania Góra (1,220 m) - the highest mountain of the Polish part of Upper Silesia * Małe Skrzyczne (1,211 m) * Wierch Wisełka (1,192 m) * Równiański Wierch (1,160 m) * Zielony Kopiec (1,152 m) * Malinowska Skała (1,152 m) * Magurka Wiślańska (1,140 m) * Klimczok (1,117 m) * Malinów (1,115 m) * Magura (1,109 m) * Magurka Radziechowska (1,1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Żywiec Beskids
The Żywiec Beskids ( pl, Beskid Żywiecki) is a mountain range in the Outer Western Carpathians in southern Poland. It is the second highest range in Poland, after the Tatra Mountains. The highest peak is Babia Góra (1,725 m) and Pilsko Pilsko is the second highest mountain, , in the Żywiec Beskids ( Oravské Beskydy in Slovakia) mountain range, on the border between Poland and Slovakia. It is a hiking destination in summer and a skiing area in winter. The name Pilsko is freque ... (1,557 m). References Mountain ranges of Poland Mountain ranges of the Western Carpathians Landforms of Silesian Voivodeship Landforms of Lesser Poland Voivodeship {{LesserPoland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maków Beskids
The Maków Beskids ( pl, Beskid Makowski) is a mountain range in south-central Poland, part of the Western Beskids within the Outer Western Carpathians. Its highest peak is Mędralowa (1169 meters), within a total area of 900 square kilometers, about 60 km length and width of 15 km. The ranges are forested, with valleys leveled for agriculture and settlements. Among the cities in the Maków Beskids are Maków Podhalański, Sucha Beskidzka, Jordanów, and Myślenice Myślenice is a town in southern Poland, situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Kraków Voivodeship (1975–1998). Population: 20,261 (2007). The town is divided into six districts. One of them, Zarabie, is a popu .... It's also called Medium Beskids ( pl, Beskid Średni). {{DEFAULTSORT:Makow Beskids Mountain ranges of Poland Mountain ranges of the Western Carpathians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koszarawa River
Koszarawa is a village in Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Koszarawa. It lies in historic Lesser Poland, approximately east of Żywiec, and south-east of the regional capital, Katowice. Part of the village forms the separate sołectwo A sołectwo (Polish plural: ''sołectwa'') is an administrative unit in Poland, an optional subdivision of a gmina. The actions and organs of the sołectwo are decided by the gmina council. On 31 December 2018 Poland had 40 740 sołectwa. Go ... of Koszarawa Bystra. References Villages in Żywiec County {{Żywiec-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soła
The Soła () is a river in southern Poland, a right tributary of the Vistula. Soła originates in the Western Beskids mountain range near the border with Slovakia. It is made up of the confluence of several small creeks at the village of Rajcza. It runs downhill northeastwards through Żywiec Basin to the towns of Żywiec and Kęty, forming the border between the Silesian and the Żywiec Beskids. After , the Soła empties into the Vistula River after having passed the town of Oświęcim. 
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Żywiec
Żywiec () (german: Saybusch) is a town in southern Poland with 31,194 inhabitants (2019). Between 1975 and 1998, it was located within the Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship, but has since become part of the Silesian Voivodeship.It is the capital of Żywiecczyzna which is part of the Goral Lands. The town is situated in the center of the Żywiec Basin, on the Soła river near Żywiec Lake in the Lesser Poland historic region and includes Żywiec Landscape Park, one of the eight protected areas in the voivodeship. The 551231 Żywiec planetoid is named after the town. History Żywiec was first mentioned in a written document in 1308 as a seat of a Catholic parish. It was originally located in the place later known as ''Stary Żywiec'' (lit. "Old Żywiec"). It belonged then to the Duchy of Cieszyn, and after 1315 to the Duchy of Oświęcim, which in 1327 became a fief of the Kingdom of Bohemia. The town was a focal point for the development of hitherto sparsely populated Żywiec Basin. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
