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Gmina Wilamowice
__NOTOC__ Gmina Wilamowice is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Bielsko County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Wilamowice, which lies approximately north-east of Bielsko-Biała and south of the regional capital Katowice. It is known for the Wymysorys language, which is spoken by some of the people here. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 17,613. Villages Apart from the town of Wilamowice, Gmina Wilamowice contains the villages and settlements of Dankowice, Hecznarowice, Pisarzowice, Stara Wieś and Zasole Bielańskie. Neighbouring gminas Gmina Wilamowice is bordered by the city of Bielsko-Biała and by the gminas of Bestwina, Brzeszcze, Kęty, Kozy and Miedźna. Twin towns – sister cities Gmina Wilamowice is twinned with: * Dolní Benešov, Czech Republic * Horná Súča, Slovakia * Kisújszállás, Hungary * Klanjec, Croatia * Kloštar Ivanić, Croatia * Kunerad, Slovakia * Rajecké ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gmina
The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' , from German ''Gemeinde'' meaning ''commune'') is the principal unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,477 gminas throughout the country, encompassing over 43,000 villages. 940 gminas include cities and towns, with 302 among them constituting an independent urban gmina ( pl, gmina miejska) consisting solely of a standalone town or one of the 107 cities, the latter governed by a city mayor (''prezydent miasta''). The gmina has been the basic unit of territorial division in Poland since 1974, when it replaced the smaller gromada (cluster). Three or more gminas make up a higher level unit called powiat, except for those holding the status of a city with powiat rights. Each and every powiat has the seat in a city or town, in the latter case either an urban gmina or a part of an urban-rural one. Types There are three types of gmina: #302 urban gmina ( pl, gmina miejska) constituted either by a sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gmina Brzeszcze
__NOTOC__ Gmina Brzeszcze is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Brzeszcze, which lies approximately south-west of Oświęcim and west of the regional capital Kraków. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 21,557, of which the population of Brzeszcze is 11,730, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,827. Villages Apart from the town of Brzeszcze, Gmina Brzeszcze contains the villages and settlements of Jawiszowice, Przecieszyn, Skidziń, Wilczkowice and Zasole. Neighbouring gminas Gmina Brzeszcze is bordered by the gminas of Kęty, Miedźna, Oświęcim and Wilamowice. ReferencesPolish official population figures 2006 Brzeszcze Brzeszcze (German: ''Brisk'') is a town in Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland, near Oświęcim. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 10,935. The history ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Županja
Županja (, hu, Zsupanya, german: Schaupanie) is a town in eastern Slavonia, Croatia, located 254 km east of Zagreb. It is administratively part of the Vukovar-Syrmia County. It is inhabited by 12,090 people (2011). Županja lies on the Sava river opposite Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is the site of a border-crossing bridge with the town of Orašje in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The A3 highway Zagreb-Slavonski Brod-Belgrade passes north of it, and the city is also reachable by a local railroad from Vinkovci as well as the state road D55. The 2011 census recorded 96.72% Croats in the municipality. History Županja was ruled by Ottoman Empire between 1536 and 1687 as part of Sanjak of Syrmia. Since the Treaty of Karlowitz in 1699, until 1918, Županja (named ''ZUPANJE'' when a post-office was opened in 1861)Handbook of Austria and Lombardy-Venetia Cancellations on the Postage Stamp Issues 1850-1864, by Edwin MUELLER, 1961. remained in the Austrian monarchy (Kingdom of Croatia-S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trenčianske Teplice
Trenčianske Teplice (german: Trentschin-Teplitz; hu, Trencsénteplic) is a health resort and small spa town in western Slovakia, in the valley of the river Teplička, at the foothills of the Strážovské vrchy mountains, a few kilometres away from the city of Trenčín. Characteristics The town of Trenčianske Teplice is known not only for its thermal springs and the health resorts, but also for an international film festival Art film and the Bridge of Fame. Not far from the town is also a small village Motešice, known very well for horse-breeding farm and horse racing. 'Green Frog' is a name for sport/recreational complex, very popular by locals, which was renovated and reopened in 2015. Legend A legend says that the healing springs were discovered by a gammy shepherd while he was looking for a lost sheep. He found a small hot water pool with a sulphuric smell and after several days, he recovered. History In the middle of the 13th century as ''terra Teplicza'' it was prop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajecké Teplice
Rajecké Teplice ( hu, Rajecfürdő) is a spa town in the Žilina District, Žilina Region in northern Slovakia. History The first reliable written record was in 1376. It has town status since 1989. Geography The town lies in the Rajčanka river valley, south of Žilina. History of the spa Located between the Lúčanská Malá Fatra and Martinské hole Hills at the valley of the Rajčanka river, the spa is marked as Thermae on a map from 1376, but a deed by Luis the Great gives the first written account of the hot water springs named Villa Tapolcha. In the donation deed made by the king Vladislaus II for Štefan Zápoľský from 1496, the spa is referred to as "possessio Thoplycza", what could mean a settlement or a hamlet. The Lietava domain had been developed at the beginning of the 17th century and it covered the thermal spa together with the broad surrounding and the first settlements from which the present spa – Rajecké Teplice – had developed. The first building ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunerad
Kunerad ( hu, Kenyered) is a village and municipality in Žilina District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1490. Geography The municipality lies at an altitude of 494 metres and covers an area of 22.937 km². It has a population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ... of about 931 people. References External links *https://web.archive.org/web/20080111223415/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html Villages and municipalities in Žilina District {{Žilina-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kloštar Ivanić
Kloštar Ivanić is a settlement and the surrounding municipality in central Croatia, located in the Zagreb County, about 50 kilometres southeast of the city of Zagreb and 30 kilometers north of Sisak. According to the 2011 census, there are 6,091 inhabitants in Kloštar Ivanić proper and the surrounding ten villages which make up the municipality, 97.2% of whom are ethnic Croats. The municipality is part of the Moslavina microregion. The nearest town is Ivanić-Grad, only 4 kilometres away. Settlements Like most municipalities of Croatia, Kloštar Ivanić is almost entirely rural, consisting of a collection of villages, the largest of which is also called Kloštar Ivanić and which serves as municipal seat. The following is a list of settlements with their populations per the 2011 Croatian census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klanjec
Klanjec () is a small town in northwestern Croatia, in the region of Hrvatsko Zagorje on the border with Slovenia. History In the late 19th and early 20th century, Klanjec was a district capital in the Varaždin County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia. Population The population of Klanjec is 567, but there are 2,543 people in the municipality (census 2021). The absolute majority were Croats at 98.8%. Settlements The list of settlements is as follows: * Bobovec Tomaševečki, population 21 * Bratovski Vrh, population 67 * Cesarska Ves, population 14 * Dol Klanječki, population 91 * Florijan, population 7 * Goljak Klanječki, population 71 * Gorkovec, population 16 * Gredice, population 319 * Klanjec, population 567 * Ledine Klanječke, population 164 * Lepoglavec, population 139 * Letovčan Novodvorski, population 75 * Letovčan Tomaševečki, population 69 * Lučelnica Tomaševečka, population 212 * Mihanovićev Dol, population 319 * Novi Dvori Klanječki, p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kisújszállás
Kisújszállás is a town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population of 12,869 people (2002). Politics The current mayor of Kisújszállás is István Kecze (Fidesz-KDNP-Nagykun Civilian Circle). The local Municipal Assembly, elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 11 members (1 Mayor, 8 Individual constituencies MEPs and 3 Compensation List MEPs) divided into this political parties and alliances: Notable inhabitants *Katalin Karikó, Hungarian-American biochemist specializing in RNA-mediated mechanisms Twin towns – sister cities Kisújszállás is twinned with: * Eberschwang, Austria (1992) * Pačir (Bačka Topola), Serbia (1996) * Săcele, Romania (1999) * Serne, Ukraine (2000) * Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia (1998) * Wilamowice Wilamowice (earlier ''Willamowice'', german: Wilmesau, Wymysorys: ''Wymysoü'') is a rural town in southern Pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horná Súča
Horná Súča ( hu, Felsőszúcs) is a village and municipality in Trenčín District in the Trenčín Region of north-western Slovakia. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1208. Geography The municipality lies at an altitude of 315 metres and covers an area of 53.824 km2. It has a population of about 3415 people. Genealogical resources The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Bratislava, Slovakia" * Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1688-1895 (parish A) * Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1783-1895 (parish B) See also * List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia This is an alphabetical list of the 2,891 obcí (singular ''obec'', "municipality") in Slovakia. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dolní Benešov
Dolní Benešov (, formerly Benešov u Hlučína; german: Beneschau) is a town in Opava District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,900 inhabitants. It is part of the historical Hlučín Region. Administrative parts The village of Zábřeh is an administrative part of Dolní Benešov. Geography Dolní Benešov is located in the Opava Uplands. It lies near the Opava River, which forms the southern municipal border. There are two large ponds in the territory: Jezero and Nezmar. History The first written mention of Benešov is from 1312, as an estate of the Benešovice noble family. In 1371, its then owner Margrave John Henry exchanged Benešov for the Drahotuš Castle near Lipník nad Bečvou with the Drahotuš family. This family owned Benešov until the late 16th century. During their rule, the village prospered and developed, and in 1493 it received town privileges by King Vladislaus II. In 1598, Benešov was illegally acquired by the Mošovs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sister City
A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties. While there are early examples of international links between municipalities akin to what are known as sister cities or twin towns today dating back to the 9th century, the modern concept was first established and adopted worldwide during World War II. Origins of the modern concept The modern concept of town twinning has its roots in the Second World War. More specifically, it was inspired by the bombing of Coventry on 14 November 1940, known as the Coventry Blitz. First conceived by the then Mayor of Coventry, Alfred Robert Grindlay, culminating in his renowned telegram to the people of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in 1942, the idea emerged as a way of establishing solidarity links between cities in allied countries that went through similar devastating events. The comradesh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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