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Sierpienica
Sierpienica is a river of Poland, a tributary of the Skrwa Prawa near Sierpc Sierpc ( Polish: ) is a town in north-central Poland, in the north-west part of the Masovian Voivodeship, about 125 km northwest of Warsaw. It is the capital of Sierpc County. Its population is 18,791 (2006). It is located near the national .... Rivers of Poland Rivers of Masovian Voivodeship {{Poland-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sierpc
Sierpc (Polish: ) is a town in north-central Poland, in the north-west part of the Masovian Voivodeship, about 125 km northwest of Warsaw. It is the capital of Sierpc County. Its population is 18,791 (2006). It is located near the national road No 10, which connects Warsaw and Toruń. Sierpc is a rail junction of local importance, where two lines cross: Kutno - Brodnica and Nasielsk - Toruń. History In the 10th century Sierpc was a stronghold of early Piast-ruled Poland. According to tradition, a church was built in 1003. The oldest known mention of Sierpc comes from 1155. In 1322 Sierpc received town rights. The town then was a property of Płock bishops. Its name is of Polish origin, and comes either from the word ''sierp'' ("sickle") and the name of the Sierpienica river, or from the old Polish names Wszepraw/Siepraw or Sierpek. In 1509 Polish King Sigismund I the Old granted the local cloth manufacturers a "protective make", placed on a lead seal on a cloth base, this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skrwa Prawa
Skrwa Prawa (''Right Skrwa''; in Polish also ''Skrwa'', ''Skrwa Północna'', or ''Płosznica'') is a river of Poland, a right tributary of the Vistula. Its own tributaries include the Okalewka, the Urszulewka, the Chraponianka, the Sierpienica, and the Bobrownica. Its shorter counterpart the Skrwa Lewa Skrwa Lewa (''Left Skrwa''; in Polish also ''Skrwa Lewobrzeżna'' or ''Skrwa Południowa'') is a river of Poland, a left tributary of the Vistula. It flows through the Gostynin-Włocławek Landscape Park, and from the town of Gostynin Gos ... (''Left Skrwa'') joins the Vistula about three miles upstream on the opposite bank. Rivers of Poland Rivers of Masovian Voivodeship {{Poland-river-stub ... [...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] |
Rivers Of Poland
Following is a list of rivers, which are at least partially, if not predominantly located within Poland.KSNG (2002–2014)List of Names of Flowing Waters (Wykaz nazw wód płynacych)(PDF file, direct download 1.47 MB), Komisja Standaryzacji Nazw Geograficznych poza Granicami Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej: Nazwy geograficzne. Pages: 1/348. , p. 85-86 Rivers by length ''For list of rivers in alphabetical order, please use table-sort buttons.'' ...
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