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Zalewo
Zalewo (german: Saalfeld in Ostpreußen) is a town in Iława County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,977 inhabitants (2008). History The settlement was founded in the 13th century and was granted town rights in 1305. During the Napoleonic Wars in 1807 Polish soldiers of General Jan Henryk Dąbrowski were quartered in the town. During World War II it was destroyed in 70%. Sports The local football club is Ewingi Zalewo. It competes in the lower leagues. Gallery Zalewo - gotycki kościół pw. św. Jana ( XIV w.) - panoramio.jpg, Gothic Saint John the Evangelist church PL Zalewo, Baszta.JPG, Medieval town walls Szkoła w Zalewie 02.JPG, School in Zalewo Zalewo marina.jpg, Marina International relations Twin towns — Sister cities * Rūdiškės, Lithuania * Saalfeld/Saale, Germany "Miasta part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gmina Zalewo
__NOTOC__ Gmina Zalewo is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Iława County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the town of Zalewo, which lies approximately north of Iława and west of the regional capital Olsztyn. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,986 (out of which the population of Zalewo amounts to 2,152, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,834). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Iława Lake District Landscape Park. Villages Apart from the town of Zalewo, Gmina Zalewo contains the villages and settlements of Bądki, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Bądki, Bajdy, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Bajdy, Barty, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Barty, Bednarzówka, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Bednarzówka, Boreczno, Brzeziniak, Bukowiec, Iława County, Bukowiec, Dajny, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Dajny, Dobrzyki, Duba, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Duba, Gajdy, Girgajny ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iława County
__NOTOC__ Iława County ( pl, powiat iławski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, northern Poland. In the years 1945-1958 it existed under the name Susz County ( pl, powiat suski), subsequently renamed Iława County and abolished along with all powiats of Poland in 1975. Its current incarnation has been reestablished on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Iława, which lies west of the regional capital Olsztyn. The county contains four other towns: Lubawa, south of Iława, Susz, north-west of Iława, Kisielice, west of Iława, and Zalewo, north of Iława. The county covers an area of . As of 2006 its total population is 89,960, out of which the population of Iława is 32,326, that of Lubawa is 9,328, that of Susz is 5,610, that of Kisielice is 2,208, that of Zalewo is 2,152, and the rural population is 38,336. Neighbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Roberthin
Robert Roberthin (3 March 1600 – 17 April 1648) was a German Baroque poet. He wrote under his own name, as well as the anagram Berrintho. Course of life Roberthin was the son of a Lutheran pastor. In 1616 the Roberthin family moved to Königsberg. In 1617 Robert Roberthin started studying law at the University of Königsberg. The next year he continued his studies at Leipzig University and in 1620 at the Jean Sturm Gymnasium in Strasbourg, where he found lodgings with the linguist Matthias Bernegger. He would maintain a correspondence with Bernegger for many years. Roberthin's father died in 1620 and in 1621 Roberthin returned to Königsberg without a diploma. There he obtained a job as a private tutor. In the years 1625-1633 he travelled extensively. He departed together with his patron's son. They visited the Dutch Republic. There he found a new patron, with whom he travelled to England. From England he crossed the Channel to France, where he took up several jobs until h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grażyna Prokopek
Grażyna Prokopek-Janáček (born 20 April 1977 in Zalewo) is a retired Polish sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. She is married to a Czech former pole vaulter, Štěpán Janáček. International competitions 1Representing Europe Personal bests Outdoor * 100 metres – 11.67 (Bydgoszcz 1999) * 200 metres – 23.22 (Bydgoszcz 2004) * 400 metres – 51.29 (Athens 2004) * 800 metres – 2:08.31 (Suwałki 1999) Indoor * 60 metres – 7.57 (Prague 2006) * 200 metres – 23.94 (Spała 2004) * 400 metres – 52.00 (Birmingham 2007) See also * Polish records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Poland maintained by its national athletics federation: Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki (PZLA). Outdoor Key to tables: + = en route to a longer distance h = hand timing Men Women ... References External links * 1977 births Living people Polish female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saalfeld/Saale
Saalfeld (german: Saalfeld/Saale) is a town in Germany, capital of the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district of Thuringia. It is best known internationally as the ancestral seat of the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha branch of the Saxon House of Wettin. Geography The town is situated in the valley of the Saale River north of the Thuringian Highland, south of the German cultural centre Weimar. Saalfeld station is currently served by Intercity-Express trains running from Berlin to Munich. Saalfeld has 28,000 inhabitants. Together with neighbouring Rudolstadt and Bad Blankenburg, Saalfeld forms a tri-city area with a population of about 70,000. The local mountain is the Kulm, which is 481.9 metres above sea level. History Saalfeld is one of the historic towns of Thuringia, possibly founded by the 7th century around a Thuringii (Gothic) fortress today called Hoher Schwarm or ''Sorbenburg'' (Sorbs' Castle). The area was first mentioned in an 899 deed. Kitzerstein Castle standing on an eminence a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans-Joachim Kroschinski
Hans-Joachim Kroschinski (11 May 1920 – 7 January 1995) was a former Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. Claimed aerial victories Serving with 2./JG 54 Kroschinski gained his first known Soviet victory, a MiG-3 on 5 August 1942. He had a total of four by the end of 1942. On 21 December 1944 while flying Fw 190 A-9 (W.Nr.380360) "Yellow 6", he shot down five Pe-2 bombers, but was then seriously wounded by return fire from other Pe-2s over Frauenburg. He bailed out of his Fw-190 but as a result of his wounds lost both eyes and his right leg. Lieutenant Hans-Joachim Kroschinski was credited with at least 76 victories, all recorded over the Eastern Front in 360 missions, including 240 low level attacks. Included in his total is 15 Il-2 Sturmoviks, 2 tanks, a Gun Boat on Lake Ladoga, and 2 MTB's in the Finnish Bay. Summary of career Aerial victory claims According to Heaton, Lewis, Olds and Schulze, Kroschinski was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Kelletat
Herbert Kelletat (13 October 1907 – 25 May 2007) was a German musician, organist, author of musicological works and choir director. Since 1930, he published scholarly papers, especially on the history of the organ and on matters of musical tuning. Life Born in Saalfeld, Kreis Mohrungen, Kelletat experienced his early childhood in Graudenz (West Prussia) and in Liebstadt (East Prussia). Later the family lived in Bromberg (1917-1921) and in Halle (1921-1930). Kelletat began studying German, English and musicology at Friedrichs-University Halle in 1926. Although his parents moved to Marienburg (West Prussia), he initially stayed in Halle and later changed to study at the Albertus-Universität Königsberg. There, from 1930 to 1934, he extended his studies of musicology with Joseph Müller-Blattau and organ playing with Adolf Wieber. On the occasion of a trip to the Baltic States in 1932 he met Monika Hunnius in Riga. Kelletat received his doctorate in 1933 with the disser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship or Warmia-Masuria Province or Warmia-Mazury Province (in pl, Województwo warmińsko-mazurskie, is a voivodeship (province) in northeastern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Olsztyn. The voivodeship has an area of and a population of 1,425,967 (as of 2019). The Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship was created on 1 January 1999, from the entire Olsztyn Voivodeship, the western half of Suwałki Voivodeship and part of Elbląg Voivodeship, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998. The province's name derives from two historic regions, Warmia and Masuria. The province borders the Podlaskie Voivodeship to the east, the Masovian Voivodeship to the south, the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship to the south-west, the Pomeranian Voivodeship to the west, the Vistula Lagoon to the northwest, and the Kaliningrad Oblast (an exclave of Russia) to the north. Its borders largely overlap with the southern two-thirds of former East Prussia, whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rūdiškės
Rūdiškės (; pl, Rudziszki; be, Рудзішкі) is a city in the Trakai district municipality, Lithuania about 15 km south of Trakai. During the interwar period it was part of the Second Polish Republic. Until 2003 FK Vėtra was based in Rūdiškės. In 2003 FK Vėtra won bronze medals in the elite division and reached LFF Cup finals and the same year it was relocated to Vilnius Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional urb .... Now the city has its FK Rūdiškės football club. Population In 2011, the city had a population of 2300: Lithuanians - 50,83% (1169), Poles - 36,17% (832), Russians - 8,52% (196), Belarusians - 2,26% (52), Ukrainians - 0,7% (16), others - 1,52% (35). Sister cities * Zalewo, Poland [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Sovereign States
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 206 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 UN member states, 2 UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and 11 other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (16 states, of which there are 6 UN member states, 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and 9 de facto states), and states having a special political status (2 states, both in free association with New Zealand). Compiling a list such as this can be a complicated and controversial process, as there is no definition that is binding on all the members of the community of nations concerni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Kutschkau
Ernst is both a surname and a given name, the German, Dutch, and Scandinavian form of Ernest. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Adolf Ernst (1832–1899) German botanist known by the author abbreviation "Ernst" * Anton Ernst (1975-) South African Film Producer * Alice Henson Ernst (1880-1980), American writer and historian * Britta Ernst (born 1961), German politician * Cornelia Ernst, German politician * Edzard Ernst, German-British Professor of Complementary Medicine * Emil Ernst, astronomer * Ernie Ernst (1924/25–2013), former District Judge in Walker County, Texas * Eugen Ernst (1864–1954), German politician * Fabian Ernst, German soccer player * Gustav Ernst, Austrian writer * Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, Moravian violinist and composer * Jim Ernst, Canadian politician * Jimmy Ernst, American painter, son of Max Ernst * Joni Ernst, U.S. Senator from Iowa * K.S. Ernst, American visual poet * Karl Friedrich Paul Ernst, German writer (1866–1933) * Ken Ernst, U.S. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
