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ﾅ「kﾃｳw
ﾅ「kﾃｳw is a city in eastern Poland with 30,727 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2005). Since 1999, it has been situated in the Lublin Voivodeship, previously it had belonged to the Siedlce Voivodeship (between 1975窶1998). It is the capital of ﾅ「kﾃｳw County. The town has an area of , of which forests make up 13%. ﾅ「kﾃｳw is located on the Southern Krzna river, at approximately 160 meters Above mean sea level, above sea level. For 500 years ﾅ「kﾃｳw, together with neighboring towns Siedlce and Radzyﾅ Podlaski, was part of Lesser Poland, and was located in the extreme northeastern corner of the province. Some time in the 19th century, it became associated with another historical region of Poland, Podlasie. Etymology The name of the town first appeared in documents in 1233 (''Castelani nostri de Lucow''). ﾅ「kﾃｳw comes from Old Slavic word ''ﾅＶk'', which means "a place located in a wetland". History ﾅ「kﾃｳw was established as a Gord (archaeology), grod, around the year 1233. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ﾅ「kﾃｳw County
__NOTOC__ ﾅ「kﾃｳw County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lublin Voivodeship, eastern Poland. It was established on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is ﾅ「kﾃｳw, which lies north of the regional capital Lublin. The only other town in the county is Stoczek ﾅ「kowski, lying west of ﾅ「kﾃｳw. The county covers an area of . As of 2019, its total population is 107,144, including 29,885, in ﾅ「kﾃｳw, 2.520in Stoczek ﾅ「kowski, and a rural population is 74.739. ﾅ「kﾃｳw County in the past Lukow Land (Polish: ''ziemia ﾅＶkowska'', Latin: ''Terra Lucoviensis'', ''Districtus Lucoviensis'') or Lukow powiat, County was an administrative unit (ziemia) of both the Kingdom of Poland (1385窶1569), Kingdom of Poland and the Polish窶鏑ithuanian Commonwealth. With seat in the town of Lukow, it was located in extreme northeastern corner of Lesser Poland, and until 1474 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ﾅ「kﾃｳw Railway Station
ﾅ「kﾃｳw railway station is a railway station serving ﾅ「kﾃｳw, Poland. It is served by Koleje Mazowieckie (which runs services from ﾅ「kﾃｳw to Warszawa Zachodnia), Polregio (local and InterRegio services), PKP Intercity (TLK services) and some international trains. It was opened in 1866. References *Station article akolej.one.pl External links * Railway stations in Poland opened in 1866 Railway stations in Lublin Voivodeship Railway stations served by Koleje Mazowieckie Railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ... 1866 establishments in the Russian Empire {{Poland-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krzna
The Krzna is a river in eastern Poland, and a left tributary of the Bug. The river is long and its watershed area is . The Krzna flows through Poland's Lublin Voivodeship. It arises from the connection of two water jets flowing in the ﾅ「kﾃｳw Forest: Northern Krzna and Southern Krzna which is considered to be the beginning of the Krzna. The river empties into the Bug near the town of Terespol and the village of Neple, close to the Belarus border near, the city of Brest. A canal connects it to the Wieprz. The Northern Krzna The Northern Krzna is a short river which connects with the Southern Krzna in the town of Miﾄ囘zyrzec Podlaski. Similarly to the Southern Krzna, the river flows from ﾅ「kﾃｳw Forests, center of which was formerly inaccessible Jata marsh and nowadays it is a wildlife reserve of the same name. The Northern Krzna is shorter than the Southern Krzna. However, its watershed area is bigger. During the Pleistocene epoch, the valley of the Northern Krzna was one of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesser Poland
Lesser Poland, often known by its Polish name ''MaﾅＰpolska'' (; ), is a historical region situated in southern and south-eastern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Krakﾃｳw. Throughout centuries, Lesser Poland developed a separate culture featuring diverse architecture, folk costumes, dances, cuisine, traditions and a rare Lesser Polish dialect. The region is rich in historical landmarks, monuments, castles, natural scenery and UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The region should not be confused with the modern Lesser Poland Voivodeship, which covers only the southwestern part of Lesser Poland. Historical Lesser Poland was much larger than the current voivodeship that bears its name. It reached from Bielsko-BiaﾅＢ in the southwest as far as to Siedlce in the northeast. It consisted of the three voivodeships of Krakﾃｳw, Sandomierz and Lublin. It comprised almost 60,000 km2 in area; today's population in this area is about 9,000,000 inhabitants. Its landscape is mai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lublin Voivodeship
Lublin Voivodeship ( ) is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) of Poland, located in the southeastern part of the country, with its capital being the city of Lublin. The region is named after its largest city and regional capital, Lublin, and its territory is made of four historical lands: the western and central part of the voivodeship, with Lublin itself, belongs to Lesser Poland, the eastern part of Lublin Area belongs to Cherven Cities/Red Ruthenia, and the northeast belongs to Polesie and Podlasie. Lublin Voivodeship borders Subcarpathian Voivodeship to the south, ﾅ嗹iﾄ冲okrzyskie Voivodeship to the south-west, Masovian Voivodeship to the west and north, Podlaskie Voivodeship along a short boundary to the north, Belarus (Brest Region) and Ukraine (Lviv Oblast, Lviv and Volyn Oblast, Volyn Regions) to the east. The region's population as of 2019 was 2,112,216. It covers an area of . History The Polish historical regions, Polish historical region that encompasse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Polish Counties
__NOTOC__ The following is an alphabetical list of all 380 county-level entities in Poland. A county or powiat (pronounced ''povyat,'' /pﾉ牌.jﾃ､t/) is the second level of Polish administrative division, between the voivodeship (provinces) and the gmina (municipalities or communes; plural "gminy"). The list includes the 314 "land counties" (''powiaty ziemskie'') and the 66 "city counties" (''miasta na prawach powiatu'' or ''powiaty grodzkie''). For general information about these entities, see the article on powiats. The following information is given in the list: *English name (as used in Wikipedia) *Polish name (does not apply to most city counties, since these are not translated). Note that sometimes two different counties have the same name in Polish (for example, Brzeg County and Brzesko County both have the original name ''powiat brzeski''). *County seat (not given in the case of city counties, as the seat is simply the city itself). Note that sometimes the seat is not part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BolesﾅＢw V The Chaste
BolesﾅＢw V the Chaste (; 21 June 1226 窶 7 December 1279) was Duke of Sandomierz in Lesser Poland from 1232 and High Duke of Poland from 1243 until his death, as the last male representative of the Lesser Polish branch of Piasts. Birth and nickname BolesﾅＢw V was born on 21 June 1226 at Stary Korczyn, as the third child and only son of Leszek I the White by his wife GrzymisﾅＢwa, a Rurikid princess of disputed parentage. Named after his great-grandfather BolesﾅＢw Wrymouth, the numeral V was assigned to him in the ''Poczet krﾃｳlﾃｳw Polskich''. His nickname of "Chaste" (Latin: ''Pudicus''), appeared relatively early and was already mentioned in the ''Rocznik franciszkaﾅгki krakowski''. It was given to him by his subjects because of the vows of chastity that BolesﾅＢw V and his wife Kinga of Hungary had jointly taken; for this reason, their marriage was never consummated. Youth Father's death On 24 November 1227, during the Congress of Gﾄsawa, BolesﾅＢw V's father, Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish Car Number Plates
Vehicle registration plates of Poland indicate the region of registration of the vehicle given the number plate. Law According to Polish law, the registration plate is tied to the vehicle, not the owner. There is no possibility for the owner to keep the licence number for use on a different car, even if it's a cherished registration. The licence plates are issued by the powiat (county) of the vehicle owner's registered address of residence, in the case of a natural person. If it is owned by a legal person, the place of registration is determined by the person's address. Vehicles leased under operating leases and many de facto finance leases will be registered at the address of the lessor. When a vehicle changes hands, the new owner must apply for new vehicle registration document bearing their name and registered address. The new owner may obtain a new licence plate although it is not necessary. In such a situation the licence plates are usually carried over to the new owne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siedlce Voivodeship
Siedlce Voivodeship () was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by Masovian Voivodeship and Lublin Voivodeship. Its capital city was Siedlce. Major cities and towns (population in 1995) * Siedlce (74,100) * Miﾅгk Mazowiecki (35,000) * ﾅ「kﾃｳw (32,000) See also * Voivodeships of Poland A voivodeship ( ; ; plural: ) is the highest-level Administrative divisions of Poland, administrative division of Poland, corresponding to a province in many other countries. The term has been in use since the 14th century and is commonly tran ... Former voivodeships of Poland (1975窶1998) History of Lublin Voivodeship History of Masovian Voivodeship {{poland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Podlasie
Podlachia, also known by its Polish name Podlasie (; ; ), is a historical region in north-eastern Poland. Its largest city is BiaﾅＺstok, whereas the historical capital is Drohiczyn. Similarly to several other historical regions of Poland, e.g. Greater Poland, Lesser Poland, Mazovia, Pomerania, Silesia, Warmia, Podlachia possesses its own folk costumes, unique traditional architecture and cuisine. Between 1513 and 1795 it was a voivodeship with the capital in Drohiczyn. Now the part north of the Bug River is included in the modern Podlaskie Voivodeship with the capital in BiaﾅＺstok, whereas southern parts are located in the Masovian and Lublin Voivodeships. Names and etymology The region is called , or in Polish, in Lithuanian, ''Padliaﾅ｡ﾅ｡a'' (ﾐ渙ｰﾐｴﾐｻﾑ肖尉威ｰ) in Belarusian, ''Podljas窶册'' (ﾐ渙ｾﾐｴﾐｻﾑ肖ﾑ糊ｵ) in Russian, ﾗ､ﾖｼﾗ蹟ｸﾗ沌慵燮蹟ｷﾗｩﾗ｢ ''Podlyashe'' in Yiddish, and in Latin. There are two hypotheses regarding the origin of the name of the region. Accordin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuanians
Lithuanians () are a Balts, Baltic ethnic group. They are native to Lithuania, where they number around 2,378,118 people. Another two million make up the Lithuanian diaspora, largely found in countries such as the Lithuanian Americans, United States, Lithuanians in the United Kingdom, United Kingdom, Lithuanian Brazilians, Brazil and Lithuanian Canadians, Canada. Their native language is Lithuanian language, Lithuanian, one of only two surviving members of the Baltic language family along with Latvian language, Latvian. According to the Lithuanian census of 2021, census conducted in 2021, 84.6% of the population of Lithuania identified themselves as Lithuanians. Most Lithuanians belong to the Catholic Church in Lithuania, Catholic Church, while the Lietuvininkai who lived in the northern part of East Prussia prior to World War II, were mostly Lutherans. History The territory of the Balts, including modern Lithuania, was once inhabited by several Baltic tribal entities (Sudovi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Of Krewo
In a strict sense, the Union of Krewo or Act of Krﾄ要a (also spelled Union of Krevo, Act of Kreva; ; ) comprised a set of prenuptial promises made at Kreva Castle on 14 August 1385 by Jogaila, Grand Duke of Lithuania, in regard to his prospective marriage to the underage reigning Queen Jadwiga of Poland. Though very limited in scope, the "Union of Krewo", in historiography, often refers not only to the particular document but to events of 1385窶1386 as a whole. After the 1385 negotiations, Jogaila converted to Christianity, married Jadwiga, and was crowned King of Poland in 1386. The union proved a decisive moment in the history of Poland, histories of Poland and history of Lithuania, Lithuania; it marked the beginning of four centuries of shared history of the two polities. By 1569 the Polish窶鏑ithuanian union had developed into a new state, the Polish窶鏑ithuanian Commonwealth, which lasted until the Third Partition of Poland in 1795. Background Situation in Poland Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
