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Andrzej Kusionowicz Grodyński
Andrzej Kusionowicz Grodyński (22 October 1861 – 24 July 1925), born Andrzej Szymon Kusionowicz, was a Polish people, Polish lawyer who worked as a Silesian circuit judge based in Cieszyn for much of his career. Kusionowicz was also the editor of ''Gwiazdka Cieszyńska'' from 1889 to 1890. An associate of , who founded ''Gwiazdka Cieszyńska'', he was also a friend of with whom he shared the early vision of Cieszyn Silesia joining Galicia (Eastern Europe), Galicia in a new Polish state independent of Austrian rule. On 7 September 1906 Kusionowicz changed his surname to Grodyński. Following World War I, Grodyński participated as a Polish delegate in the talks to settle the new border with Czechoslovakia and represented the Polish High Court in Kraków for the legal transitioning of Silesia into the newly independent Poland. Grodyński was later appointed president of the Silesian Court of Appeal in Katowice after its establishment on 16 June 1922. Early years One of a larg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gdów
Gdów is a village in Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Gdów. It lies approximately south-east of Wieliczka and south-east of the regional capital Kraków. History Archaeological excavations conducted in and around Gdów attest that settlements existed in the area in the Paleolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Ages. From the records of Jan Długosz (pl) the first permanent settlement was founded in the eleventh century by the wealthy Gedkę Family (pl), bearing the Griffin (pl) coat of arms, who probably also founded the church. The church was reported for the first time in 1272 in a document that is the oldest document discovered to-date referencing Gdów. A major influence on the development of Gdów was its location at the crossroads of trade routes leading to Hungary and Austria, Kraków to Limanowa (pl) and Bochnia (pl) to Myślenice (pl). Larger development of the set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czchów
Czchów (, ) is a town in Brzesko County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,288 inhabitants as of December 2021. It lies on the Dunajec river, and along National Road Nr. 75. In the years 1928-2000, Czchów was a village. History The history of Czchów dates back to the time when this part of Poland probably belonged to Great Moravia. Some sources claim that the very name of the town is of Czech origin, as in the documents from the 13th century, it was spelled ''Czechou, Cechou'', and ''Cehiov''. According to Jan Długosz, among first residents of the settlements were Germans, captured by King Bolesław Chrobry during his wars with the Holy Roman Empire. In 1280, Princess Kinga of Poland met here with Prince of Kraków, Leszek Czarny to discuss a conflict among Piast princes. At that time the village of Czchów belonged to the Bishops of Kraków, and at the beginning of the 14th century, it became a royal possession. During the reign of King Casimir III the Great, Czchà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Rarańcza
The Battle of Rarańcza was fought between Polish Legions in World War I, Polish Legionnaires, and Austria-Hungary, from February 15 to 16, 1918, near Ridkivtsi, Rarańcza in Bukovina, and ended with a Polish victory. Background The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (February 9, 1918), Brest-Litovsk Treaty, which was being negotiated on February 9, 1918, did not appear to benefit the idea of a nation state for Poland. This treaty, signed between the Central Powers (including Austria-Hungary) and the Ukrainian People's Republic on February 9, 1918, transferred the Chełm Land, province of Chełm to the Ukrainian state. Poles, meanwhile, believed that the town of Chełm and surrounding lands should be under Polish control. The Polish forces, part of the Austro-Hungarian Army stationed on the border of Bessarabia, were increasingly restless. They were relatively spread out throughout the region over a frontline 250 km in length. They consisted of the Polish Auxiliary Corps (known as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cieszyn Gimnazjum BWR
Cieszyn ( , ; ; ) is a border town in southern Poland on the east bank of the Olza River, and the administrative seat of Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship. The town has 33,500 inhabitants ( and lies opposite ÄŒeský TěšÃn in the Czech Republic. Both towns belong to the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia, and formerly constituted the capital of the Duchy of Cieszyn as a single town. Geography The town is situated on the Olza river, a tributary of the Oder River, which forms the border with the Czech Republic. It is located within the western Silesian Foothills north of the Silesian Beskids and Mt. Czantoria Wielka, a popular ski resort. Cieszyn is the heart of the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia, the southeasternmost part of Upper Silesia. Until the end of World War I in 1918 it was a seat of the Dukes of Cieszyn. In 1920 Cieszyn Silesia was divided between the two newly created states of Poland and Czechoslovakia, with the smaller western suburbs of Cieszyn beco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
