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Skłodowski Family
The Skłodowski (originally Skłot, later also Skłotowski) family is a Polish noble family, members of whom variously used the Jastrzębiec and Dołęga coats of arms. History The Skłodowski family originated in the village of Skłoty (now Skłóty) in Mazovia's Płock land. The earliest recorded family member was ''Velislaus'' (Welisław) ''de Sclothowo'', who appeared in the Łęczyca court book on 20 June 1391. In the 16th century a family branch using the surname Krasznicki ''seu'' (Latin: "or") Sclothowski settled in the village of Kraśnica in Konin County. Descendants of this branch later appeared in Lviv County and the Duchy of Siewierz. They used the surname Sarnowski. In the 17th century another branch settled in Vitebsk Province of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In the 15th and 16th centuries a substantial part of the family moved to empty areas of Podlasie and Mazovia, establishing noble villages ('' zaścianki''). From the 16th century the Skłodowski famil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jastrzębiec Coat Of Arms
Jastrzębiec () is one of the most ancient Polish heraldry, Polish coat of arms. Dating back to the 10th century, it has been used by Poland's oldest szlachta families — Poland's Immemorial nobility — and remains in use today. History Legend of the coat of arms According to the Polish-Czech writer and heraldist Bartosz Paprocki, this coat of arms is called ''Jastrzebiec'' because the clan's pagan ancestors bore a Northern goshawk, Goshawk, or ''Jastrzab''. In the era of King Bolesław the Brave, circa 999, during a siege of the mountain fortress Łysa Góra – two miles from Bozecin, now called Swiety Krzyz (Christian cross, Holy Cross) – the Christian besiegers were challenged by the pagan holders of the place, to "Send forth one from among you who is willing to fight for Christ, in a challenge against one of our men." Jastrzebczyk, a knightly member of the Jastrzebiec clan invented horseshoes that enabled his horse to climb the slippery slopes and to defeat and bring the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nur Land
Nur Land (Polish: ''ziemia nurska''), named after the town (now a village) of Nur, was an administrative unit (ziemia) of the Duchy of Mazovia, Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. With its capital in Nur, it belonged to Masovian Voivodeship. In the Middle Ages, Nur was one of the most important towns of Mazovia, and the seat of a starosta. In 1377, during a meeting of Mazovian dukes, which took place in Sochaczew, boundaries of the Land of Nur were established. It covered 3655 km2, and was divided into three counties: Kamienczyk (area 2141 km2), Nur (area 1001 km2) and Ostrow Mazowiecka (area 512 km2). In 1526, Nur Land was annexed into the Kingdom of Poland, and until the Partitions of Poland, it belonged to Masovian Voivodeship. Local sejmik A sejmik (, diminutive of ''sejm'', occasionally translated as a ''dietine''; ) was one of various local parliaments in the history of Poland and history of Lithuania. The first sejmiks w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bronisława Dłuska
Bronisława Dłuska (; ; 28 March 186515 April 1939) was a Polish physician, and co-founder and first director of Warsaw's Maria Skłodowska-Curie Institute of Oncology. She was married to political activist Kazimierz Dłuski, and was an older sister of physicist Marie Curie. Life Early life Bronisława was born 28 March 1865 in Warsaw to Władysław Skłodowski and Bronisława Skłodowska, both of whom were teachers. The second eldest of five children, she had three sisters—Zofia, Helena, and Maria—and a brother, Józef. On both the paternal and maternal sides, the family had lost their property and fortunes through patriotic involvements in Polish national uprisings aimed at restoring Poland's independence (the most recent had been the January Uprising of 1863–65). This left the subsequent generation to a difficult struggle to get ahead in life. Her paternal grandfather, , had been a respected teacher in Lublin, where he taught the young Bolesław Prus, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Władysław Skłodowski
Władysław Skłodowski (10 October 1832 – 14 May 1902) was a Polish teacher, biologist, publicist, and translator. His daughter was Maria Skłodowska-Curie. Biography Władysław Skłodowski As a gifted child, he was admitted to a gymnasium in Łuków at the age of 8. He completed his secondary education at a school in Siedlce in 1847, earning a gold medal. In 1852, earned a diploma in physical-mathematical sciences from the University of Saint Petersburg. Initially, he worked in Warsaw schools as a teacher of physics and mathematics. In 1867, he was promoted to deputy inspector of a in Warsaw on Nowolipki Street, where he was also assigned a staff apartment. He held this role until 1873, when he was removed from the position. After that he established a boarding house for students, where he worked until 1887. In 1871, his wife Bronisława's health deteriorated, revealing the first signs of tuberculosis, and she had to resign from her position as the director of the girls ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnasium (school)
''Gymnasium'' (and Gymnasium (school)#By country, variations of the word) is a term in various European languages for a secondary school that prepares students for higher education at a university. It is comparable to the US English term ''University-preparatory school, preparatory high school'' or the British term ''grammar school''. Before the 20th century, the gymnasium system was a widespread feature of educational systems throughout many European countries. The word (), from Greek () 'naked' or 'nude', was first used in Ancient Greece, in the sense of a place for both physical and intellectual education of young men. The latter meaning of a place of intellectual education persisted in many European languages (including Albanian language, Albanian, Bulgarian language, Bulgarian, Czech language, Czech, Dutch language, Dutch, Estonian language, Estonian, Greek language, Greek, German language, German, Hungarian language, Hungarian, Macedonian language, Macedonian, Montene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Józef Skłodowski
Józef Skłodowski (19 March 1804 – 21 August 1882) was a Polish educator, librarian, participant in the November Uprising (1830–31), and grandfather of Maria Skłodowska-Curie. Biography Józef Skłodowski was born into a noble family in the family village of Skłody-Piotrowice, as the son of Urban Skłodowski and Elżbieta Małgorzata née Rykaczewska. He began his education in 1812 at an elementary school in Zaręby Kościelne. He completed his secondary education with the Piarists at the Voivedoship School in Łomża and graduated in 1828 from the Faculty of Philology at the University of Warsaw. From the autumn of 1829, he worked as a teacher at the district school in Biała Podlaska, where he taught Polish, French, and German. He then transferred to a school in Warsaw. After the outbreak of the November Uprising, he joined the Polish army along with a group of students and actively participated in armed combat. After the uprising, he avoided repression and retu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goworowo, Ostrołęka County
Goworowo is a village in Ostrołęka County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Goworowo. It lies approximately south of Ostrołęka and north-east of Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at .... References External links Jewish Community in Goworowoon Virtual Shtetl Villages in Ostrołęka County {{Ostrołęka-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starost
Starosta or starost (Cyrillic: ''старост/а'', Latin: ''capitaneus'', ) is a community elder in some Slavic lands. The Slavic root of "starost" translates as "senior". Since the Middle Ages, it has designated an official in a leadership position in a range of civic and social contexts throughout Central and Eastern Europe. In reference to a municipality, a ''starosta'' was historically a senior royal administrative official, equivalent to a county sheriff or seneschal, and analogous to a '' gubernator''. In Poland, a ''starosta'' administered crown territory or a district called a '' starostwo''. In the early Middle Ages, a ''starosta'' could head a settled urban or rural community or other community, as in the case of a church starosta or an '' artel'' starosta. A starosta also functioned as a master of ceremonies. Czech Republic and Slovakia In the Czech Republic and Slovakia ''starosta'' is the title of a mayor of a town or village. Mayors of major cities use the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ponikiew Mała
Ponikiew Mała is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Goworowo, within Ostrołęka County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately south of Goworowo, south of Ostrołęka, and north-east of Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at .... References Villages in Ostrołęka County {{Ostrołęka-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ponikiew Wielka
Ponikiew Wielka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czerwonka, within Maków County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately east of Czerwonka, east of Maków Mazowiecki, and north of Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at .... References Villages in Maków County {{Maków-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Szlachta
The ''szlachta'' (; ; ) were the nobility, noble estate of the realm in the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Depending on the definition, they were either a warrior "caste" or a social class, and they dominated those states by exercising szlachta's privileges, political rights and power. Szlachta as a class differed significantly from the Feudalism, feudal nobility of Western Europe. The estate was officially abolished in 1921 by the March Constitution (Poland), March Constitution."Szlachta. Szlachta w Polsce" ''Encyklopedia PWN'' The origins of the ''szlachta'' are obscure and the subject of several theories. The ''szlachta'' secured Golden Liberty, substantial and increasing political power and rights throughout its history, begin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zaręby Kościelne
Zaręby Kościelne is a village in Ostrów Mazowiecka County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Zaręby Kościelne. It lies approximately east of Ostrów Mazowiecka and north-east of Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at .... References External links Jewish Community in Zaręby Kościelneon Virtual Shtetl. Villages in Ostrów Mazowiecka County {{OstrówMazowiecka-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
