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Stanisław Brykalski
Stanisław Brykalski, pseudonym Kogutek,''Ceremonia pogrzebowa bohaterów spod Wizny'', MON, 2013-05-25 was a Polish Lieutenant and a deputy defense commander of Wizna along with Władysław Raginis. After his death, which happened during the Battle of Wizna, he was posthumously promoted to captain. Biography World War II Stanisław Brykalski was born on April 6, 1912 in Słomniki as the son of Jan and Marianna Brykalski.''10.09.2011 r. – Wizna-Góra Strękowa, pogrzeb po 72. latach'', Stowarzyszenie Weteranów Polskich Formacji Granicznych/ref> After graduating from schools in Miechów and Kraków, he entered the Kraków school of cadets. In 1938 he underwent military training and was appointed to the rank of lieutenant. In the same year he was drafted into the Polish Armed Forces and incorporated into the 71st Infantry Regiment. He served as the commander of an artillery platoon. The outbreak of World War II found him in the fortified section of the Wizna area, near Łomża. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Słomniki
Słomniki is a town in southern Poland, situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. Słomniki lies north of Kraków, among the hills of Lesser Poland Upland. On December 31, 2010, its population was 4,365, and the town is a center of commerce and services for the local agricultural area. Its name probably comes from a Medieval guild called ''szłomiarze'' or ''szłomniki'', who manufactured helmets for royal knights. The town has two rail stations (''Słomniki'' and ''Słomniki Miasto''), on a major electrified double track railway from Kraków to Warsaw. Słomniki is also served by the ''Kraków Transit Authority'' (''MPK Kraków''), with bus line 222 reaching it from Nowa Huta. The town has several schools, house of culture, cinema, library and ''Museum of Słomniki Land''. Its sports club ''KS Słomniczanka'' was founded in 1923, and currently has football and volleyball departments. History The village of Słomniki was first mentioned in 1287, as a hunting settlement in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kraków
, officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 (2023), with approximately 8 million additional people living within a radius. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596, and has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life. Cited as one of Europe's most beautiful cities, its Kraków Old Town, Old Town was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1978, one of the world's first sites granted the status. The city began as a Hamlet (place), hamlet on Wawel Hill and was a busy trading centre of Central Europe in 985. In 1038, it became the seat of King of Poland, Polish monarchs from the Piast dynasty, and subsequently served as the centre of administration under Jagiellonian dynasty, Jagiellonian kings and of the Polish–Lithuan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Kraków County
The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
