Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: Bydgoszcz Voivodship


Related Topics

  
  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Pomeranian voivodship
Bydgoszcz (Polish pronunciation: (?), German: Bromberg, Latin: Bydgostia) is a city in northern Poland, on the Brda and Vistula rivers, with a population of 369,151 (2004).
Regional council (sejmik generalny) A sejmik (diminutive of the Polish sejm, or parliament) was a regional sejm in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and earlier in the Kingdom of Poland.
(5) Pomeranian voivodship (1294-1308) was a province of the Kingdom of Poland.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Pomeranian-voivodship   (5172 words)

  
 Bydgoszcz Voivodship - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Bydgoszcz Voivodship (2) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship.
Bydgoszcz Voivodship (1) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1946–1975.
Initially called the Pomeranian Voivodship, it was created from the southern part of the pre-war Pomeranian Voivodship and superseded by the voivodships of Bydgoszcz (2), Torun and Wloclawek.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Bydgoszcz_Voivodship   (179 words)

  
 Bydgoszcz - Free net encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Bydgoszcz (Polish pronunciation: Template:IPAudio, Template:Lang-de (Template:Audio), Latin: Bydgostia) is a city in northern Poland, on the Brda and Vistula rivers, with a population of 369,151 (2004).
Bydgoszcz was occupied by the Teutonic Knights from 1331-1337, and was recovered by King Kazimierz III the Great, who granted the city municipal rights on 19 April 1346.
Bydgoszcz followed the history of Greater Poland until 1772, when it was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia in the First Partition of Poland.
www.netipedia.com /index.php/Bydgoszcz   (658 words)

  
  Bydgoszcz Voivodship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bydgoszcz Voivodship (2) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship.
Bydgoszcz Voivodship (1) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1946–1975.
Initially called the Pomeranian Voivodship, it was created from the southern part of the pre-war Pomeranian Voivodship and superseded by the voivodships of Bydgoszcz (2), Torun and Wloclawek.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bydgoszcz_Voivodship   (187 words)

  
 Trips and tourism in Bydgoszcz (Poland)
Bydgoszcz (German: Bromberg, Latin: Bydgostia) is a city in northern Poland, on Brda and Wisła rivers, with a population of 369,151 (2004).
Together with Toruń it has been the capital of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship since 1999, and was previously the capital of the Bydgoszcz Voivodship (1947-1998) and before that, of the Pomeranian Voivodship (1945-1947).
Bydgoszcz was occupied by the Teutonic Knights from 1331-1337, and was recovered by the king Casimir the Great, who granted the city municipal rights in 1346/1349.
www.tripstw.com /city/Bydgoszcz-687.htm   (492 words)

  
 Bydgoszcz, Poland
It has been the capital of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship since 1999, and was previously the capital of the Bydgoszcz Voivodship (1947-1998) and before that, of the Pomeranian Voivodship (1939-1947).
Bydgoszcz is a part of the metroplex Bydgoszcz-Torun with Torun, only 30 km away, and over 700,000 inhabitants.
Bydgoszcz was occupied by the Teutonic Knights in years 1331-1337, recovered by the king Casimir the Great, who granted the municipal rights in 1346/1349.
www.creekin.net /c5709-n149-bydgoszcz-poland.html   (553 words)

  
 Bydgoszcz - Encyclopedia, History and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Bydgoszcz is a part of the metroplex Bydgoszcz-Torun with Torun, only 30 km away, and over 700,000 inhabitants.
Bydgoszcz was occupied by the Teutonic Knights in years 1331-1337, recovered by the king Casimir the Great, who granted the municipal rights in 1346/1349.
During this time, the canal was built from Bydgoszcz to Nakło which connected the north flowing Vistula river via the Brda to the west flowing Noteć, which in turn flowed to the Oder via the Warta.
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Bromberg   (602 words)

  
 Bydgoszcz Details, Meaning Bydgoszcz Article and Explanation Guide
Bydgoszcz (pronounce:, German Bromberg, see also other names) is a city in northern Poland, on Brda and Vistula rivers, with a population of 386,855.
It has been the capital of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship since 1999, and was previously the capital of the Bydgoszcz Voivodship (1947-1998) and before that, of the Pomeranian Voivodship (1939-1947).
Bydgoszcz followed the history of Greater Poland until 1772, when it was annexed by Prussia.
www.e-paranoids.com /b/by/bydgoszcz.html   (439 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Chelmno
Situated in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship (since 1999), previously in Torun Voivodship (1975-1998), near the Vistula river.
Kujavian-Pomeranian voivodship since 1999 The Kujavian-Pomeranian Voivodship (in Polish województwo kujawsko-pomorskie) is an administrative region or voivodship in central-northern Poland.
Torun Voivodship (Polish: województwo toruńskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975-1998, superseded by Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Chelmno   (1193 words)

  
 Political & administrative status
Several changes were made to the district divisions as a result of the new political borders.
The Polish part of the former Province became the new voivodship of Poznan (although the North-Eastern districts of Bydgoszcz, Mogilno, Strzelno, Inowroclaw, Wyrzysk, Szubin and Znin were later incorporated into the voivodship of Polish Pomerania with the capital seat in Torun/Thorn).
In the voivodship of Poznan the district borders were changed in 1932 (the number of districts was decreased).
www.polishroots.org /genpoland/distr.htm   (510 words)

  
 Bydgoszcz information - Search.com
The Treaty of Bydgoszcz was signed in the town in 1657.
From 1939-45 during World War II, Bydgoszcz was occupied by Nazi Germany and annexed to the Reichsgau Wartheland.
On September 3 1939, shortly after the war started, the disputed Bromberg Bloody Sunday incident occurred in which numerous Poles and Germans were killed; the incident was used by Nazi propaganda for retaliation against Poles after Bydgoszcz was occupied by the Wehrmacht on September 9.
domainhelp.search.com /reference/Bydgoszcz   (604 words)

  
 Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Kujavian-Pomeranian Voivodship (in Polish województwo kujawsko-pomorskie) is an administrative region or voivodship in central-northern Poland.
Created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Bydgoszcz, Torun and Wloclawek voivodships as a result of Local Government Reogranization Act of 1998.
The voivodship's name recalls the 2 historical regions of Pomerania and Kuyavia (or Cuiavia).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kuyavian-Pomeranian_Voivodship   (80 words)

  
 Inowrocław - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Situated in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship since 1999, Inowrocław was previously in the Bydgoszcz Voivodship (1975-1998).
Inowrocław is an industrial town located about 40 km southeast of Bydgoszcz known for its saltwater baths and salt mines.
The town is the 4th largest in its voivodship.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Inowroclaw   (213 words)

  
 Pomeranian Voivodship   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Pomeranian Voivodship (in Polish województwo pomorskie) is an administrative region or voivodship in northern Poland within the historic region of Eastern Pomerania.
(2) Pomeranian voivodship (1919-1939), administrative province of the Republic of Poland (II Rzeczpospolita) established in 1919 after WWI from the majority of the Prussian probince of West Prussia which fell to Poland.
In 1938-39 voivodship extended to the the south at the expense of voivodships of Poznan and Warsaw, and called Great Pomerania afterwards.
www.theezine.net /p/pomeranian-voivodship.html   (296 words)

  
 Bydgoszcz car hire Bydgoszcz car rental airport budget car hire Bydgoszcz airport cheap Bydgoszcz car rental airport
Beneluxcar can help you to rent a car in Bydgoszcz Whether it is one way interstate rental car Bydgoszcz, Beneluxcar has just the right car hire for you.
From Bydgoszcz airport car hire can be easily located.
Bydgoszcz is a city in northern Poland, on the Brda and Vistula rivers, with a population of 369,151 (2004).
www.beneluxcar.com /car-rentals/poland/bydgoszcz   (246 words)

  
 Pomeranian Voivodship   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In 1938-39 voivodship extended to the south at the expense Poznan Voivodship and Warsaw Voivodship, and called Great Pomerania afterwards.
The Pomeranian Voivodship (Polish: Województwo Pomorskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Kingdom of Poland since 1454/1466 till the partitions in 1772/1795.
Together with the Chelmno Voivodship and Malbork Voivodship it formed the historical province of Royal Prussia.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Pomorskie   (399 words)

  
 Greater Poland Voivodship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Greater Poland Voivodship (in Polish województwo wielkopolskie) is an administrative region or voivodship of western-central Poland It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Poznan, Kalisz, Konin, Pila and Leszno voivodships as a result of Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998.
It is second in area and third in population among the country's sixteen voivodships, with 29,826 km² and 3.4 million inhabitants.
Most of the historical region (except some southwestern communities) is included the Greater Poland voivodship (administrative province) created in 1999.
www.butte-silverbow.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Greater_Poland_Voivodship   (231 words)

  
 Bydgoszcz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Bydgoszcz es una parte del metroplex Bydgoszcz-Torun con Torun, solamente 30 kilómetros lejos, y sobre 700.000 habitantes.
Bydgoszcz fue ocupado por los caballeros de Teutonic en los años 1331-1337, recuperados por el rey Casimir el grande, que concedió las derechas municipales en 1346/1349.
Bydgoszcz siguió la historia de mayor Polonia hasta 1772, cuando fue anexado por Prussia.
www.yotor.net /wiki/es/by/Bydgoszcz.htm   (454 words)

  
 Bydgoszcz Voivodship -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Bydgoszcz Voivodship (2) was a unit of administrative division and local government in (A republic in central Europe; the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 started World War II) Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by (Click link for more info and facts about Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship) Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship.
Bydgoszcz Voivodship (1) was a unit of administrative division and local government in (A republic in central Europe; the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 started World War II) Poland in the years 1946–1975.
Bydgoszcz County, powiat bydgoski, (An industrial city and river port in northern Poland) Bydgoszcz
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/B/By/Bydgoszcz_Voivodship.htm   (597 words)

  
 Torun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
One of the capitals of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship (since 1999), previously the capital of the Toruń Voivodship (1975-1998) and the Pomeranian Voivodship (1921-1939), the city is located near the Geographic Center of Europe.
The city of Toruń creates a bipolar agglomeration Bydgoszcz-Toruń with the city of Bydgoszcz, located only 30 km away.
In September 2004 the Medical Academy in Bydgoszcz joined Toruń University as Collegium Medicum UMK in Bydgoszcz.
www.peekskill.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Torun   (857 words)

  
 pomeranian_voivodship   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Pomorskie (Pomeranian) Voivodship The Pomeranian (Pomorskie) voivodship ranks 8 th in Poland, for its size and population.
Wyrzysk County, powiat wyrzyski, Wyrzysk (3) Pomeranian voivodship (1919-1939) was a unit of administration and local government in the Republic of Poland (II Rzeczpospolita) established in 1919 after...
is the sixth-largest city in Poland, its principal seaport, and the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodship.
pomeranian_voivodship.networklive.org   (216 words)

  
 Bydgoszcz travel guide — Bydgoszcz tourism and travel information
You can also browse and buy directly Bydgoszcz city guide and Poland travel guide books, Bydgoszcz maps and Poland maps and atlases.
We are happy to offer cheap airline tickets Bydgoszcz, cheap flights Bydgoszcz, also available cheap airline tickets to Poland and to the whole world.
We are happy to offer cheap hotels in Bydgoszcz, Poland hotel guide and cheap hotels and accommodation in lot of other world-wide destinations.
www.city-travel-guide.co.uk /travel-guide/bydgoszcz-travel-guide.html   (801 words)

  
 Gdansk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The city lies on the southern coast of the Gdańsk Bay (of the Baltic Sea), in a conurbation with the spa town of Sopot, the city of Gdynia and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the Tricity (Trójmiasto) with a population of over a million people.
Many important agencies of the state and local government levels have their main offices here: the Provincial Administration Office, the Provincial Government, the Ministerial Agency of the State Treasury, the Agency for Consumer and Competition Protection, the National Insurance regional office, the Court of Appeal, and the High Administrative Court.
Gdańsk Voivodship was extended in 1999 to include most of Słupsk Voivodship, the western part of Elbląg Voivodship and from Bydgoszcz Voivodship to form the new Pomeranian Voivodship.
www.bonneylake.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Gdansk   (1950 words)

  
 REU Technical Series 50: Sheep and Goat Production in Central and Eastern European Countries p310
The main purpose of this document is to analyse some of the features of sheep production in past years, based on selected indicators of agricultural production in Poland.
The situation in the sheep sector in Poland is heterogeneous by regions, being indicated by an analysis of development trends in sheep production in one selected area, Bydgoszcz Voivodship, which belongs to a group of agriculturally strong regions in Poland.
The research was performed on the basis of published (Powszechny Spis Rolny 1996, Roczniki Statystyczne 1975-1996) and internal documents of the Statistics Office in Bydgoszcz.
www.fao.org /regional/europe/PUB/RTS50/310.htm   (1698 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Geographical Location Situated in the voivodship of Bydgoszcz, part of the Bory Tucholski, to the west of the river Vistula and some 40km due north of Bydgoszcz and 90km south-west of Gdansk.
The Brda river is the major source of water supply to the town of Bydgoszcz (the ninth largest in Poland).
Below the confluence of the river Bielska Struga, the rate of fall in the river increases significantly and the river valley becomes narrow, deeply cut and canyon-like near Pieklo, where the river contains boulders which break the surface of the river.
www.unep-wcmc.org /sites/pa/1347v.htm   (935 words)

  
 Bydgoszcz Cathedral Choir   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Bydgoszcz Co-Cathedral Choir was founded by Archbishop Henryk Józef Muszyński in October 1999.
It changed the name to Bydgoszcz Cathedral Choir when the city became the Bydgoszcz diocese capital in March 2004.
Bydgoszcz Cathedral Choir is a member of the Church Choirs Union "Caecilianum".
www.bchk.opoka.net.pl /e/history.html   (325 words)

  
 BYDGOSZCZ
It is estimated that the largest wholesaler group, Polska Grupa Farmaceutyczna (PGF, with branches in Lodz, Gdansk, Szczecin, Jaslo and Sosnowiec), which incorporates the firms Medicines, Carbo, Cefarm B Opole, Cefarm Bydgoszcz and Cefarm Olsztyn, has about 20-25% share of the market.
Civil litigation against the prison administration in the 1996 case of an 18-year-old mentally retarded boy who was beaten and sodomized by fellow inmates was considered by the Bydgoszcz district court in February 2000; the case remained pending at year's end.
"BYDGOSZCZ" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English.
www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definition/english/BY/BYDGOSZCZ.html   (640 words)

  
 Torun Online - Business oppotunities in Kujawsko-Pomorskie voivodship
Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodship is an administrative region, or voivodship, in central-northern Poland.
Kujawsko Pomorskie is an old region situated at the borderland of the Russian and Prussian partition.
Total number of employees in the voivodship, according to the official data provided by the Central Statistical Office in August 2005, is 732,000.
www.torunonline.com /13,Business_oppotunities_in_Kujaws.htm   (307 words)

  
 voivodship
A Voivodship (Romanian: Voievodat, Polish: Województwo, Serbian: Vojvodstvo or Vojvodina) was a feudal state in medieval Romania, Hungary, Poland, Russia and Serbia (see Vojvodina), ruled by a Voivod.
Since the Voivod was initially the military commander next to the ruler, a voivodship meant the whole territory of Poland.
During the feudal partition, each from small prinicpalities had its own voivod, and therefore after the reunification the territory was called a voivodship.
www.fact-library.com /voivodship.html   (105 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.