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  gdansk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Gdansk is the starting point of the EuroVelo 9 cycle route which continues on southward through Poland, then onto the Czech Republic, Austria, and Slovenia before it finally ends on the Adriatic Sea at Pula in Croatia.
Gdansk Voivodship was extended in 1999 to include most of Slupsk Voivodship, western part of Elblag Voivodship and Chojnice County from Bydgoszcz Voivodship to form new Pomeranian Voivodship.
Gdansk was occupied by the Germans, who started a programme of extermination of all Poles in the region: thousands were executed in the massacres in Zaspa and Piasnica Forest in 1939, thousands more sentenced to Stutthof concentation camp, others were expelled to the General Government.
www.yourencyclopedia.net /gdansk.html   (2146 words)

  
 PGSA - Town Translation Entries(P1)
A settlement in the parish and rural district of Kopciowo, Sejny County, locatred 20 versts from Sejny.
A village in the parish of Lejpuny, rural district of Kopciowo, Sejny county.
A settlement in the parish and rural district of Kopciowo, Sejny county.
www.pgsa.org /towns/townsP1.htm   (5794 words)

  
 The County of Bialogard
The County of Bialogard is one of the twenty counties making up the Province of West Pomerania.It is located on the Bialogard Plain between two geographic regions: the SLowinski Coastland and the Drawsko Lake District on the Parseta River, in the northeastern part of the Province.
In the County of Bialogard there are important junctions of road and railway routes from Szczecin to Gdansk and from Poznan to Kolobrzeg.
The County of Bialogard is attractive for foreign investors who are mostly engaged in the processing and manufacture of wood as well as in farming and food processing.
www.powiat-bialogard.pl /english.html   (3396 words)

  
 Family Vignettes
Steinke descendants in Portage County are Lawrence, Carl, Robert, Leon, Kenneth and Douglas Steinke, Lyndred Newby, Marvin Lutz, Roger and Ronald Sonnenberg, Ruth Hamon, Kathleen Embertson and Cathleen Clark and families.
County, settling is Amherst and New Hope townships.
He is perhaps to a great extent responsible for the scarcity of bear in these parts, for it is said when ever Johan got after a bear the animal was doomed.” His biggest catch for one fall was 15 bear.
www.pchswi.org /archives/bios/fv8.html   (2243 words)

  
 COUNTY OF VIROVITICA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The County of Virovitica-Podravina covers an area of 2068 km, from the Drava River, which forms its northern border, to the slopes of Krndija, Papuk and Bilogora to the south.
The county is comprised of 13 municipalities and 2 towns.
This county provides over 90% of the tobacco processed in Croatia.Forests cover 64,412 ha, with oak, beech, hornbeam and ash, with resources of 14,902,818 cubic meters, forming the basis of the largest wood processing industry in Croatia.
www.hgk.hr /Komora/eng/cce/county/viroviti.htm   (238 words)

  
 Alan Lichter - Democrat Candidate for County Commissioner - District 2
In the 1980's I was a Fulbright Fellow at the University of Gdansk where I found myself advocating for non-communist students with communist university officials.
For the first three months of this year, I interviewed all of the County department heads and elected officials to determine the issues and their needs.
We should explore the possibility of a county manager, someone who is available to the community and department heads all of the time.
www.sanjuanislander.com /county/elections-2004/bocc-lichter.shtml   (1735 words)

  
 Gdańsk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The name Gdańsk is usually pronounced IPA [gəˈdɑːnsk], [gəˈdaɪnsk], or [gəˈdænsk] in English.
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 Chojnice County from Bydgoszcz Voivodship to form the new Pomeranian Voivodship.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gdansk   (2221 words)

  
 reda   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Situated in the Wejherowo County in Pomeranian Voivodship since 1999, previously in Gdansk Voivodship (1975-1998).
It is connected by well developed railway and highway connections to the Tricity, over 1 million aglomeration on the coast of Gdansk Bay.
Reda is well connected through 4 lane highway, that lead from Wejherowo to Gdynia and from there by Circle Highway to Gdansk.
www.yourencyclopedia.net /reda.html   (225 words)

  
 Naples Daily News: News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
GDANSK, Poland — Stepping into a hall so ornate it could have doubled as a ballroom, Tammie Nemecek widened her eyes and paused in her step.
The director of the Economic Development Council of Collier County was minutes away from giving a presentation to promote Immokalee Regional Airport at the business club of Gdansk, a port city of a half million people on the Baltic Sea in northern Poland.
Gdansk companies that would build a facility at the airport have available to them 800 acres of industrial-zoned land, federal tax breaks and local tax incentives.
www.naplesnews.com /npdn/news/article/0,2071,NPDN_14940_3232589,00.html   (854 words)

  
 Probert Encyclopaedia: Gazetteer (Danf-Daq)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Daniels is a CDP in Raleigh County, West Virginia, USA.
Daniels County is a county in the State of Montana, USA.
Danville is a town partly in Twiggs County and partly in Wilkinson County Georgia, USA.
www.probertencyclopaedia.com /G8AE.HTM   (586 words)

  
 HERITAGE OF TECHNOLOGY - GDANSK OUTLOOK 4
In 1997 the authorities of the city of Gdansk started a long-term project of revitalisation of an area adjacent to the old fortifications and the moats on the south-east outskirts of the city.
The Faculty of Civil Engineering of the Gdansk UT in co-operation with the Fachgebiet Massivbau und Baukonstruktionen of the Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany, had undertaken the assessment and promotion of the cultural values of that bridge.
Reopening of the historical road bridge and bringing it to public use was accomplished in October 2001, roughly 150 years after the beginning of its construction.
hotgo4.mech.pg.gda.pl /hot_go4.html   (3491 words)

  
 Gdansk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
In the following years Gdańsk was the main centre of a Polish splinter duchy ruled by the dynasty of Dukes of Pomerania.
Because of the development of its port and 3 major shipyards, Gdansk was a major shipping and industrial center of the Communist People's Republic of Poland.
Gdańsk was the scene of anti-government demonstrations which led to the downfall of Poland's communist leader Wladyslaw Gomulka in December 1970.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/G/Gdansk.htm   (1902 words)

  
 Grahl Family Website - Johann Freiderich Grahl
Johann Freiderich Grahl - born on August 8, 1849 in Pomerania, Gross Krein, in the county Kreis Stolp, in the parish of Gross Du"bsow.
This was in the court district of Starnitz near Danzig, Germany.
I have information that indicates that his daugheter from an earlier marriage in Germany, was born in Berlin, which would indicate that Johann lived in Berlin for a time.
www.grahl.us /jfg   (204 words)

  
 Family Vignettes
During his ownership much of the land was cultivated, a purebred Guernsey herd was developed, the quarry was operated and Steffanus stone was used for buildings throughout the state.
Her son, James Wysocki, and his wife Sharon own the century old landmark house on County K. Their daughters, Katherine, Christine and Allison are 6th generation descendants of the original settlers.
It is in the county of Chojnice in the village of Konierzny.
www.pchswi.org /archives/bios/fv11.html   (1987 words)

  
 MARY'S HOME PAGE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
This surname is, in fact, most popular in the Kashubian region (1485 people in Gdansk and 903 in Bydogszcz provinces).
My family is from the Ste'z'yca area in Gdansk province, particularly the settlement of Gostomie.
Adam was born 23 Dec 1845 in Poland and died 8 Jan 1931 in Wisconsin.
members.aol.com /MaryGes   (879 words)

  
 PolishRoots - Geography & Maps
Since 1887 the seat of a county, as it was during the days of Polish rule, it is the ancient capital of the region where the Belok dialect of Kaszubian predominates, but is today mostly Germanized.
For the Gdansk townsmen, Puck in the hands of the Teutonic Knights was like salt in their eyes.
After the second Treaty of Torun Puck became a county seat in which local diets and district courts of law were held; the castle became the seat of a starostwo not affiliated with a gród.
www.polishroots.org /slownik/puck.htm   (2659 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Poland's Solidarity movement lauded for bringing democracy to vast part of ...
GDANSK, Poland – World leaders credited Poland's Solidarity movement with paving the way for revolutionary change in eastern Europe – from the fall of the Berlin Wall to recent uprisings in Georgia and Ukraine – as they marked the 25th anniversary Wednesday of the trade union's birth.
On Aug. 31, 1980, 18 days of strikes at the Lenin Shipyards of Gdansk and elsewhere culminated with the communist regime making unprecedented concessions to the workers, including allowing the Soviet bloc's first free trade union.
The day of speeches and concerts is to be capped with a Mass honoring Polish-born Pope John Paul II at the Gdansk shipyards.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20050831-0704-poland-solidarity.html   (576 words)

  
 PGSA - Town Translations (G)
It is served by the parish church in Sliwice, the school in Zdroje, and the post office in Szklana Huta (German name Louisenthal).æ Laski, a settlement in Swiecie county, on the stream Brzezina, in a sanded, woody area; 630 morgs of land, 67 buildings, 30 houses, with 132 Catholic inhabitants and 24 Protestant.
A peasant village in Chojnice county in a forested and sandy area on a lake, 1/2 mile from the beaten track between Chojnice and Koscierzyna, 3/4 mile from the railroad station in Rytel on the Pila to Tczew line.
A village on the Golcówka in Brzozów county.
www.pgsa.org /towns/townsG.htm   (4432 words)

  
 Gdansk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
When a new war broke out in 1409 and ended with the Battle of Grunwald (1410) the city accepted the direct overlordship of Polish kings, but with the Peace of Thorn (1411) it returned to the Teutonic Knights' administration.
In 1440 it participated in the foundation of the Prussian Union which led to the Thirteen Years War (1454-1644) and the incorporation of Gdansk Pomerania, under direct rule of the Polish Crown.
Thanks to the Royal charters granted by the king Casimir IV the Jagiellonian and the free access to all Polish markets, Danzig became a large and rich seaport and city.
www.yotor.com /wiki/en/gd/Gdansk.htm   (2169 words)

  
 VirtualTourist.com - kazbah's Gdansk Travel Page
When you mention Gdansk to people who have never been, they probably think of shipyards and nothing else.
Gdansk is actually a very pretty city with loads of historical old buildings that at times look very similar to the old Dutch buildings of Amsterdam.
Malbork is just a short trip on the train from Gdansk and the castle is rather special.
members.virtualtourist.com /m/3a27a/79c0a   (311 words)

  
 UnionDemocrat.com - The Union Democrat Online
Tuolumne County has everything you need for a long stay or a weekend get-away, and it's all so close.
From the gold rush towns of Jamestown, Sonora and Columbia, to the mountain communities of Twain Harte, Long Barn, Pinecrest, Dodge Ridge, Strawberry, to the Yosemite Gateway community of Groveland, the communities of Tuolumne County are diverse and uniquely rich in beauty and history.
Whether you travel to visit the area, or are a life-long resident, you'll find The Union Democrat Online to be the source of information on Yosemite, Sonora, Dodge Ridge, the Mother Lode, the Sierra Nevada, Columbia, Twain Harte, Jamestown, Groveland and all the other fine communities of this area.
www.uniondemocrat.com /news/story.cfm?story_no=14426   (902 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Pomeranian Voivodship Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The independent town Gdansk is the center of the voivodeship.
In 1945 returned to Poland and superseded by Gdansk and Bydgoszcz voivodships.
In years 1975-98 reorganized into voivodships of Gdansk, Elblag, Bydgoszcz, Torun and Wloclawek.
www.ipedia.com /pomeranian_voivodship.html   (376 words)

  
 Theodora "Dorothy" Mathilda Cira Juderjahn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Mathilda was born January 21, 1882 in Polonia, Sharon township, Portage county, Wisconsin.
Put in at the Highway 153 [old County Road K] bridge (upstream-right) in Bevent, where the steeple of St. Ladislaus Church is a prominent landmark.
Widening again in the approach to County J, the streambed narrows once more and is wooded and winding to the Shantytown Road bridge; take out on the grassy bank, downstream-right.
www.chiptin.com /genealogy/cira/theodora.htm   (5274 words)

  
 Chicago Suchomski Ancestry Website: Zdroje's History
The following text was translated from the Polish from an article in the Tygodnik Tucholski [The Tuchola (Poland) Weekly], 3 Aug 1995, No. 31 (178), p.
The village used to be in Swiecie county.
Szymon Dembek was listed in the West Prussian Land Register of 1772/73 as Simon Dembeck, residing in Zdrogie [Zdroje], Schwetz [Swiecie] county.
members.aol.com /suchgo/zdrojehs.htm   (997 words)

  
 Leelanau Historical Society | Projects | The Polish Legacy in Cedar, Michigan
Many of the Polish immigrants who eventually settled in the Isadore area had left their native land from just west of Gdansk or from Poznan (Posen).
Around 1868 the first few families came to Leelanau County from Milwaukee.
As the first generation retired from the farm and more Polish people moved to the area, many people settled in the largest community, then known as Cedar City, in Solon Township.
www.leelanauhistory.org /projects/polishlegacy/1.shtml   (192 words)

  
 Tourist information - Water power stations of Radunia River   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The earliest ones were built in Rutki (Kartuzy County) and in Straszyn (near Pruszcz Gdanski) in 1910, because of a mountainous character of Radunia River.
The Senat of Gdansk made a suitable decision and built power stations in Lapino and Bielkowo.
Main investor water of Radunia power station in Straszyn (nowadays a place where is a water intake for the City of Gdansk) was the County of Upland Gdansk.
www.kolbudy.gd.pl /english/tourist?dz=power   (337 words)

  
 The Probert Encyclopaedia - Places of the World (Da-Di)
Dalkey is a town in the republic of Ireland on the west coast 6 km north of the Wicklow border.
Derbyshire is a county in north central England bounded north by Yorkshire, south by Leicestershire, east by Nottinghamshire and west by Cheshire.
It was sacked by Charles the Bold in 1466, captured by Louis XIV in 1675 and fortified by the Dutch in 1818.
fas.org /news/reference/probert/G8.HTM   (10605 words)

  
 Weichbrod--Kevin Duerinck German Genealogy Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The 1920 federal census for Chicago, Cook County, Illinois (enumeration district 710, sheet 3A, 12th Ward), shows Frank Weichbrod, a clerk, as having 2 children, Gertrude Weichbrod, age 10 and Anna Weichbrod, age 8.
In the 1920 federal census for Chicago (13th Ward), Cook County, Illinois, enumeration district 750 (sheet 5B), there is a Rose whose age is 20, whose parents were born in Germany.
Kevin notes: In the 1920 federal census for Chicago, Cook County, Illinois (enumeration district 1642, 27th Ward), there is an Emil Weichbrod, age 53 and a house painter, hailing from Prussia, Germany.
www.duerinck.com /weichbrd.html   (2522 words)

  
 Barbbara
BARBARA3 DISHER (JACOB PHILLP2, FRANZ1) was born November 27, 1873 in Village of Cieszenie, District of Kartuzy, Gdansk Province, Poland, and died March 14, 1963 in Portage County Infirmary, Whiting, Portage County,WI.
He was born February 6, 1863 in Korsciexya, Korsciexya Co., Germany, and died May 27, 1955 in St. Michael's Hospital, Stevens Point, Portage County, WI.
Barbara Singer, who was 87, died at the Portage County Infirmary Thursday afternoon at 3:35.
www.disheronline.com /Jacob1/Barbbara-Jacob1.htm   (947 words)

  
 Renfrew County & Area - pafg11 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
JOHN BURANT [Parents] was born on 26 Jan 1862 in LORENZ, KOSCIERZYNA, GDANSK, POLAND.
ANASTASIA KASZUBIK [Parents] was born on 7 Oct 1865 in LIPUSZ, KOSCIERZYNA, GDANSK, POLAND.
She was christened on 8 Oct 1865 in LIPUSZ, KOSCIERZYNA, GDANSK, POLAND.
burant.com /renfrew/pafg11.htm   (954 words)

  
 Renfrew County & Area - pafg71 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
BRIDGET CHAPESKIE [Parents] was born on 11 Jan 1835 in LIPUSZ, KOSCIERZYNA, GDANSK, POLAND.
She was christened on 28 Jan 1835 in LIPUSZ, KOSCIERZYNA, GDANSK, POLAND.
ANNE PRINCE was born on 23 Sep 1867 in,,, POLAND.
burant.com /renfrew/pafg71.htm   (1007 words)

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