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	Muzeum Kaszubskie
		Kashubia, the northern part of Poland, is characterised by the beauty of its landscapes and its numerous architectural monuments.
		Owing to the preponderance of hills, hillocks, forests and numerous lakes, Kashubia has come to be known as "the land of a thousand lakes".
		Such crosses and chapels are called "The Passions of Christ" in Kashubia and are erected at cross-roads and forks, by bridges and lakes.
	www.muzeum-kaszubskie.gda.pl /eng.html (1610 words)

	Kashubians - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This might indicate that they are not only descendants of ancient Pomeranians, but also of settlers who arrived to Pomerania from Greater Poland and Masovia in the Middle Ages.
		From the peace treaty of Westphalia in 1648, after the Thirty years war, parts of West Pomerania became Swedish, and the Swedish kings titled themselves "Dukes of Kashubia" from 1648 to the 1720s.
		The parliament (Landtag) of Prussia in Königsberg in 1843 decided to change the official church language from Polish to German, but this decision was soon repealed, and starting in 1852 Kashubian was taught at the Gymnasium (high school) of Wejherowo.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kashubians (936 words)

	Aleksander Majkowski...
		He was born on 17 July 1876 in Kościerzyna in Kashubia, the son of Jan and Józefina née Bask.
		As the plot of the novel takes place in the second half of the nineteenth century in Kashubia, the hero desires to fulfil himself as a defender of the land and its people.
		In the dream-tale of the figure of Remus, Majkowski presented not only the tragedy of the Germanisation of Kashubia, but also the idea of liberation and the return of the Kashubian lands to their former glory.
	monika.univ.gda.pl /~literat/remus/engl.htm (1156 words)

	THE FOLLOWING IS A SHORT HISTORY OF DREWA ORIGINS
		Kashubia with its gentle hills and many small lakes is referred to as the Kashubian Switzerland (a Kashubian exaggeration of course).
		This region of Kashubia (Kaszuby) is well remembered by the world as the “Polish Corridor” that Herr Hitler made territorial demands on, for it separated East Prussia from West Prussia.
		Kashubia with Danzig which had been held for a hundred years by the Teutonic Order again became part of Poland for the next three hundred years.
	www.drewa.com /short_history.htm (3125 words)

	dzieje Kaszub (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The history of Kashubia is strictly connected with Pomeranian history.
		Kashubia has never become an independent country that is why it was always exposed to German or Polish impact.
		During the Peace Conference in Versaille in 1919, Antoni Abraham and Tomasz Rogala put the preasure to legalize the membership of Kashubia to a "new born" Poland.
	www.interklasa.pl /portal/dokumenty/r124/polski/anglik/dzieja.html (244 words)

	Polish National Tourist Office in London
		Kashubia (Kaszuby) is a region of Poland located in the North, to the West of the city of Gdansk - the capital of Pomerania.
		Kashubia’s crystal-clear lakes are a paradise for sailors and wind surfers.
		Kashubia is so charming that the region is worth visiting.
	www.poland.dial.pipex.com /places_kaszuby.htm (460 words)

	The War with Earth - PowerBookSearch!
		New Kashubia was a planet rich in heavy metals, but utterly lacking in carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen.
		But New Kashubia had been well paid by the planet that had hired the mercenaries for the war they had faked, severe food rationing back home was no longer necessary, and people could now afford luxuries like homes and clothing.
		But New Kashubia had been well paid by the planet that had hired the mercenaries for the war they had faked, severe food rationing back home was no longer necessary, and people could now afford such extravagant luxuries as food, homes and clothing." There was just one problem.
	www.powerbooksearch.com /booksearch0743498771.html (418 words)

	Courtly Lives - Tczew, Poland/Dirschau, Germany
		This area spreads from Kashubia to the Elblag Heights with a varied landscape.
		Kashubia is part of the Baltic Heights averaging 50-60 meters above sea level.
		Kashubia is covered by large tracts of forests with many kinds of tree, both coniferous and dediduous.
	www.angelfire.com /mi4/polcrt/Tczew.html (1480 words)

	A Boy and His Tank by Leo Frankowski - Chapter 6 - Baen Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		All that they had had to pay for was some one-time engineering and the short-term rent on the automatic factories that made the automatic factories that made the munitions, plus some minor supervisory fees to Tokyo Mining and Manufacturing.
		New Kashubia was on its way to getting a new credit rating, at least among the smuggling set.
		What with all the rules that had to be enforced to make bare survival possible on New Kashubia, there was a growing class of perpetual criminals that something had to be done with.
	www.baen.com /chapters/boyt_6.htm (3227 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Gdansk - the major baltic city of Poland, situated in the northern part of Poland The city was founded in Xth century.
		Kashubia - the most famous region of northern Poland thanks to its landscapes full of lakes with cristal clean water and always green, virgin forests, is a real paradise for toursists.
		To the most important towns of Kashubia district belong Zukowo, Chmielno and Kartuzy with its famous monastry and cathedral built by the Karthuze monks
	www.aktivtours.com.pl /baltic_seaside.htm (550 words)

	Amazon.ca: The War with Earth: Books: Leo Frankowski,Dave Grossman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In the previous volume, Mickolai Derdowski has been sentenced to death on his home world of New Kashubia for impregnating his girlfriend, but was offered the alternative of joining the army instead.
		However, Kasia discovers that a very large tract has been deeded to New Kashubia as the alleged warzone and property is available to KEF veterans at very reasonable rates.
		In this story, the Powers That Be on New Kashubia selected Jan Sobieski as commanding general on the basis of his performance in Dream World.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0743498771 (2132 words)

	- Chapter 8
		This had a lot in common with the Dark Tower that I'd had built for her in my valley, except that the real one didn't have moat monsters, wizards, and dragons hanging around.
		Transit time to New Kashubia took another hour, according to laws of physics that I have learned twice, and still don't understand.
		Had we been in separate tanks, we would have had to spend the time alone, but since we were all in there together, we spent the two subjective days on a dragon hunt.
	www.webscription.net /chapters/0743471822/0743471822___8.htm (1302 words)

	Kashubia Poland - In Your Pocket (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Bursting with magnificent lakes, hills, streams and forests concealing a small, buttermilk-drinking race of people who speak a strange language and who observe their own unique customs, the little-known region west of Gdańsk that is Kashubia has been drawing urban Poles into its lazy summer clutches for generations.
		Refreshingly different and pleasantly lacking in foreigners, Kashubian Switzerland is small enough to be covered in a day or two by car or bus, yet rich enough in opportunities to swim, fish and sail as well as enjoy its unique culture to fill you with enough good memories to last for years to come.
		An elegant lodge overlooking a lake 8km north of Kartuzy, Kania Lodge prides itself on its combination of luxury accommodation in a relaxed atmosphere.
	www.inyourpocket.com /poland/kashubia/en (197 words)

	Kashubia travel guide - Wikitravel
		Europe : Central Europe : Poland : Kashubia
		Kashubia (in Polish Kaszuby) is a lake district in north Poland in the Voivodship Pomorskie.
		It is sourrounded by many hills made by Skandinavian glaciers.
	wikitravel.org /en/Kashubia (85 words)

	Władysławowo is not only the longest city of Kashubia, inhabited by same 15 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Władysławowo is not only the longest city of Kashubia, inhabited by same 15
		Władysławowo is not only the longest city of Kashubia, inhabited by same 15.000 residents, but also an administrative unit covering in its range localities stretching tram Karwia through Ostrowo, Tupadły, Jastrzębia Góra, Rozewie, Chłapowo, all the way to Chałupy.
		It is located on the Kępa Swarzewska (Swarzewo Hillock), at the base of the Hel Peninsula, 48 km away from Gdynia and 33 km from Hel.
	www.pzpc.pl /Wladysl/fotogaleria/wladysla/Wlady.htm (6881 words)

	Pomerania-Kashubia - Info.co.uk Web Search (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Historic Pomerania (outlined in yellow) on the background of modern country borders.
		The map outlines the pre-1946 German Province of Pomerania ; Kashubia, known as Eastern Pomerania or Pomerelia, is...
		KORMAN :: urlaub :: Karthaus :: Pomerania :: Kashubia :: fahrradreise...
	dpxml.infospace.com /infocom.uk/results?otmpl=dog/webresults.htm&qkw=Pomerania-Kashubia&CMP=KNC-3LS480536328&infoad=1 (373 words)

	Abbeys Bookshop - Kren of the Mitchegai (New Kashubia #02)
		Abbeys Bookshop - Kren of the Mitchegai (New Kashubia #02)
		First, the involuntary colonists of New Kashubia rescued their planet from crushing debt by becoming virtual reality mercenaries, then they successfully revolted against the oppressive government of Earth, but now they are menaced by the Mitchegal, a species whose biology has made them inherently evil.
		The carnivorous adults lay and abandon vast numbers of eggs, some of which grow into vegetarian juveniles, which are the adults' only food supply.
	www.abbeys.com.au /items/32/96/21 (210 words)

	Changes in physical development children and yuoth Kashubia (1978 – 1993) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		ere led on the teritory of Southern Kashubia, in the commune of Stara Kiszewa.
		The survey were led by the workers of The Institute of Biology and Environmental Protection from Pedagogical University in Słupsk.
		This fact can be strongly marked by body height, hip breadth, chest circumference.
	www.pap.edu.pl /biologia/zaworski/04_02_changes_in_physical.htm (184 words)

	Amazon.com: A Boy And His Tank: Books: Leo Frankowski (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Centuries in the future, on the distant and dirt-poor planet of New Kashubia, young Mickolai Derdowski is sentenced to death for getting his girlfriend, Kasia, pregnant.
		The planet of New Kashubia is a ball of heavy metals in orbit about a pulsar that bakes the planet's surface with deadly radiation.
		He states that even if a person is one-sixteenth Kashubian that they have to go to New Kashubia, which results in both fls and Chinese ending up on New Kashubia because someone in their background is Kashubian.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0671578502?v=glance (2302 words)

	Review of A BOY AND HIS TANK by Leo Frankowski (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		New Kashubia is a planet of almost pure wealth.
		When its star went nova, the lighter elements were blown away leaving a complete planet of molten metal--which then cooled in neat layers.
		New Kashubia is a miner's delight, an industrialist's best dream, and the worst possible nightmare for any colonists unlucky enough to be sent there.
	www.booksforabuck.com /sfpages/boy_tank.html (368 words)

	Warsaw Voice - Sweet Home Kashubia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Within moments of arriving at Kania Lodge I knew I had found something special.
		Kania Lodge is located on the edge of Jezioro Białe (White Lake), the deepest lake in Kashubia.
		Its 11 acres of lawns, tennis court, foreshore and farmland nestle on the higher, western side of the lake, protected from the prevailing wind by a line of large alder trees and bathed in summer sunshine throughout the day.
	www.warsawvoice.pl /archiwum.phtml/7732 (676 words)

	Hania Toby: The Low German Influence on Kashubian Dialects
		The surviving Kashubian dialects, until 1945 in direct language contact with Low German speaking settlers, were subject to strong linguistic influence.
		In my presentation I will present the scope and methodology of my research, which is devoted to a detailed diachronic investigation of one geographically and dialectal defined area in North Kashubia in terms of different levels of interference.
		These levels will be phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and lexicon.
	odur.let.rug.nl /lic/abs/toby.html (156 words)

	Language of the Month - Babel Babble - UniLang
		Probably the first document written in this language is Dutki brzeskie, a manuscript from 1402.
		So the official history of Kashubia started – an eventful and complicated history, about which (and about many other aspects of the Kashubian language and culture) I will write more in my next article.
		Baudoin de Courtenay said that Kashubian is plus polonais que le polonais meme ‘more Polish than Polish itself’, more consequent in some changes, still keeping ancient Polish vocabulary, a special (double) number, or phonemes that do not exist in Polish anymore.
	home.unilang.org /babelbabble/?t=6&n=5 (1224 words)

	Worsten Genealogical Society-Wroclaw, Poland (Surname Society) - Home Page
		Books, periodicals, ancestor charts, family trees, two thousnad microfiches, old and new topographical maps in the 1:25,000, 1:50,000, 1:75,000, 1:100,000 and 1:200,000 scale from East Prussia, Galicia, Greater Poland, Kashubia, Mazowia, Silesia, Vistulian Pomerania (West Prussia), Warmia and other regions, telephone books, old address-books, gazetteers, newspaper clippings, genealogical bibliography etc.
		Use of the B Genealogical Library and Computer Datbases (every day 8:00 a.m.
		Places names of Vistulian Pomerania (West Prussia) with Kashubia
	feefhs.org /surname/frgworst.html (354 words)

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