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	Torun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The city of Torun (German Thorn, Latin Thorunensis, Polish Toruń) is one of two capitals (with Bydgoszcz) of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie region in central Poland, on the Vistula River.
		Torun was the birthplace of Nicolaus Copernicus (1473).
		Torun (at that time called Thorn, and in the Culmer Land region of Prussia), was an important medieval trade center, and part of the Hanseatic League.
	www.theezine.net /t/torun.html (477 words)

	Pictures of Torun, Poland
		Torun is, together with Krakow in the south, one of the two cities which were not destroyed in World War II.
		Torun is actually two cities: the 'old' city and the 'new' city, which is only 25 years or so younger.
		In Torun there was a frog plague, and a fiddler.
	www.bamjam.net /Poland/Torun.html (238 words)

	AllRefer.com - Torun, Poland (Polish Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Torun's importance made it an object of dispute between Poland and the Teutonic Knights.
		Torun's population (30,000) was equal to that of Warsaw, but the city suffered heavily in the Swedish invasion.
		Torun has preserved several fine Gothic buildings, the most notable of which are the churches of St. John (13th–14th cent.), St. James (14th cent.), and the Virgin (14th cent.).
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/T/Torun.html (380 words)

	Discussion
		Torun explained and justified the selection criteria that were used in greater detail and argued that, in general, there was a reasonably good fit between data obtained by different methods at different points in time.
		Torun argued in his paper and in the discussion that, in general, studies show differences in life-style requiring more energy-demanding activities from children of rural populations in developing countries.
		Torun added further that the discrepancy between intakes and expenditures tends to be greater in data from the US (Dietz) than from the UK (Livings/one).
	www.unu.edu /unupress/food2/UID01E/uid01e13.htm (1256 words)

	Werling SolarSystems Torun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		After Torun's University analyzed the price difference of the average payment for 1 year in Torun which is about $5000 and comparing to the estimated cost of Drexel, $20,000 per year even with the scholarship, it is highly unlikely that any student can afford this amount of money.
		In the 13th century, Torun began handling trade between Western Europe and Poland, a role it maintained despite continuing conflict with the Teutonic Knights, brought by Prince Conrad of Mazovia to Torun to defend Poland from invasions by its northern neighbors in 1231.
		Torun is in north central Poland on the Vistula River, midway between Gdansk to the north and Warsaw to the south.
	www.werlingsolarsystems.org /chronology.html (3464 words)

	Warsaw Travelogue, The charming town of Torun
		Torun was founded in the 1233 by the Teutonic Knights and is the birth place of Corpernicus.
		Torun is composed of an Old Town and a New Town.
		We had planned to leave Gdansk about about 3pm to arrive in Torun at about 6 but when we got to the train station, we were told (at least that's what we thought she meant) that the 3pm train wasn't scheduled on Sunday and we would have to take the 450pm train.
	www.trekshare.com /index.cfm?p1=48&journalid=5387 (528 words)

	Geofizyka Torun Sp. z o.o. - O firmie - Referencje
		Geofizyka Torun took a very responsible approach to HSE issues on the operation and the program was completed with a clean safety record - the crew can be commended for this achievement in a difficult and challenging environment.
		Geofizyka Torun provided a valuable contribution in acquiring the seismic data, completing the survey on time and within all the project parameters set by the Company.
		Sherritt contracted Geofizyka Torun to recover this seismic data, copy it to unified SEGY format on cartridges and to catalogue it.
	ns.geofizyka.torun.pl /main/p23ref.html (3673 words)

	Torun
		There are trams in Torun (but they don’t run to the train station), however, I mainly stayed around the old town area and didn’t need to use them.
		Torun is definitely a walking town, if you stay to the main areas.
		They began making it in Torun around the 1200’s, just about when the town was founded.
	www.angelfire.com /az2/poland/torun.htm (984 words)

	Wikinfo \| Torun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The city of Toruń (German Thorn, Kashubian: Torń; Latin Torun, civitas Torunensis,) is a city in northern Poland, on the Vistula river, with 204,300 inhabitants (1995).
		One of the capitals of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship (since 1999), previously capital of Torun Voivodship (1975-1998) and the Pomeranian Voivodship (1921-1939).
		The city of Torun creates a bipolar aglomeration Bydgoszcz-Torun with the city of Bydgoszcz, only 30 km away.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Torun (698 words)

	Polish culture: District Museum in Torun
		The museum's holdings were based on two collections from different museums that had been founded in Torun in the second half of the nineteenth century: Städtlisches Museum, founded in 1861 and housed in the Town Hall (Ratusz), and the Polish Museum of the Torun Academic Association, which was established in 1876.
		John the Baptist and John the Divine/Evangelist in Torun, the crucifix from the courtroom of the Old Town Hall in Torun (1350), a figure of Mary of Sorrows from the church in Gostkow, near Torun (late fourteenth century) and three altars from the fifteenth century.
		In the collection of contemporary art, the works of Torun artists dominate, both those who came from Wilno (Vilnius) in 1945 (Bronislaw Jammont, Tymon Niesiolowski) and many representatives of the younger generation who were associated with Torun's university.
	www.culture.pl /en/culture/artykuly/in_mu_okregowe_torun (1215 words)

	Swindon Torun Meeting Place
		Taste are organising a trip from Swindon to Torun 18th to 21st November 2005 to coincide with the annual Blues Festival and a Puppet Theatre Festival.
		WMD have been invited to Torun to perform at a rock concert on the 9th September 2005 together with leading hip hop artists, Sistars.
		Richard Gagola from Swindon visited Torun, in July 2003 to attend a course in Polish language and culture at Nicholas Copernicus University.
	www.swindontorun.org.uk (849 words)

	Torun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Swedish jeweller Vivianna Torun Bulow-Hube (whose older sister Sigrun was a furniture designer in Montreal) also collaborated with the silversmithy and...
		Sandra J. Burda, 1430 Torun Road, told officers that the suspect entered the yard between 1:20 pm and 2:20 pm that day and broke one of the rabbit's necks...
		The distilleries marked for privatisation in 2005 are Polmos Bialystok, Polmos Torun, Polmos Jozefow, Polmos Bielsko Biala, Polmos Lodz and Warsaw-based Koneser...
	www.conservation.mongabay.com /news/Torun.htm (971 words)

	Parc national de Phong Nha – Ke Bang (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Poland - released in 1948, 1971, 2003 and 2004
		Torun owes its origins to the Teutonic Order, which built a castle there in the mid 13th century as a base for the conquest and evangelization of Prussia.
		It quickly developed a commercial role as part of the Hanseatic League, and many of the imposing public and private buildings from the 14th and 15th centuries that survive in its Old and New Towns are striking testimony to its importance.
	perso.wanadoo.fr /breiz.positive/anglais%20pologne5%20sites.htm (86 words)

	Torun - Twin Town in Poland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The city of Torun in Poland and Swindon entered into a friendship and co-operation agreement on May 13, 2003.
		Torun is very much a university city, with 35,000 students.
		Torun retains much of its old splendour in its magnificent ancient buildings, churches, streets, squares and museums.
	www.swindon.gov.uk /heritage/heritage-twintowns/heritage-torun.htm (675 words)

	Werling SolarSystems Torun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		All necessary resolutions were made by Philadelphia City Council on May 27, 1976, and by Torun's MRN in December last year.
		Ilczuk, who lives in a distant town in Pennsylvania and the only reason he had come all the way to Philadelphia was to meet us and talk about Torun, the city he used to live 50 years ago.
		The shoe is for one of the "Young Torun" ("Mlody Torun") dancers who has received ballet scholarship and is going to Philadelphia for a year.
	www.werlingsolarsystems.org /decl_march77.html (952 words)

	Photo tour Northern Poland - Part 2 - Toruń
		Torun, founded in the 13th century as a fortress, because of its key position on the river Vistula, quickly became a center of trade for the region.
		Torun is one of the few medieval Polish cities to have survived recent wars without damage, the walls along the river bank remain till today, virtually unchanged for 600 years.
		It is now a museum devoted to the work and life of the astronomer who determined that the earth is not the center of the universe.
	www.biega.com /npoland-fotos2.html (428 words)

	5 Torun Hotels, Torun Hotel Search - only 39 to 109 €
		The old town in Torun is beautiful and we definitely recommend it as one of the true highlights in Poland.
		Torun is a pleasant historical city famous for the Copernicus museum, gingerbread, the university and its overall medieval character.
		Being a UNESCO reservation, Torun attracts a decent number of tourists especially from May to the end of September.
	www.staypoland.com /torun-hotels.asp (257 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Nicolaus Copernicus
		Whether the family came originally from Silesia or from Poland, certain it is that his father Niclas, a merchant, emigrated from Krakow to Torun, and married the sister of Lucas Watzelrode, later Prince-Bishop of Ermland.
		Of the four children the oldest and youngest, Andreas and Nicolaus, adopted the clerical career, while the older girl became a Cistercian nun and Abbess of Culm, and the younger married.
		A monument by Thorwaldsen was erected to Copernicus in Warsaw (1830), and another by Tieck at Torun (1853).
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/04352b.htm (1640 words)

	Swindon Torun Info & Links
		In the south of England it lies between Bristol and London, and is comparable in size with Torun.
		Torun is in central Poland on the banks of the Vistula, A prominent trade centre in the middle ages much of the early architecture has been preserved and Torun is included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites and attracts tourists and academics from around the world.
		Thanks to its historical past Torun is often regarded as an educational and cultural centre, its status similar to that of Oxford or Bath in England.
	www.swindontorun.org.uk /about_towns.html (223 words)

	Torun Sokak, Sultanahmet, Istanbul, Turkey
		Torun Sokak gets a fair amount of traffic (except at the moment when I was taking this picture), but it sure is close to the Blue Mosque.
		Torun Sokak runs along the back (southeast side) of Istanbul's Blue Mosque, and though only two narrow lanes, is a major Sultanahmet traffic street.
		Torun (toh-ROON) means "grandchild" or, if you must know, it is also the word for a 2-year-old camel.
	www.turkeytravelplanner.com /WhereToGo/Istanbul/Sights/Sultanahmet/SultanahmetSts/TorunSok.html (164 words)

	Torun Centre for Astronomy of the Nicolaus Copernicus University
		Torun Centre for Astronomy of the Nicolaus Copernicus University
		Torun Centre for Astronomy (TCfA) is a part of the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics of the Nicolaus Copernicus University.
		It was created by an union of Torun Radio Astronomy Observatory (TRAO) and Institute of Astronomy (IA) on January 1st 1997.
	www.astri.uni.torun.pl /index-en.html (86 words)

	Torun
		Skalski was assigned to the 4th Air Regiment at Torun, where he joined No 142 Eskadra, the "Flying Ducks", to fly PZL fighters.
		Two Indians have won prizes at the 11th International Biennale of Children and Youth Graphic Art from among the 15,000 entries that organisers at Torun, a city...
		Smith, a bulky 242#, averaged 6.8 points and 3.4 rebounds in 31 starts, while Przybyszewski, a native a Torun, Poland, averaged 8.3 points and 3.2 rebounds.
	conservation.mongabay.com /Torun.htm (302 words)

	Study abroad at Nicholas Copernicus University in Torun
		The Nicholas Copernicus University in Torun is the biggest university in northern Poland.
		The city of Torun which lies on the River Vistual, about 200 km north-west of Warsaw is one of the oldest and in the past, one of the richest cities in Poland.
		COURSE DESCRIPTION: The subjects cover several issues concerning Poland, including its geography, history (from the beginning of the State to the present days), especially the contemporary history of Poland (after the collapse of the communist regime in 1989), social and political life, economy, culture and institutions.
	info-poland.buffalo.edu /student/utorun.html (729 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Torun at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		I love Torun, I was born in a nearby town of Chelmno (also very beautiful) and visited Torun several times a year.
		The only disadvantage there is that the train station is located far from the centre- but still, Torun is not a really big city so if you're lucky you'll get to the Old Town in ten minutes.
		Torun is a good place to stop over on your way from Warsaw to another Polish city located in northern Poland- a good thing to do is to leave your luggage at the station.
	www.epinions.com /content_53259439748 (568 words)

	ww.torun.z.pl - Bierzglowski Castle - the history, photos and map
		During the Thirteen Years' War and in 1410 Poland was the owner of the castle.
		From 1992 Diocesan of Torun is the owner of Bierzglowski Castle.
		It is about 16 kilometers to west from Torun.
	torun.dmkhosting.com /html40en/sights/bierzglowo.php (306 words)

	ww.torun.z.pl - The Old Town Hall
		Stands right in the middle of Torun's Old Town Square, the Old Town Hall has very iteresting history.
		It had one floor, a courtyard and it's tower was raised to the present 40 meters height.
		In 1602 on the initiative of the Torun's major, Henryk Stoband, the Old Town Hall was rebuilt.
	torun.dmkhosting.com /html40en/sights/cityhall.php (262 words)

	Torun Center for Astronomy The Department of Radio Astronomy TCfA
		The Department of Radio Astronomy is an educational and research division of the Centre for Astronomy, conducting study of the Universe by means of radio waves.
		Since 1981 the Department (known also as Torun Radio Astronomy Observatory) is a part of world wide network of radio observatories participating in VLBI (Very Long Baseline Interferometry).
		Since 1997 the Department of Radio Astronomy is a part of Torun Centre for Astronomy at Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics of the Nicolaus Copernicus University.
	www.astro.uni.torun.pl (361 words)

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