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  Encyclopedia: Torun Voivodship   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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województwo toruńskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975–1998, superseded by Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship.
Kujavian-Pomeranian voivodship since 1999 The Kujavian-Pomeranian Voivodship (in Polish województwo kujawsko-pomorskie) is an administrative region or voivodship in central-northern Poland.
Categories: Polish historical voivodships (1975-1998) A voivodship (in Polish województwo) has been a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland since the 14th century.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Torun-Voivodship   (342 words)

  
 Wikipedia: Torun
The city of Toruń (Kashubian/Pomeranian: Torń; Latin Torun, civitas Torunensis, German Thorn) 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).
In 1263, Franciscan monks settled in Torun, and they were followed in 1239 by Dominicans.
www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/t/to/torun.html   (648 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Torun   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Pomeranian Voivodship (in Polish województwo pomorskie) is an administrative region or voivodship in northern Poland within the historic region of Eastern Pomerania.
The Lesser Poland Voivodship or Little Poland Voivodship (in Polish województwo małopolskie) is an administrative region or voivodship in the south of Poland that contains core areas of the historical and geographical region of Lesser Poland (Malopolska).
Lublin (pronounce: [lublin]) is the biggest city in eastern Poland and the capital of Lublin Voivodship with a population of 355,954 (2004).
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Torun   (4362 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)

  
 Torun   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (([1])was founded in 1945, based on the people of Torun Scientific Society, Stefan Batory University in Wilno and Jan Kazimierz University in Lvov.
Torun was a small settlement in Chelmno Land (Ziemia Chelminska), a western part of Mazovia.
1440 The Prussian nobility and cities led by Torun, Elblag and Gdansk formed the Prussian Confederation.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/torun   (849 words)

  
 Torun - Gurupedia
Kashubian Torń, Latin Torun, civitas Torunensis) is a city in northern Poland, on the
Toruń was the birthplace of the Polish astronomer
Franciscan monks settled in Torun, and they were followed in 1239 by Dominicans.
www.gurupedia.com /t/to/torun.htm   (739 words)

  
 Pomeranian Voivodship - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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   (406 words)

  
 Service of Municipal Corporation of Toruń - History of Toruń part 4
Thus Toruń became the capital of a large voivodship encompassing a part of former West Prussia now belonging to Poland.
After 1928 the building of Pomeranian Voivodship Office was erected (in 1933 it became the District Office of Management of National Railway) as well as the Management Office of National Forests, a redemptorist monastery and school in Bielany district and an antenna mast and broadcasting station of Polish Radio.
One of the first administrative decisions of the Temporary Government, inspired by PPR (Polish Labour Party), was to move voivodship capital from "intellectual" Toruń to "working class" Bydgoszcz (on 2 March 1945).
www.um.torun.pl /torun/miasto/poznaj4_en.php   (1125 words)

  
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Toruń (German Thorn, Kashubian Torń, Latin Torun, civitas Torunensis) is a city in northern Poland, on the Vistula river, with 204,300 inhabitants (1995).
Toruń was the birthplace of the Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473).
Founded by the Teutonic Knights nearby old Polish village named "old Torun", Thorn may be derived after the city of Toron, that was located in the Kingdom of Jerusalem during the Crusades.
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 Chelmno
Chełmno (also referred to as Kulm in German, and sometimes transliterated as Culm in certain periods in the history) is a town in northern Poland with 22,000 inhabitants (1995).
Situated in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship (since 1999), previously in Torun Voivodship (1975-1998), near the Vistula river.
The town of Chelmno together Chelmno Land was part of Teutonic Knights state until 1466, when after Thirteen Years' War Chełmno was incorporated back into Poland and made the capital of Chelmno Voivodship.
encyclopedia.codeboy.net /wikipedia/c/ch/chelmno.html   (227 words)

  
 Voivodships of Poland - InfoSearchPoint.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A voivodship (in Polish województwo) is a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland since the 14th century.
As a result of Local Government Reogranization Act of 1998, 16 new voivodships were created (effective January 1 1999) and replaced the 49 voivodships which had existed since 1 July 1975.
Tree smallest voivodships of Warsaw, Cracow and Lodz had special status of city voivodship; the city president (mayor) was also province governor.
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 Gdansk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
In 1440 Gdańsk participated in the foundation of the Prussian Union which led to the Thirteen Years War (1454-1466) and the incorporation of Royal Prussia to the direct rule of the Polish Crown.
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.
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The voivodship's economy is represented by almost 133,000, mostly small and medium-sized, companies, 97.3% of which are in the private sector.
The voivodship is attractive for many reasons: good agricultural structure and a high level of farming, well developed industry, high employment, and business services developed by financial institutions.
The Kujawsko Pomorskie voivodship is the seat of the largest university in northern Poland - the Nicholas Copernicus University in Torun.
www.openkontakt.com /gb/wojewodztwa/kujawsko-p.php   (598 words)

  
 Search: Torun - Info.co.uk
Torun was a small settlement in Chelmno Land, a western part of Masovia.
Torun is, together with Krakow in the south, one of the two cities which were not...
Torun is actually two cities: the 'old' city and the 'new' city...
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 Herbarz Polski (Ba)
Alexander and Katarzyna are buried in St. Joseph's church in Torun, according to the marble headstone which was placed in 1663.
I suspect that they were the first chamberlains in those voivodships because Kromer writes that King Casimir appointed three chamberlains while establishing the rule in Prussia in 1468.
According to Dlugosz, MIKOLAJ BAZENSKI, son of Scibor and castellan of Gdansk, ascended to the voivodship of Malbork in the 16th century.
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 Chelmno Land   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Chelmno and Torun lay at the Vistula river.
The land lay is located east of Vistula river and north of the Drwca river, that is the border with Masovia.
In 1772 as a result of the First Partition of Poland Chelmno Land (with an exemption of Torun) was seized by Prussia.
read-and-go.hopto.org /Regions-of-Poland/Chelmno-Land.html   (480 words)

  
 Explore - Part 10
In the 14th century Torun rivaled Gdansk as an important trading center of the Baltic Sea and Central Europe.
In the mid-14th century Torun numbered ten thousand inhabitants and was one of the largest agglomerations in medieval Europe.
The best representative of Torun's rich scientific life is Nicolaus Copernicus, the world-famed astronomer who was born and educated in Torun.
www.poloniatoday.com /explore10.htm   (1614 words)

  
 Sopot   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
After the Torun Peace TreatyToruń Peace Treaty of 1466 the area was incorporated into Poland/.
The authorities of Gdansk Voivodship were located in Sopot until the end of 1946.
Most of German inhabitants of Sopot who remained in the city after the evacuation carried over by German authorities were expelled and soon Polish settlers from areas annexed by the Soviet Union started to arrive.
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 Wikinfo | Torun   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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).
1440 The Prussian nobility and cities led by Torun, Elblag (Elbing) and Gdansk (Danzig) formed the Prussian Confederation.
Images, some of which are used under the doctrine of Fair use or used with permission, may not be available.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Torun   (698 words)

  
 Science Fair Projects - Grudziadz
Situated in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship (since 1999), previously in Toruń Voivodship (1975-1998).
On the January 23 1920, after nearly 150 years under Prussian sovereignty, Grudziądz came under the sovereignty of the newly reborn Polish republic.
A large economic potential, the existence of important institutions like Pomeranian Tax Office or Pomeranian Chamber of Industry and Trade were of a great influence on the fact, that for many years of the between-wars period, Grudziądz was said to be with no doubt the economical capital of the Pomeranian Voivodship.
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Graudenz   (600 words)

  
 Chelmno -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Chełmno is a town in northern (A republic in central Europe; the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 started World War II) Poland with 22,000 inhabitants (1995).
Situated in the (Click link for more info and facts about Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship) Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship (since 1999), previously in (Click link for more info and facts about Torun Voivodship) Torun Voivodship (1975-1998), near the (A European river; flows into the Baltic Sea) Vistula river.
It is not related to (Click link for more info and facts about Chełmno concentration camp) Chełmno concentration camp, which was located near a village with a similar name, Chełmno nad Nerem.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/C/Ch/Chelmno.htm   (353 words)

  
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The basic geographical unit in Poland is the province (voivodship).
There are 49 voivodships in Poland, which are specified by odd numbers ranging from 01-97 (a convention of the Polish Central Statistical Office).
The 49 voivodships have been aggregated by the Polish statistical office into eight regions (makroregion), which reflect historical, cultural, and geographical distinctions within Polish society.
www.sscnet.ucla.edu /issr/da/SSEE/app.f4a.html   (453 words)

  
 Sąd Najwyższy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
His master's thesis was on the directives concerning the court administration of penalty as in the criminal codes of 1932 and 1969.
In the years 1970 to 1972 he did his apprenticeship in the legal profession in the circuit of the Voivodship Court for Warsaw Voivodship in Warsaw.
Until 1st July 1990 he was lecturer at the Institute for Crime Problems in Warsaw, which he had to resign from in view of being appointed the Supreme Court justice.
www.sn.pl /english/sadnajw/paprzycki_l.html   (265 words)

  
 Golub-Dobrzyn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Initially there were 2 cities: Golub located north of Drweca river in the Culmland and Dobrzyn located south of Drweca river in the Land of Dobrzyn.
In 1466 according to Second Peace Treaty in Torun Golub returned to Poland.
The height of prosperity of the city was reached during the rule of King Sigismund III of Poland 1611-1625.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/golub_dobrzyn   (484 words)

  
 Chelmno
Situated in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship since 1999, Chełmno was previously in Toruń Voivodship (1975–1998), near the Vistula river.
The town grew prosperous as a member of the mercantile Hanseatic League.
Chełmno and Chełmno Land were part of the Teutonic Knights' state until 1466, when after the Thirteen Years' War Chełmno was incorporated back into Poland and made the capital of Chełmno Voivodship.
www.cooldictionary.com /words/Chelmno.wikipedia   (375 words)

  
 Touristic attractions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Territories of the municipality, in which Slubice belongs, are placed in the south - west part of former Gorzowskie Voivodship.
Municipality of Slubice lies between Warszawa - Berlin Valley, and Torun - Eberswald Valley, on Pojezierze Lubuskie, in Pliszka syncline - Middle Odra Valley.
The region, Slubice lies in, is different from the rest of Lubuskie Voivodship.
www.slubice.pl /english/atrakcjetur.html   (1252 words)

  
 Medieval Town of Toruń - UNESCO World Heritage Centre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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.
In the Old and New Town, the many imposing public and private buildings from the 14th and 15th centuries (among them the house of Copernicus) are striking evidence of Torun's importance.
The Committee decided to inscribe this property on the basis of criteria (ii) and (iv), considering that Torun is a small historic trading city that preserves to a remarkable extent its original street pattern and outstanding early buildings, and which provides an exceptionally complete picture of the medieval way of life.
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 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)

  
 Torun Voivodship - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Torun Voivodship - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
This page was last modified 06:48, 1 Jun 2005.
The article about Torun Voivodship contains information related to Torun Voivodship, Major cities and towns (population in 1995) and See also.
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 Torun Voivodship Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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 Polish Humanitarian Organisation > Where have we helped? > In Poland
In 2002, the PHO office on the Polish Pomeranian region, opened a Social Information Center in the city of Torun, with the purpose of providing information and securing legal assistance for the widest possible circle of citizens.
All those whose circumstances become critical are now able to consult with specialized personnel regarding their legal rights and to seek addresses of counsel capable of helping in their predicament.
Repatriates from the Mazovian Voivodship are voluntarly assisted by families which help them with everyday strugless.
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