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  Warmia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Warmia in 1547 in the borders of Prussia north of Kingdom of Poland
To the west of Warmia is Pomesania, to the south Chełmno Land, Sassinia and Galindia (later called Masuria) and to the east Sambia.
During the Partitions of Poland Warmia was incorporated into the Kingdom of Prussia in 1772, while the property of the bishop was confiscated by the Prussian state.
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 Warmia - InfoSearchPoint.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Warmia (Latin Warmia or Varmia, German Ermland or Ermeland) is a region between Pomerania and Masuria in northern Poland.
To the west of Warmia is Pomesania, to the south Culmerland (Ziemia Chelminska) and Sassinia, Galindia(later called Masuria) and to the east Sambia.
Between the 13th and centuries Warmia was colonised by German (north) and Polish (south) settlers.
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 Encyclopedia: Warmia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Warmia (Latin: Warmia / Varmia, Polish: Warmia / Warmija, German: Ermland / Ermeland) is a region between Pomerania and Masuria in northeastern Poland.
The population of northern Warmia spoke High German (as opposed to Low German used in the rest of East Prussia), while the south was populated by Polish-speaking Warmiaks.
Warmia (Polish languagePolish: ''Warmia'' or ''Warmija'', Latin ''Warmia'' or ''Varmia'', German languageGerman ''Ermland'' or ''Ermeland'') is a region between Pomerania and Masuria in north-eastern Poland.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Warmia   (626 words)

  
 Warmian-Masurian Voivodship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Warmia i Mazury (officially, Warmińsko-Mazurskie Voivodship) is an administrative region, or voivodship, of northeastern Poland.
It was created January 1, 1999, out of the former Olsztyn, and parts of Suwałki and Elbląg, Voivodships, pursuant to the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998.
Warmia i Mazury lie south of Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Warmia_i_Mazury   (152 words)

  
 Warmia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Warmia (Polish: Warmia, Latin Warmia or Varmia, German Ermland or Ermeland) is a region between Pomerania and Masuria in northern Poland.
Northern Warmia population used high German langauge (in opposition to neighbouring areas of East Prussia, while Polish south was populated by Warmiaks.
In 1945 Warmia de facto returned to Poland, as a result of the Potsdam Conference; the governments of the two German states also accepted Germany's post-war eastern border as final de jure in the prelude to the 1990 reunification.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/warmia   (520 words)

  
 Station Information - Warmia i Mazury
Warmia i Mazury (officially, the Warmińsko-Mazurskie Voivodship) is an administrative region or voivodship of north-eastern Poland.
It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Olsztyn and parts of Suwalki and Elblag voivodships as a result of Local Government Reogranization Act of 1998.
The voivodship's name recalls the region's two historical lands of Ermland (Warmia) and Masuria (Mazury).
www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/w/wa/warmia_i_mazury.html   (86 words)

  
 Warsaw Voice - Land o'Lakes
Olsztyn is the capital of Warmia and Mazuria.
The sights include a Gothic castle of the Warmia chapter dating back to the second half of the 16th century, the Old Town, the 14th-century Cathedral of St. Jacob and a Jewish cemetery with a house of mourning designed by Erich Mendelson.
Warmia is a historic land situated east of the Pasłęka River and stretching to Reszel.
www.warsawvoice.pl /view/8996   (1369 words)

  
 Past and Present Regions of Poland - Warmia & Mazuria
This historic region in the North of Poland was ceded to Poland from Prussia in 1466 by the Teutonic Knights, later passed to Prussia in 1772, and reverted to Poland after the second World War.
The population of Warmia is over 1,463,000 (in 1998) and the total area is 24,203 square kilometers.
Warmia is famous for its numerous beautiful gothic castles and palaces.
info-poland.buffalo.edu /web/geography/regions/warmia/link.shtml   (307 words)

  
 Warmia i Mazury
Warmia i Mazury (officially, the Warmińsko-Mazurskie Voivodship) is a voivodship in Poland.
The territory consists of landscape Warmia and land of lakes Mazury.
The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/wa/Warmia_and_Masuria.html   (51 words)

  
 ZobaczPolske.pl
In 1980 aeriform instalation and In 1892 was made first phonecall, 6 years later modern waterworks, in 1907 electricity and trams, in 1911 was open airport and in 1926 first regular connection with Gdansk was launched.
After first war attachment of south part of Pruss was suppose to be arbitrate by plebiscite 11-th june of 1920, Olsztyn and Warmia stayed under German authority.
In 2000 was established University of Warmia and Mazury.
www.zobaczpolske.pl /main_en.php?content=display&pan_id=1264   (584 words)

  
 Faculty of Geodesy and Land Management, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland
The Faculty of Geodesy and Land Management of the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn is fully eligible to bestow titles of engineer, master, doctor and habilitated doctor of technical sciences in the fields of geodesy and cartography.
The Faculty of Geodesy and Land Management of the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn is open to scientific and economic co-operation and invites candidates to undertake studies at the highest university levels.
www.geo.kortowo.pl /english   (1271 words)

  
 News - Exhibition and Scientific Session „The Displaced…New Society in Warmia and Mazury 1945-1949”, Olsztyn, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In 1945-1949 in the aftermath of the II World War and the defeat of Germany the structure of the population of the regions of Warmia and Mazury was extensively changed and artificially created anew.
The main goal of the scientific session was presenting the fate of migrating population, the ensuing difficulties and tragedies often stirred up by the Polish repressive apparatus.
Warmia Metropolitan, His Excellency Archbishop Edmund Piszcz, Phd, was the honor host of the exhibition, which included materials from IPN Archives, as well as from National Archives in Olsztyn, Archdiocese Archives in Olsztyn, Scientific Research Center in Olsztyn, and private collections.
www.ipn.gov.pl /eng/eng_news_high_displaced.html   (218 words)

  
 History - Frombork   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Fixing the borders of the new dioceses was connected with conquering and christianisation of the lands of the pagan Prussians.
The name Warmia came from the Prussian tribe, Warmowie, living from the VI century in the area of the previous administrative district Braniewo.
When Warmia was conquered by the Pruss in 1772 the grounds were taken away from the bishops and canons who were destituted.
www.frombork.pl /strona.php?id=3&lang=en   (1168 words)

  
 WMSSE S.A.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Warmia and Mazury Province was established on January 1, 1999 as the result of administration reform of the country.
In the Warmia and Mazury Region the unemployment rate exceeds 29% (60% of women).
the Warmia and Mazury Province - 26.9 %
www.wmsse.com.pl /ver_eng/olsztyn.html   (390 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
At present the castle, a magnificent example of Gothic architecture in itself, is home to the Museum of Warmia and Mazury, which has long been collecting precious memorabilia of the bygone years of the region.
Olsztyn is the capital of Warmia and Mazury - the region famous for its interesting history as much as for the breathtaking beauty of the landscapes and Poland's largest number of lakes.
Not surprisingly the region of Warmia and Mazury is known as the land of a Thousand Lakes and the 'green lungs of Poland'.
www.zamkigotyckie.org.pl /emenu_files/olsztyn.htm   (857 words)

  
 Address to the "Hosianum", the Major Seminary of the Archdiocese of Warmia
I cordially greet the community of the major seminary of the metropolitan see of Warmia, the "Hosianum" in Olsztyn: the students and teachers, with the rector, lay employees and members of the Friends of the Seminary Association.
Our contemporaries need priests who have broad horizons in their thinking and acting, and are ready to meet their brethren's every need.
Warmia's seminary enjoys a long and glorious tradition.
www.saint-mike.org /papal-library/John_PaulII/Addresses/October_24_2000.html   (527 words)

  
 PGSA - East Prussia
East Prussia has a variety of soils: frumentaceous on the Niemen, Pregola and Warmia, sandy on the seashores and sandbars and in the powiaty of Niborsk, Szczytno and Jansbork; and there are large marshes in Labiawa and Pilkally powiaty.
The greatest defeat for the Polish population of Ducal Prussia was the division of Poland, by which Frederick II regained all the territories formerly ceded in the Peace of Torun [1466], except for the bishopric of Warmia, and Gdansk and Torun; he acquired those two cities in the second division.
From these regions, with the exception of Warmia, West Prussia was created, and East Prussia was created from Warmia and all the other territories of Prussia.
www.pgsa.org /eprussia.htm   (1833 words)

  
 Polish culture: The Warmia Museum in Lidzbark Warminski   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Warmia (Ermeland) Museum is housed in a castle dating from the second half of the fourteenth century.
Until 1795 the castle was the residence of Warmian bishops, many of whom contributed to the history of Poland in remarkable ways.
The exhibitions are mounted in twenty-one of the castle rooms and include "The Great Residents of the Lidzbark Castle"; "The Medieval Art of Warmia and Teutonic Prussia"; "The Warmian Painting of the Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries"; "The Castle's Militaria" (including seventeenth and eigtheenth century gun barrels); "Old Masonry" (eg.
www.culture.pl /en/culture/instytucje/muzea/in_mu_lidzbark_warminski   (298 words)

  
 Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork
Lukasz Watzenrode, Copernicus’ maternal uncle and guardian, elected Bishop of Warmia.
Copernicus join the Chapter of Warmia, holding the post of Canon of Frombork in absentia through his vicars.
Appointed Commissioner for Warmia with the task of negotiating for the Warmian territories seized by the Teutonic Knights; resigns as Administrator and moves back to Frombork, accepting appointment as Visitor.
www.frombork.art.pl /Ang11.htm   (817 words)

  
 WHKMLA : History of Royal Prussia, 1454-1569
Pommerellen (Eastern Pomerania), Warmia (in German : the Ermland), the Land of Culm and the cities of Danzig (Gdansk), Elbing (Elblag) and Thorn (Torun).
From 1467 to 1479 the see of Warmia was contested in the Warmia Stift Feud (in German : Pfaffenkrieg, literally : Priests' War), fought over the issue of who appoints the bishop.
Bishop of Warmia Stanislas Hosius attended the Council of Trent; he became a protagonist of the Counterreformation.
www.zum.de /whkmla/region/eceurope/rprussia14541569.html   (377 words)

  
 Directory Plug - Regional Europe Poland Voivodships Warmia-Mazury Lidzbark Warminski - Free Directory Listings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
of Poland, in the province of Warmia and Mazury, Lidzbark Warminski comprises several smaller municipalities, known in Polish as 'gminas'.
Lidzbark Warmiñski is situated in the north-eastern region of Poland in the Province of Warmia and Mazury, 48 kilometres away from Olsztyn and around 30 kilometres from the northern...
eastern region of Poland in the Province of warmia and Mazury.
www.rovisoft.com /Regional/Europe/Poland/Voivodships/Warmia-Mazury/Lidzbark_Warminski   (336 words)

  
 Integrative entertainments - Hotelik ATELIER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
We are prepared to organise anad offer services for all types of receptions, starting with confrences, banquets, training courses and up to the social-business meetings.
"Warmia - The Region Heartily Known" - We would like to propose making the sightseeing in the most interesting locations at the Warmia Region - Gierłoż, Św.
The tour includes some curiosities, that means the discovery of the Middle Ages at the region of Warmia, the coining, the handicraft and chivalry combat shows, as well as the dinner in old Polish style.
www.hotelikatelier.pl /content/view/18/31/lang,en   (755 words)

  
 Warmia - TheBestLinks.com - Ermland, German language, High German, Masuria, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Warmia - TheBestLinks.com - Ermland, German language, High German, Masuria,...
Ermland, Warmia, German language, High German, Masuria, Poland, Polish language...
The bishopric was a part of a Polish province of the church and bishops were usually Poles
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 Polish culture: MUSEUM OF WARMIA AND MAZURY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Museum of Warmia and Mazury (Masuria) is housed in a castle built from the fourteenth to the sixteenth centuries, to which was added a Baroque wing in the eighteenth century.
The Historical Collection preserves documents and artefacts which testify to the Polish character of Warmia and Masuria and reflect the region's history from the sixteenth century to the present day.
There are also two exhibitions at the museum's other branches: The Olsztyn Gazette, 1886-1939, at the House of the Olsztyn Gazette, 10-019 Olsztyn, Targ Rybny 1, Tel: (0-89) 534 01 19, and The Wildlife of Warmia and Mazury through the Ages at the Nature and Wildlife Museum, 10-603 Olsztyn, ul.
www.culture.pl /en/culture/artykuly/in_mu_olsztyn   (493 words)

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