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Świerczewo, Szczecin
Świerczewo (German language, German until 1945: ''Schwarzow'') is a municipal neighbourhood in Szczecin, Poland, located within the Zachód, Szczecin, West district. It is a residential area with mid-rise apartment buildings. The neighbourhood has an area of 2.4 km2, and in 2015, had population of 16,034 people. In the 14th century, there was founded a farming community, and the area was incorporated into the city in 1911. First mid-rise housing was developed in the early 20th century, and futher expanded in the 1990s and the 1980s. History Świerczewo (then known as ''Schwarzow''), was settled in the 14th century, as a farming community. The village was located within the southern portion of the modern neighbourhood.Tadeusz Białecki (editor): ''Encyklopedia Szczecina. Wydanie jubileuszowe z okazji 70-lecia polskiego Szczecina''. Szczecin: Szczecińskie Towarzystwo Kultury, 2015. ISBN 978-83-942725-0-0. (in Polish)Tadeusz Białecki, Lucyna Turek-Kwiatkowska: ''Szczecin stary i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voivodeships Of Poland
A voivodeship ( ; ; plural: ) is the highest-level Administrative divisions of Poland, administrative division of Poland, corresponding to a province in many other countries. The term has been in use since the 14th century and is commonly translated into English as "province". The administrative divisions of Poland, Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998, which went into effect on 1 January 1999, reduced the number of voivodeships to sixteen. These 16 replaced the 49 subdivisions of the Polish People's Republic, former voivodeships that had existed from 1 July 1975, and bear a greater resemblance (in territory, but not in name) to the voivodeships that existed between 1950 and 1975. Today's voivodeships are mostly named after historical and geographical regions, while those prior to 1998 generally took their names from the cities on which they were centered. The new units range in area from under (Opole Voivodeship) to over (Masovian Voivodeship), and in population ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Napoleonic Wars
{{Infobox military conflict , conflict = Napoleonic Wars , partof = the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars , image = Napoleonic Wars (revision).jpg , caption = Left to right, top to bottom:Battles of Battle of Austerlitz, Austerlitz, Fall of Berlin (1806), Berlin, Battle of Friedland, Friedland, Battle of Aspern-Essling, Aspern-Essling, French occupation of Moscow, Moscow, Battle of Leipzig, Leipzig and Battle of Paris (1814), Paris , date = {{start and end dates, 1803, 5, 18, 1815, 11, 20, df=yes({{Age in years, months, weeks and days, month1=05, day1=18, year1=1803, month2=11, day2=20, year2=1815) , place = Atlantic Ocean, Caucasus, Europe, French Guiana, Mediterranean Sea, North Sea, West Indies, Ottoman Egypt, Egypt, East Indies. , result = Coalition victory , combatant1 = Coalition forces of the Napoleonic Wars, Coalition forces:{{flagcountry, United Kingdom of Great Britain and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turzyn, Szczecin
Turzyn is a municipal neighbourhood of the city of Szczecin, Poland situated on the left bank of Oder river, west of the Szczecin Old Town and Downtown.Encyklopedia Szczecina. Tom II, P-Ż. Szczecin: Uniwersytet Szczeciński, 2000, p. 546. (pl) As of January 2011 it had a population of 20,373. History The area became part of the emerging Polish state under its first ruler Mieszko I around 967, and following Poland's fragmentation it formed part of the Duchy of Pomerania. During the Thirty Years' War, the settlement fell to the Swedish Empire. Later on, it passed to Prussia, and from 1871 to 1945 it was part of Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ..., within which it was known as ''Torney''. References Turzyn {{WestPomeranian-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pogodno
Pogodno is a municipal neighbourhood of the city of Szczecin, Poland, within the Zachód, Szczecin, West district. It is mostly a low-rise housing estate with detached houses. The neighbourhood has an area of 4.2 km2, and in 2015, was inhabited by 24,359 people, making it the second most populous neighbourhood of the city. The area begun being developed in 1890 as a suburb, and was incorporated into Szczecin in 1910. History During the War of the Fifth Coalition, in the area was located a camp of the French Imperial Army (1804–1815), French Imperial Army, housing 12,000 soldiers. In 1808, next to the current corner of Klonowica and Unii Lubelskiej Streers, was errected a small mound with the height of 8 m, named Napoleon Hill, in commemoration of Napoleon, Napoleon Bonaparte, the Emperor of France. At its top was placed his bust. In 1814, after the city was recaptured by Prussia, it was renamed to the German Mountain (''Deutscher Berg''), and the sculpture was replaced wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Pomeranian University Of Technology
West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin ( is a technical university in Szczecin, Poland. The university was established on January 1. 2009 in Szczecin, from the merger of the Agricultural University of Szczecin and the Szczecin University of Technology. The first rector of the university was Professor Włodzimierz Kiernożycki. The university has 10 faculties with 47 fields of study, 2,300 employees and around 15,000 students. The university operates in technology, economics, biology, chemistry, mathematics, and agricultural sciences. History The university was established on 1 January 2009. It had formerly existed as two academies: the Szczecin University of Technology () and the University of Agriculture in Szczecin (). Faculties # Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture (''Wydział Budownictwa i Architektury''), from Szczecin University of Technology: * Architecture and urban planning * Civil Engineering * Civil Engineering - European Engineer * En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Szczecin University Of Technology
Szczecin University of Technology () was one of the biggest universities in Szczecin, Poland. History Szczecin University of Technology was established on 1 December 1946 as School of Engineering in Szczecin (''Szkoła Inżynierska w Szczecinie''). Initially it included three faculties - the Faculty of Electrical Engineering (''Wydział Elektryczny''), the Faculty of Civil Engineering (''Wydział Inżynierii Lądowej''), and the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (''Wydział Mechaniczny''). In the following academic year, it was expanded with the opening of the Faculty of Chemical Engineering (''Wydział Chemiczny''). On 1 September 1955 the university took over the departments of the liquidated School of Economics in Szczecin (''Szkoła Ekonomiczna w Szczecinie'') and established the Faculty of Engineering and Economics of Transport (''Wydział Inżynieryjno-Ekonomiczny Transportu''). On 3 September 1955 it was transformed into the Technical University of Szczecin. In 1985, Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish Land Forces
The Land Forces () are the land forces of the Polish Armed Forces. They currently contain some 110,000 active personnel and form many components of the European Union and NATO deployments around the world. Poland's recorded military history stretches back a millennium – since the 10th century (see List of Polish wars and History of the Polish Army). Poland's modern army was formed after Poland regained independence following World War I in 1918. History 1918–1938 When Poland regained independence in 1918, it recreated its military which participated in the Polish–Soviet War of 1919–1921, and in the two smaller conflicts ( Polish–Ukrainian War (1918–1919) and the Polish–Lithuanian War (1919–1920)). Initially, right after the First World War, Poland had five military districts (1918–1921): * Poznań Military District (Poznański Okręg Wojskowy), HQ in Poznań * Kraków Military District (Krakowski Okręg Wojskowy), HQ in Kraków * Łódź Military ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
12th Mechanised Division (Poland)
The 12th Bolesław Krzywousty Szczecin Mechanised Division () is a division of the Polish Armed Forces, headquartered in Szczecin. It traces its heritage back to the 1919 formation of the 6th Polish Rifle Division of the Blue Army (Poland), Blue Army in France. The division returned to Poland and was redesignated as the 12th Infantry Division () later that year, fighting in the Polish–Soviet War. During the September 1939 Invasion of Poland, the division was part of the southern group of the Prusy Army and was surrounded and destroyed by German forces during the Battle of Radom. It was briefly reformed in 1944 as part of the Home Army, and later that year the Polish People's Army briefly formed a 12th Infantry Division as part of the abortive 3rd Polish Army, but it was quickly broken up. The Polish People's Army reformed the division in Poznań during the final weeks of World War II, and it was sent to Szczecin to secure the area and expel the German population in the immediate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reichswehr
''Reichswehr'' (; ) was the official name of the German armed forces during the Weimar Republic and the first two years of Nazi Germany. After Germany was defeated in World War I, the Imperial German Army () was dissolved in order to be reshaped into a peacetime army. From it a provisional ''Reichswehr'' was formed in March 1919. Under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, the rebuilt German Army was subject to severe limitations in size, structure and armament. The official formation of the ''Reichswehr'' took place on 1 January 1921 after the limitations had been met. The German armed forces kept the name ''Reichswehr'' until Adolf Hitler's 1935 proclamation of "restoration of military sovereignty", at which point it became part of the new . Although ostensibly apolitical, the ''Reichswehr'' acted as a state within a state, and its leadership was an important political power factor in the Weimar Republic. The ''Reichswehr'' sometimes supported the democratic government, as it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interwar Period
In the history of the 20th century, the interwar period, also known as the interbellum (), lasted from 11 November 1918 to 1 September 1939 (20 years, 9 months, 21 days) – from the end of World War I (WWI) to the beginning of World War II (WWII). It was relatively short, yet featured many social, political, military, and economic changes throughout the world. Petroleum-based energy production and associated mechanisation led to the prosperous Roaring Twenties, a time of social mobility, social and economic mobility for the middle class. Automobiles, electric lighting, radio, and more became common among populations in the developed world, first world. The era's indulgences were followed by the Great Depression, an unprecedented worldwide economic downturn that severely damaged many of the world's largest economies. Politically, the era coincided with the rise of communism, starting in Russia with the October Revolution and Russian Civil War, at the end of WWI, and ended with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks in World War II, Tanks and Air warfare of World War II, aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflict in history, causing World War II casualties, the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Allied-occupied Germany, Germany, Allied-occupied Austria, Austria, Occupation of Japan, Japan, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
