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Biała Prudnicka
Biała (the feminine form of Polish ''biały'' 'white') may refer to: Cities and towns in Poland Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland) * Biała, Gmina Trzcianka * Biała, Gmina Wieleń * Biała, Kalisz County * Biała, Konin County Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland) * Biała, Kutno County * Biała, Pajęczno County * Biała, Piotrków County * Biała, Zgierz County * Biała, Wieluń County * Biała Góra, Łęczyca County * Biała Góra, Poddębice County * Biała Rawska Lower Silesian Voivodeship (south-west Poland) * Biała, Legnica County * Biała, Świdnica County * Biała, former name of the town of Bielawa Lublin Voivodeship (east Poland) * Biała, Lublin Voivodeship *Biała Podlaska * Biała, former name of the town of Janów Lubelski Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland) * Biała, Masovian Voivodeship * Biała Góra, Masovian Voivodeship Pomeranian Voivodeship (north Poland) * Biała, Bytów County * Biała, Wejherowo County *Biała Góra, Pomeranian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biała, Gmina Trzcianka
Biała is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Trzcianka, within Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately east of Trzcianka, north of Czarnków, and north of the regional capital Poznań Poznań ( ) is a city on the Warta, River Warta in west Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business center and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John's .... References Villages in Czarnków-Trzcianka County {{Czarnków-Trzcianka-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janów Lubelski
Janów Lubelski is a town in southeastern Poland. It has 11,938 inhabitants (2006). Situated in the Lublin Voivodship, Janów Lubelski belongs to Lesser Poland, and is located in southeastern corner of this historic Polish province. It is the capital of Janów Lubelski County. It has a large hospital (Samodzielny Publiczny Zespół Zakładów Opieki Zdrowotnej). It also has several tourist attractions, including buildings and churches from the 17th and 18th centuries. Janów Lubelski is home to the Open-air museum of the Forest Railway in Janów Lubelski The town lies on the edge of Roztocze, on the Białka river, and its area is 14.80 square kilometers. South of Janów there is the extensive Solska Forest. The town is located at the intersection of two national roads: the 19th (Rzeszów – Lublin – Białystok – Grodno), and the 74th (Hrubieszów – Zamość – Kraśnik – Kielce – Piotrków Trybunalski). The distance to Lublin is 70 kilometers, and to Rzeszów, 90 kilom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biała, Rzeszów
Biała ( ) is a district of Rzeszów, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It merged with Rzeszów on 1 January 2009. The former village had a population of 1,300. History As a result of the first of Partitions of Poland (Treaty of St-Petersburg dated 5 July 1772, the Galicia area was attributed to the Habsburg Monarchy. BIALA was one of the 79 ''Bezirkshauptmannschaft'' (powiat?) Die postalischen Abstempelungen auf den österreichischen Postwertzeichen-Ausgaben 1867, 1883 und 1890, Wilhelm KLEIN, 1967 in Austrian Galicia. For more details, see the article Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria The Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, also known as Austrian Galicia or colloquially Austrian Poland, was a constituent possession of the Habsburg monarchy in the historical region of Galicia (Eastern Europe), Galicia in Eastern Europe. The Cr .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Biala, Rzeszow Rzeszów ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biała, Opole Voivodeship
Biała, informally ''Biała Prudnicka'' (, ), is a town in southern Poland, located in the southern part of Opole Voivodeship in Prudnik County near the border with the Czech Republic. It is the administrative seat of Gmina Biała, Opole Voivodeship, Gmina Biała. As of December 2021, it has a population of 2,336. The town was founded in the 12th–13th century. Over the centuries, Biała was located within Poland, Habsburg monarchy, Austria, Kingdom of Prussia, Prussia, Germany, and eventually again Poland. A significant German minority resides in the vicinity. The town also possesses numerous architectural monuments and historic buildings. Etymology The name "''Biała''" was created after Polish word ''biały'' (white). Geography Biała is located in the historic Silesia (Upper Silesia) region at the confluence of the Biała river. The city is situated on the Biała Uplands (; a part of the Silesian Lowlands). History Middle Ages The region became part of the emerging Polis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biała Góra, West Pomeranian Voivodeship
Biała Góra (German: ''Ballenberg'') is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rąbino, within Świdwin County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Rąbino, north-east of Świdwin, and north-east of the regional capital Szczecin Szczecin ( , , ; ; ; or ) is the capital city, capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the Poland-Germany border, German border, it is a major port, seaport, the la .... The village has a population of 180. References Villages in Świdwin County {{Świdwin-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biała, Szczecinek County
Biała is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biały Bór, within Szczecinek County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately south of Biały Bór, north-east of Szczecinek, and east of the regional capital Szczecin. It is located within the historic region of Pomerania. Biała was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Człuchów County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.Marian Biskup, Andrzej Tomczak, ''Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w.'', Toruń, 1955, p. 81 (in Polish) It was annexed by Prussia in the First Partition of Poland in 1772, from 1871 it was part of Germany, and following Germany's defeat in 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 wo ... in 1945 it w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biała, Stargard County
Biała is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dobrzany, within Stargard County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately north of Dobrzany, east of Stargard, and east of the regional capital Szczecin. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania The history of Pomerania starts shortly before 1000 AD, with ongoing conquests by newly arrived Polans (western), Polan rulers. Before that, the area was recorded nearly 2000 years ago as Germania, and in modern times Pomerania has been split betw .... References Villages in Stargard County {{Stargard-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biała Piska
Biała Piska (former ; ) is a town in Pisz County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,986 inhabitants as of December 2021. Geography Biała Piska is a recreation area in the Masurian Lake District, located in the eastern part of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in the historic region of Masuria. To the south is the Puszcza Piska, a heath with large forests. History First mentioned as "Gailen" in 1334. The town was established in 1428 as a farming village on 60 włókas of land in the monastic state of the Teutonic Knights. The Polish name of the settlement was ''Biała'', meaning ''white''. It was later Germanized to the name ''Bialla''. In 1454 it was incorporated to Poland by King Casimir IV Jagiellon upon the request of the anti-Teutonic Prussian Confederation, and after 1466 it was a part of Poland as a fief. In 1480 a church was built in the town. In 1481, Piotr Świętosławicz from the Diocese of Płock became the local parish priest. In the 16th centur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biała Góra, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
Biała Góra is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lubawa, within Iława County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately west of Fijewo (the gmina seat), south-east of Iława, and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn Olsztyn ( , ) is a city on the Łyna River in northern Poland. It is the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, and is a city with powiat rights, city with county rights. The population of the city was estimated at 169,793 residents Olsz .... References Villages in Iława County {{Iława-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bielsko-Biała
Bielsko-Biała (; ; , ; ) is a city in southern Poland, with a population of approximately 166,765 as of December 2022, making it the List of cities and towns in Poland#Largest cities and towns by population, 22nd largest city in Poland, and an area of . It is the core of the broader metropolitan area with around 335,000 inhabitants. It serves as the seat of the Bielsko County, Euroregion Beskydy, Roman Catholic Diocese of Bielsko–Żywiec and the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland, Evangelical Church Diocese of Cieszyn. Situated north of the Beskids, Beskid Mountains, Bielsko-Biała is composed of two former towns which merged in 1951—''Bielsko'' in the west and ''Biała'' in the east—on opposite banks of the Biała (Vistula), Biała River that divides the historical regions of Silesia and Lesser Poland. The history of Bielsko dates back to the 13th century, while Biała was founded in the 16th century and obtained city rights in 1723. Despite the admini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biała Góra, Pomeranian Voivodeship
Biała Góra () () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sztum, within Sztum County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately west of Sztum and south of the regional capital Gdańsk. References Villages in Sztum County {{Sztum-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biała, Wejherowo County
Biała is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Wejherowo, within Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south of Wejherowo and north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. For details of the history of the region, see ''History of Pomerania The history of Pomerania starts shortly before 1000 AD, with ongoing conquests by newly arrived Polans (western), Polan rulers. Before that, the area was recorded nearly 2000 years ago as Germania, and in modern times Pomerania has been split betw ...''. References Villages in Wejherowo County {{Wejherowo-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
