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Gmina Herby
__NOTOC__ Gmina Herby is a rural gmina (municipality) in Lubliniec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Herby, which lies approximately north-east of Lubliniec and north of the regional capital Katowice. Until 1993 it also included the area which now makes up Gmina Boronów. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 6,808. The gmina contains part of the protected area called Upper Liswarta Forests Landscape Park. History For several centuries Herby lay on the border of Lesser Poland and Silesia. Therefore, since the 13th century, one part of it belonged to the Holy Roman Empire and overlapping to the Kingdom of Prussia. The other part remained in Poland in the age of the Jagiellons and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. In the late 18th and in the 19th century, this part belonged to the Russian Empire. Villages Gmina Herby contains the villages and settlements of Brasowe, Braszczok, Chwostek, Cztery Kopy, Dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gmina
The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' ) is the basic unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,479 gminy throughout the country, encompassing over 43,000 villages. 940 gminy include cities and towns, with 322 among them constituting an independent urban gmina () consisting solely of a standalone town or one of the 107 cities, the latter governed by a city mayor (''prezydent miasta''). The gmina has been the basic unit of territorial division in Poland since 1974, when it replaced the smaller gromada (cluster). Three or more gminy make up a higher level unit called a powiat, except for those holding the status of a city with powiat rights. Each and every powiat has the seat in a city or town, in the latter case either an urban gmina or a part of an urban-rural one. Types There are three types of gmina: #302 urban gmina () constituted either by a standalone town or one of the 107 cities, the latter governed by a city mayor (prezyd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jagiellon
The Jagiellonian ( ) or Jagellonian dynasty ( ; ; ), otherwise the Jagiellon dynasty (), the House of Jagiellon (), or simply the Jagiellons (; ; ), was the name assumed by a cadet branch of the Lithuanian ducal dynasty of Gediminids upon reception by Jogaila, the Grand Duke of Lithuania, of baptism as Ladislaus in 1386, which paved the way to his ensuing marriage to the Queen Regnant Hedwig of Poland, resulting in his ascension to the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland as Ladislaus II Jagiełło (initially ruling ''jure uxoris'' jointly with Jadwiga until her death), and the effective promotion of his branch to a royal dynasty. The Jagiellons were polyglots and per historical evidence Casimir IV Jagiellon and his son Saint Casimir possibly were the last Jagiellons who spoke in their patrilineal ancestors' Lithuanian language; however, even the last patrilineal Jagiellonian monarch Sigismund II Augustus maintained two separate and equally lavish Lithuanian-speaking and Polish-spea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Łebki, Silesian Voivodeship
Łebki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Herby, within Lubliniec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Lubliniec and north of the regional capital Katowice Katowice (, ) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Katowice urban area. As of 2021, Katowice has an official population of 286,960, and a resident population estimate of around 315,000. K .... References Villages in Lubliniec County {{Lubliniec-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolonia Lisów
Kolonia Lisów (; translation: ''Colony of Foxes'') is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Herby, within Lubliniec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Lubliniec and north of the regional capital Katowice Katowice (, ) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Katowice urban area. As of 2021, Katowice has an official population of 286,960, and a resident population estimate of around 315,000. K .... References Villages in Lubliniec County {{Lubliniec-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kierzki, Silesian Voivodeship
Kierzki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Herby, within Lubliniec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Lubliniec and north of the regional capital Katowice Katowice (, ) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Katowice urban area. As of 2021, Katowice has an official population of 286,960, and a resident population estimate of around 315,000. K .... References Villages in Lubliniec County {{Lubliniec-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalina, Silesian Voivodeship
Kalina is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Herby, within Lubliniec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Lubliniec and north of the regional capital Katowice. History Kalina was previously a separate commune, and the town of Herby, today the seat of the commune, was part of the Kalina commune. The village is administered by the Catholic Church and falls under the Olszyna parish Whirlwind On August 15, 2008, around 5:24 p.m., a tornado passed over the town, damaging several dozen houses. Transport By car You can drive through the village on DW 905 Public Transport In the village, near the chapel, there is a bus stop A bus stop is a place where Public transport bus service, buses stop for passengers to get on and off the bus. The construction of bus stops tends to reflect the level of usage, where stops at busy locations may have shelter (building), shelters ... which is rarely used anyway. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hadra, Poland
Hadra is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Herby, within Lubliniec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Lubliniec and north of the regional capital Katowice Katowice (, ) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Katowice urban area. As of 2021, Katowice has an official population of 286,960, and a resident population estimate of around 315,000. K .... References Villages in Lubliniec County {{Lubliniec-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Głąby
Głąby is a human settlement, settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Herby, within Lubliniec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Herby, north-east of Lubliniec, and north of the regional capital Katowice. References Villages in Lubliniec County {{Lubliniec-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drapacz, Silesian Voivodeship
Drapacz is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Herby, within Lubliniec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Lubliniec and north of the regional capital Katowice Katowice (, ) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Katowice urban area. As of 2021, Katowice has an official population of 286,960, and a resident population estimate of around 315,000. K .... References Villages in Lubliniec County {{Lubliniec-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cztery Kopy
Cztery Kopy is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Herby, within Lubliniec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Lubliniec and north of the regional capital Katowice Katowice (, ) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Katowice urban area. As of 2021, Katowice has an official population of 286,960, and a resident population estimate of around 315,000. K .... References Villages in Lubliniec County {{Lubliniec-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chwostek
Chwostek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Herby, in Lubliniec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately northeast of Lubliniec and north of the regional capital Katowice Katowice (, ) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Katowice urban area. As of 2021, Katowice has an official population of 286,960, and a resident population estimate of around 315,000. K .... References Villages in Lubliniec County {{Lubliniec-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Braszczok
Braszczok is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Herby, within Lubliniec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Lubliniec and north of the regional capital Katowice Katowice (, ) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Katowice urban area. As of 2021, Katowice has an official population of 286,960, and a resident population estimate of around 315,000. K .... References Villages in Lubliniec County {{Lubliniec-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
