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Krasnowola
Krasnowola is a neighbourhood in Warsaw, Poland, located within the district of Ursynów, in the City Information System area of Grabów. It is centred around Krasnowolska Street, and mostly consists of single-family detached homes. The village of Krasnowola was founded in the 19th century, to the southeast of Grabówek. In the second half of the century, the Krasnowola Manor House was constructed. In 1951 the area was incorporated into Warsaw. History The village of Krasnowola was founded in the 19th century, to the southeast of Grabów, around current Krasnowolska Street.Barbara Petrozolin-Skowrońska (editor): ''Encyklopedia Warszawy'', vol 1. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, 1994, p. 275. ISBN 9788301088361. (in Polish) In the second half of the 19th century, in Krasnowola, at current 78 Krasnowolska Street, was built the Krasnowola Manor House, which then became the residence of castellan Kretkowski. On 8 September 1939, Krasnowola was captured by the German forces d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grabów, Warsaw
Grabów is a Districts and neighbourhoods of Warsaw, neighbourhood, and a City Information System (Warsaw), City Information System area, located in Warsaw, Poland, within the district of Ursynów. It consists mostly of the low-rise residential buildings. The area consists of two historical neighbourhoods of single-family detached homes, Grabów to the northeast, and Krasnowola in the southwest. Additionally in the north, there is the neighbourhood of Grabów, consisting of terraced houses. There is also located the Centre for Advanced Materials and Technologies, one of the largest high tech research facilities in Poland. The oldest known records of Grabów, then a small village, date to the 18th century. In the 19th century, nearby were also founded villages of Grabówek, Warsaw, Grabówek, and Krasnowola In 1951, the area was incorporated into Warsaw. In the 1980s and 1990s, there was constructed the residential neighbourhood of Grabów, consisting of terraced houses. History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ursynów
Ursynów () is a district of the city of Warsaw, Poland. It has an area of 43.79 km2 (16.88 sq mi), and in 2023, it was inhabited by 149,775 people, making it the 5th most populous and 3rd largest district of the city. Located in its western part, it is its southernmost district, bordering Włochy to the west, Mokotów to the north, Wilanów, to the east, with its southern and part of western border forming the city boundary. There, it borders municipalities of Lesznowola in Piaseczno County, and Raszyn in Pruszków County. The district is dominated by residential areas, with its east predominantly featuring high-rise multifamily housing such as in neighbourhoods of Jary, and Stokłosy in central north, Imielin, Na Skraju, and West Ursynów in the northeast, and Natolin and Kabaty in the central east. The west is dominated by low-rise single-family housing with neighbourhoods of Dąbrówka, Grabów, Jeziorki, Pyry, and Wyczółki. The district is home to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grabówek, Warsaw
Grabówek is a neighbourhood in Warsaw, Poland, located within the district of Ursynów, in the City Information System area of Grabów. It is a residential area with single-family housing.Studium uwarunkowań i kierunków zagospodarowania przestrzennego miasta stołecznego Warszawy ze zmianami'. Warsaw: Warsaw City Council, 1 March 2018, pp. 10–14. (in Polish) It was founded in the 19th century, and was incorporated into Warsaw in 1951. History Grabówek was founded in the 19th century, as an extension of the village of Grabów, located to the north. Following the abolition of serfdom in 1864, Grabówek became part of then-established municipality of Falenty.Barbara Petrozolin-Skowrońska (editor): ''Encyklopedia Warszawy'', vol 1. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, 1994, p. 275. ISBN 9788301088361. (in Polish) On 14 May 1951, it was incorporated into the city of Warsaw. Characteristics Grabówek is a small residential neighbourhood, located to the south of Grabów, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts And Neighbourhoods Of Warsaw
Warsaw is a city with powiat rights, and is further divided into 18 districts (''dzielnica'' ), auxiliary units which are legally integral parts of the city as an entity, but with some limited powers devolved to their own local governments (or ‘self-governments’ as they are typically referred to in Polish). The current division into quarters was established in 2002. The 18 districts are informally divided broadly into the inner and outer city quarters, as follows: *Inner city districts **Śródmieście **Mokotów **Ochota **Wola **Żoliborz **Praga Południe **Praga Północ *Outer city (or "wreath") districts **Bemowo **Białołęka **Bielany **Rembertów **Targówek **Ursus **Ursynów **Wawer **Wesoła **Wilanów **Włochy Districts of Warsaw Neighbourhoods Each of the districts is customarily subdivided into several smaller areas, known under the designation of a neighbourhood (''osiedle''), a unit with no legal or administrative powers, used for statistics or as a de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neighbourhoods Of Ursynów
A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourhoods are often social communities with considerable face-to-face interaction among members. Researchers have not agreed on an exact definition, but the following may serve as a starting point: "Neighbourhood is generally defined spatially as a specific geographic area and functionally as a set of social networks. Neighbourhoods, then, are the spatial units in which face-to-face social interactions occur—the personal settings and situations where residents seek to realise common values, socialise youth, and maintain effective social control." Preindustrial cities In the words of the urban scholar Lewis Mumford, "Neighborhoods, in some annoying, inchoate fashion exist wherever human beings congregate, in permanent family dwellings; and ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zabłocki Lake
:''See also Zablocki, Zablocki v. Redhail.'' Zabłocki (feminine: Zabłocka, plural: Zabłoccy) is the name of a Polish people, Polish aristocratic family of ancient lineage (''Jastrzębiec coat of arms, Jastrzębiec'') and Łada coat of arms, Coat of arms Łada, who assumed the name of Zabłocki after acquisition of Zabłocie Pułtuskie in Wielkopolska in the year 1500. The ending "-cki" represents the English "of"; Zabłocki = of Zabłocie; or German "von Zabłocie". Coat of arms Łada coat of arms, Łada: on red background, a silver horseshoe with opening to the South, on its top a golden cross; on each side a silver arrow and two hunting horns in the lower field. On the helmet there is a golden and crowned lion holding a sword. This coat of arms was first mentioned in 1248. It was named after the owner of the ''Łada'' estate who was a member of the ''Jastrzębiec'' family and the progenitor of the Zabłocki family. Cyprian Zabłocki A Polish language, Polish saying for ... [...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] |
Invasion Of Poland
The invasion of Poland, also known as the September Campaign, Polish Campaign, and Polish Defensive War of 1939 (1 September – 6 October 1939), was a joint attack on the Second Polish Republic, Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Slovak Republic (1939–1945), Slovak Republic, and the Soviet Union, which marked the beginning of World War II. The German invasion began on 1 September 1939, one week after the signing of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact between Germany and the Soviet Union, and one day after the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union had approved the pact. The Soviet invasion of Poland, Soviets invaded Poland on 17 September. The campaign ended on 6 October with Germany and the Soviet Union dividing and annexing the whole of Poland under the terms of the German–Soviet Frontier Treaty. The aim of the invasion was to disestablish Poland as a sovereign country, with its citizens destined for The Holocaust, extermination. German and Field Army Bernolák, Slovak forces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German Reich, German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a Totalitarianism, totalitarian dictatorship. The Third Reich, meaning "Third Realm" or "Third Empire", referred to the Nazi claim that Nazi Germany was the successor to the earlier Holy Roman Empire (800–1806) and German Empire (1871–1918). The Third Reich, which the Nazis referred to as the Thousand-Year Reich, ended in May 1945, after 12 years, when the Allies of World War II, Allies defeated Germany and entered the capital, Berlin, End of World War II in Europe, ending World War II in Europe. After Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in 1933, the Nazi Party began to eliminate political opposition and consolidate power. A 1934 German referendum confirmed Hitler as sole ''Führer'' (leader). Power was centralised in Hitler's person, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castellans Of The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Castellans of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth were the lowest rank of territorial official who could sit in the Senate of Poland. Their numbers varied over time and with the shifting borders of the Commonwealth. In the Kingdom of Poland and later in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Castellans () usually deferred to the higher ranking Voivodes (Polish: ''Wojewoda''), excepting three Distinguished Castellans of the cities of Trakai, Vilnius, and of Kraków - who ranked higher than the Voivodes. Competences With the exception of the Castellan of Kraków, whose seat was representative of the Commonwealth's capital until 1596, Castellans were usually considered subordinate to Voivodes. Two castellans in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania - those of Vilnius and Trakai - were also considered privileged, and had a status equal to a voivode. Castellans were in charge of a subdivision of a Voivodship called a Castellany (Polish: ''Kasztelania'') until the late 15th century when domains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dworek Ul or Dworek, a specific type of a Polish manor house
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Dworek may refer to the following places in Poland: *Dworek, Lower Silesian Voivodeship (south-west Poland) *Dworek, Nowy Dwór Gdański County in Pomeranian Voivodeship (north Poland) *Dworek, Sztum County in Pomeranian Voivodeship (north Poland) *Dworek, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship (north Poland) *Dworek, West Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-west Poland) See also * * Dwór (manor house) A manor house of Polish- Lithuanian nobility is called dwór or dworek in Polish and dvaras in Lithuanian. The architectural form of the manor house evolved around the late Polish Renaissance period and continued until the Second World Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
