Kowal (town), the Glossary
Kowal is a town in Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,478 inhabitants (2004).[1]
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35 relations: A1 autostrada (Poland), Association football, Łódź, Brześć Kujawski Voivodeship, Casimir III the Great, Central European Summer Time, Central European Time, Dominik Jędrzejewski, Expulsion of Poles by Nazi Germany, General Government, Germans, Gmina, Greater Poland Province, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Institute of National Remembrance, Intelligenzaktion, Jan Nowicki, Kujawiak Kowal, Kuyavian–Pomeranian Voivodeship, Lebensraum, List of Polish monarchs, List of sovereign states, Max Kowalski, National road 1 (Poland), National roads in Poland, Occupation of Poland (1939–1945), Piast dynasty, Poland, Polish Academy of Sciences, Polish people, Powiat, Royal city in Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Voivodeship road, Voivodeships of Poland, Włocławek County, World War II.
- Brześć Kujawski Voivodeship
- Włocławek County
A1 autostrada (Poland)
The autostrada A1, officially named Amber Highway (Autostrada Bursztynowa) is a north–south motorway in Poland that runs from Gdańsk on the Baltic Sea, through Łódź and the Upper Silesian Industry Area (to the west of Katowice), to the Polish-Czech border in Gorzyczki/Věřňovice, where it connects with the motorway D1.
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Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.
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Łódź
Łódź is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre.
Brześć Kujawski Voivodeship
The Brześć Kujawski Voivodeship (Województwo brzesko-kujawskie, Palatinatus Brestensis) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Kingdom of Poland (later Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth), from the 14th century to the Second Partition of Poland in 1793.
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Casimir III the Great
Casimir III the Great (Kazimierz III Wielki; 30 April 1310 – 5 November 1370) reigned as the King of Poland from 1333 to 1370.
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Central European Summer Time
Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+02:00), sometimes referred to as Central European Daylight Time (CEDT), is the standard clock time observed during the period of summer daylight-saving in those European countries which observe Central European Time (CET; UTC+01:00) during the other part of the year.
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Central European Time
Central European Time (CET) is a standard time of Central, and parts of Western Europe, which is one hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
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Dominik Jędrzejewski
Dominik Jędrzejewski (4 August 1886 – 29 August 1942) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest killed at the Dachau concentration camp during World War II.
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Expulsion of Poles by Nazi Germany
The Expulsion of Poles by Nazi Germany during World War II was a massive operation consisting of the forced resettlement of over 1.7 million Poles from the territories of German-occupied Poland, with the aim of their Germanization (see Lebensraum) between 1939 and 1944.
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General Government
The General Government (Generalgouvernement; Generalne Gubernatorstwo; Генеральна губернія), formally the General Governorate for the Occupied Polish Region (Generalgouvernement für die besetzten polnischen Gebiete), was a German zone of occupation established after the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany, Slovakia and the Soviet Union in 1939 at the onset of World War II.
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Germans
Germans are the natives or inhabitants of Germany, or sometimes more broadly any people who are of German descent or native speakers of the German language.
Gmina
The gmina (Polish:, plural gminy) is the basic unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality.
Greater Poland Province, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland
Greater Poland Province (Prowincja Wielkopolska) was an administrative division of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland from 1569 until 1795.
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Institute of National Remembrance
The Institute of National Remembrance – Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation (Instytut Pamięci Narodowej – Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu, abbreviated IPN) is a Polish state research institute in charge of education and archives which also includes two public prosecution service components exercising investigative, prosecution and lustration powers.
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Intelligenzaktion
The Intelligenzaktion, or the Intelligentsia mass shootings, was a series of mass murders which was committed against the Polish intelligentsia (teachers, priests, physicians, and other prominent members of Polish society) early in the Second World War (1939–45) by Nazi Germany.
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Jan Nowicki
Jan Nowicki (5 November 1939 – 7 December 2022) was a Polish actor.
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Kujawiak Kowal
Miejsko-Gminny Klub Sportowy Kujawiak Kowal is a football club from Kowal, Poland. Kowal (town) and Kujawiak Kowal are Włocławek County.
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Kuyavian–Pomeranian Voivodeship
Kuyavian–Pomeranian Voivodeship (województwo kujawsko-pomorskie) is one of Poland's 16 voivodeships (provinces).
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Lebensraum
Lebensraum (living space) is a German concept of expansionism and ''Völkisch'' nationalism, the philosophy and policies of which were common to German politics from the 1890s to the 1940s.
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List of Polish monarchs
Poland was ruled at various times either by dukes and princes (10th to 14th centuries) or by kings (11th to 18th centuries).
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List of sovereign states
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.
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Max Kowalski
Max Kowalski (Kowal 10 August 1882 – London 4 June 1956) was a composer, singer and singing teacher.
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National road 1 (Poland)
National road 1 (Droga krajowa nr 1, abbreviated as DK1) is a route in the Polish national road network, connecting northern and southern regions of Poland.
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National roads in Poland
According to classes and categories of public roads in Poland, a national road (Droga krajowa) is a public trunk road controlled by the Polish central government authority, the General Directorship of National Roads and Motorways (Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad).
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Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)
The occupation of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during World War II (1939–1945) began with the Invasion of Poland in September 1939, and it was formally concluded with the defeat of Germany by the Allies in May 1945.
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Piast dynasty
The House of Piast was the first historical ruling dynasty of Poland.
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Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe.
Polish Academy of Sciences
The Polish Academy of Sciences (Polska Akademia Nauk, PAN) is a Polish state-sponsored institution of higher learning.
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Polish people
Polish people, or Poles, are a West Slavic ethnic group and nation who share a common history, culture, the Polish language and are identified with the country of Poland in Central Europe.
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Powiat
A powiat is the second-level unit of local government and administration in Poland, equivalent to a county, district or prefecture (LAU-1) in other countries.
Royal city in Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
In the history of Poland, a royal city or royal town (miasto królewskie) was an urban settlement within the crown lands (królewszczyzna).
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Voivodeship road
According to classes and categories of public roads in Poland, a voivodeship road (droga wojewódzka) is a category of roads one step below national roads in importance.
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Voivodeships of Poland
A voivodeship (województwo; plural: województwa) is the highest-level administrative division of Poland, corresponding to a province in many other countries.
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Włocławek County
Włocławek County (powiat włocławski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-central Poland.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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See also
Brześć Kujawski Voivodeship
- Boguszyce, Greater Poland Voivodeship
- Brdów
- Brześć Kujawski
- Brześć Kujawski Voivodeship
- Czarnotka
- Gębice, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
- Kowal (town)
- Kruszwica
- Przedecz
- Radziejów
- Włocławek
Włocławek County
- Brześć Kujawski
- Chodecz
- Gmina Baruchowo
- Gmina Boniewo
- Gmina Brześć Kujawski
- Gmina Choceń
- Gmina Chodecz
- Gmina Fabianki
- Gmina Izbica Kujawska
- Gmina Kowal
- Gmina Lubanie
- Gmina Lubień Kujawski
- Gmina Lubraniec
- Gmina Włocławek
- Izbica Kujawska
- Kowal (town)
- Kujawiak Kowal
- Lubień Kujawski
- Lubraniec
- Włocławek County
- Włocławek railway station