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Poland
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Polska |
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Polska - Rzeczpospolita Polska
Rzeczpospolita Polska – państwo położone w Europie Środkowej nad Morzem Bałtyckim. Graniczy z Niemcami (na zachodzie), Czechami, Słowacją (na południu), Ukrainą, Białorusią, Litwą (na wschodzie) i Rosją (obwodem kaliningradzkim, na północy), a poprzez granicę morską (granicę wyłącznej strefy ekonomicznej) również z Danią oraz Szwecją.
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Deutsch: Polen ist ein Staat in Mitteleuropa. Das Land grenzt im Norden an die russische Exklave Kaliningrad (210 km) und an Litauen (103 km), im Osten an Weißrussland (416 km) und die Ukraine (529 km), im Süden an die Slowakei (539 km) und Tschechien (790 km) sowie im Westen an Deutschland (467 km). Des Weiteren hat das Land eine 528 km lange Ostseeküste. Insgesamt sind Polens Grenzen 3.582 km lang. Die längste Nord-Süd-Ausdehnung beträgt 790 km, die längste Ost-West-Ausdehnung 680 km |
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Poland - Republic of Poland
The Republic of Poland is a country in Central Europe or Eastern Europe, depending on the definition, bordered by ► Germany to the west, the ► Czech Republic and ► Slovakia to the south, ► Ukraine and ► Belarus to the east, and the Baltic Sea, ► Russia (in the form of the Kaliningrad Oblast exclave) and ► Lithuania to the north. It also shares a maritime border with Denmark and Sweden. The total area of Poland is 312,683 sq km (120,728 sq mi) making it the 69th largest country in the world with population over 38.5 million people concentrated mainly in large cities, including the most populated urban area of Poland, Silesian conurbation (albeit administratively divided into separate cities and towns), the present capital of Poland, Warsaw, the historical capital, Kraków, and industrial city of Łódź.
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Poland |
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Republic of Poland |
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Independent country since the ninth century, interrupted between 1795 and 1918 as well as between 1939 and 1945, member of the ► European Union since 2004 |
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Central Europe |
| Capital |
Warszawa (Warsaw) |
| Population |
38,122,000 inhabitants |
| Area |
312,683 km² |
| Major language(s) |
Polish |
| Major religion(s) |
Roman Catholicism |
| More information |
Poland, Geography of Poland, History of Poland and Politics of Poland |
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Poland - Poland (Category). |
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General maps
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Map of Poland |
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Same map in Polish |
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Map of Poland |
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Topographic map |
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Relief map |
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Map of physico-geographical regions |
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Map of physico-geographical regions |
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Map of physico-geographical regionalization |
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Hydrographic map |
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Polish borders |
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la: In limitem orientalem poloniae sunt: San, Buga, et Svislach
pl: Rzeki na wschodniej granicy Polski (San, Bug i świsłocz) - mapa w j. łacińskim
en: Rivers on the east border of Poland (San, Bug and Svislach) - map in latin
de: Flussen in Polnische Ostgrenzen (San, Bug und Świsłocz) - die karte in latinisch sprache
ru: Реки на восточной границе Польши (Сан, Буг, Свислочь) – карта на латине
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Maps of divisions
This section holds maps of the administrative divisions.
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Poland has three levels of administrative divisions, shown in this map: voivodeships (województwa), counties (powiaty) and communes (gminy). |
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This map shows both the voivodeships (województwa) and the counties (powiaty) of Poland. See the List of counties |
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Voivodeships and counties |
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Counties (powiaty) |
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Counties |
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Counties |
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Communes (gminy) |
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Communes |
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Municipalities in Poland deprived of town privileges |
History maps
This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Poland, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Poland. Template:Left-par
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Possible extent of (proto-)Celtic influence 800-400 BC |
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Celts in Europe |
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Pre-Roman iron age (Proto-Germanic) peoples |
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Map showing the pre-Migration Age distribution of the Germanic tribes in Proto-Germanic times, and stages of their expansion up to 50 BC, AD 100 and AD 300. |
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Map of Slavic peoples in the 8/9c. |
Independent Poland
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Map of Poland 960-992 |
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Map of Poland in 992 |
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Map of Poland 982-1025 |
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Map of Poland 992-1025 |
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Map of Poland 1039-1058 |
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Map of Poland 1138 |
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Map of Poland - Fragmentation Period (after 1138) |
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Map of Poland - reign of Casimir the Great (1341) |
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Poland 1201-1241 |
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Poland 1275-1300 |
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Poland 1304-1333 |
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Poland and Hungary in 1360 |
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Hanseatic League |
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Hanseatic trade routes |
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In 1386 Poland and Lithuania formed a Polish-Lithuanian personal union. Large parts of present-day Belarus and Ukraine were part of Poland-Lithuania. This map shows the borders in 1466 |
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
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1569-1795: Commonwaelth of Two Nations {Rzeczpospolita Obojga Narodów, Abiejų tautų respublika} - Independent country, better known as Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
In 1569 the personal union is succeeded by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, a state that existed until the 3rd partition of 1795. |
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Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 1569 |
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Location of the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth |
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Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth compared with present borders |
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Religions in Poland 1573 |
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Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth |
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Polish-Swedish Union 1592-1599 |
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Commonwealth 1600 |
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Commonwealth 1635 |
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Commonwealth 1658 |
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Commonwealth 1686 |
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Commonwealth, division in voivodships |
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Commonwealth 1701 |
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Commonwealth 1701 |
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Religions in Poland 1750 |
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7 years war 1756-1762 |
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Bar Confederation 1768-1772 |
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The partitions of the Commonwealth |
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Commonwealth after 1st partition |
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Polish-Russian War 1792 |
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Commonwealth after 2nd partition |
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Poland 1794 |
Divided Poland
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The third partition meant the end of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the final division between Prussia, Russia and Austria after 3rd partition |
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Duchy of Warsaw and Republic of Gdańsk, during the Napoleon era |
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Duchy of Warsaw |
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Duchy of Warsaw during the Napoleon era |
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Poland 1815-30 (Congress Poland), inside the Russian Empire |
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The Russian Empire in 1914 |
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History of the Russian Empire (in German) |
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Borders between Poland and Prussia 1807-1871 |
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Republic of Cracow 1815 |
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Kingdom of Galicia |
Independent Poland
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After the Russian revolution, Poland regained independence. A war between Poland and the new regime in Russia started March 1919 |
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December 1919 |
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June 1920 |
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August 1920 |
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Battle of Warsaw (1920) - Phase 1 |
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Battle of Warsaw (1920) - Phase 1 |
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Battle of Warsaw (1920) - Phase 2 |
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Battle of Warsaw (1920) - Phase 2 |
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Borders of newly independent Poland after the Peace Treaty of Riga of 1921 |
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Border changes between Poland and Germany 1919-45 |
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Foreign claims in Poland in 1920 |
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Comparison 1789-1920 |
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Poland between 1921 and 1939 |
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Poland 1921-1939 |
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Administrative division in 1922 |
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Same map in Polish |
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Nationalities in Poland |
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Lithuania claims and the Republic of Central Lithuania |
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Changing border between Lithuania and Poland |
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Poland Galicia Volynia |
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Curzon line |
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Borders with Germany |
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Situation in 1939 |
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Situation in 1939 in a European context |
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Administrative districts in territories under the control of Nazi Germany in 1941, inclusive Poland. |
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Idem |
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Eastern front of the Second World War circa 1941-1942. |
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Main German Nazi concentration and extermination camps. Bordures from 1943. |
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Oder-Neisse border between Poland and Germany |
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Oder Neisse Linie |
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Changing of the borders |
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Border changes after WW2 (Russian text) |
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Administrative division of Poland as of August 22, 1944 |
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Administrative division of Poland as of March 14, 1945 |
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Administrative division of Poland as of April 1, 1945 |
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Administrative division of Poland as of April 7, 1945 |
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Administrative division of Poland as of August 9, 1945 |
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Administrative division of Poland as of August 18, 1945 |
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Administrative division of Poland as of June 28, 1946 |
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Administrative division in 1946 |
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Administrative division in 1957 |
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Administrative division in 1957 |
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Administrative division in 1975 |
History of other entities
Danzig
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In 1923 the city of Gdańsk became a Free City under protection of the Leage of Nations. Gdańsk was annexed by Germany in 1939 and is now part of Poland. |
===Old maps===
This section holds copies of original general maps older than 70 years of this entry.
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English map of Poland - XVIII century |
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Poland in 1836 |
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Poland in 1902 |
Other maps
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Airports |
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Polish airports in 2007 - passenger traffic |
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Polish airports in 2006 - passenger traffic |
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Polish airports in 2005 - passenger traffic |
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Catholic Dioceses |
Satellite maps
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Satellite map |
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Satellite map |
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Satellite map |
Notes and references
General remarks:
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