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20 unusual facts about Łódź Voivodeship


1951 LOT Li-2 Tuszyn air disaster

Shortly after take-off while flying through Górki Duże near Tuszyn it flew into power lines, crashed and went into flames.

Bryski

Bryski, Łódź Voivodeship, a village in the administrative district of Gmina Góra Świętej Małgorzaty, Poland

Coal mining in Poland

In April 2008, five thousand people demonstrated in Kruszwica to protect cultural heritage and the nature reserve at Lake Gopło, against the Tomisławice opencast mine, which was due to open in 2009.

German Socialist Labour Party in Poland – Left

The DSAP–Linke also attracted some recruits from Ortsgruppe Lodz-Chojny of the erstwhile DSAP.

Janusz Tarnowa

Jan Długosz maintains that he was from Grzymałów, but this remains un-established, as is the hypotheses he belonged to the Knights of Tarnawów's.

Kotulin

Kotulin, Łódź Voivodeship, a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rogów, Poland

Leopold Pilichowski

Pilichowski was born in Piła near Sieradz in central Poland (some sources list the village of Zadzim close to Piła).

Łódź Voivodeship

Among the most important investments are: the creation of four regional scenes in Stefan Jaracz Theatre, opening the new section of the Museum of Art in Lodz - ms² or the reconstruction of medieval settlement in Tum in the vicinity of Łęczyca.

Mordechaï Podchlebnik

Mordechaï Podchlebnik or Michał Podchlebnik (born in 1907, and residing in Koło before World War II) was a Polish Jew who managed to survive the Holocaust.

He was born to a family of Jacob Podchlebnik and Sosia (Zosia) née Widawska from Koło, known also by the Polish equivalent of his first name, Michał.

Mosty Coal Mine

The Mosty coal mine is a large mine in the centre of Poland in Mosty, Łódź Voivodeship, 150 km west of the capital, Warsaw.

Nalepa

Nalepa, Łódź Voivodeship, a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Czastary, within Wieruszów County, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland

Oil industry in Poland

The refinery purified oil extracted from rich fields of southern part of the Second Polish Republic (Gorlice, Boryslaw, Jasło, and Drohobych).

Parski

Parski, Łódź Voivodeship, a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świnice Warckie, Łęczyca County, Poland

Patok

:Not to be cunfused with Patok, Łódź Voivodeship

Proba

Próba, Łódź Voivodeship, village in the administrative district of Gmina Brzeźnio, within Sieradz County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland.

Przywidz

Przywidz, Łódź Voivodeship, a village in Poddębice County, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland

Radziejów

Though no dedicated Radziejów station was built, the inhabitants of the town could board trains in nearby Chełmce.

South African Lipizzaners

After two years as an assistant manager of the Polish National Stud in Bogusławice, he finished cavalry school and went into the army.

Stefan Franczak

Stefan Franczak (August 3, 1917, Jeziorna, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland — 2009) was a Polish Jesuit monk and horticulturist, famous as a clematis breeder.


Konspiracyjne Wojsko Polskie

It was most active in the Łódź Voivodeship, but also in the neighboring provinces of northern Upper Silesia, eastern Poznań and western Kielce.