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unusual facts about Lech, Czech and Rus



Außerfern

The regions settled by Upper Bavaria and from the Inn valley, such as the Ehrwald Basin and the tributary valleys of the Lech have similarities with the dialects of the Upper Inn Valley, whilst in the region around Reutte and in the Tannheim valley, a Swabian-Alemannic dialect dominates.

Beady Belle

Lech and Reksjø studied music together at the University of Oslo, and as music students they started several bands together.

Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland

# Mieczysław Wachowski (October 29, 1991 - August 25, 1995) - Lech Wałęsa

Jacek Lech

Jacek Lech (born Leszek Zerhau on 15 April 1947 in Bielsko-Biała, d. 25 March 2007 in Katowice) was a popular Polish singer.

Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly

While attempting to prevent the Swedish from crossing into Bavaria over the Lech near the Rain am Lech, he was wounded by a cannonball early in the Battle of Rain and died of tetanus fifteen days later in Ingolstadt at the age of 73 on 30 April 1632.

Lane Kirkland

He befriended Lech Walesa as well as Marian Krzaklewski who replaced Lech Walesa at the helm of Solidarity.

Law and Justice

Several leading members, including Lech Kaczyński, died in a plane crash in 2010.

On 10 April 2010, its former leader Lech Kaczyński died in the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash.

Lech Bądkowski

A film "File "Inspirer"" was made about Bądkowski and was shown already on TV and amongst others in Gdańsk, Gdynia and Luzino, at the Lech Bądkowski Primary School.

Lech Mackiewicz

Cate Blanchett's first theatre production out of NIDA was Kafka Dances at the Stables Theatre (Sydney 1993) where Lech starred as Franz Kafka and Cate played his fiancée, Felice Bauer.

Lech Szczucki

Lech Szczucki (born 1933), is a Polish historian of philosophy and culture, particularly noted since the 1960s for his work on the Polish Brethren.

Lech, Čech, and Rus

As described by Alois Jirásek in Staré pověsti české, two brothers came to Central Europe from the east: Čech and Lech.

Lechites

The name Lech or Leszek, Lestko, Leszko, Lestek, and Lechosław is a very popular name in Poland.

In Polish literature Lech was also the name of the legendary founder of Poland.

Pfänder

With good visibility, the view from the summit reaches from the Allgäu and Lech valley Alps in the east, over to the Bregenz Forest, the steep mountain peaks of Arlberg region, Silvretta, and the Rätikon to the Swiss mountains and the foothills of the Black Forest in the west.

Schondorf

With the seizure of the Nazis, the Unterschondorf-based Joachim von Moltke took over the mayor's office, but was soon out district leader of the district of Landsberg am Lech.

Stanisław Stolarczyk

The result of this work were hundreds of newspaper articles relating to Canada, and reports, including the visit of President Lech Wałęsa in Canada, from the Arctic – obtaining the North Pole by the Poles (Marek Kamiński and Wojciech Moskal), from the mountain expeditions in the massif of Warsaw and the Rocky Mountains, of which he was the organizer and director, or from the participation in the World Championships of Gold Panning in Dawson City of the Yukon.

Story of a Junkie

His final moments are chronicled in yet another Lech Kowalski film, "Born to Lose: The Last Rock & Roll Movie", a documentary about deceased former New York Dolls guitarist Johnny Thunders.

Tadeusz Brzeziński

He was survived by his two sons: Zbigniew Brzezinski, President Jimmy Carter's national security advisor; and Lech Brzeziński, an engineer also living in Montreal.

The California Honeydrops

Born in Warsaw, Poland, band leader and front man Lech Wierzynski started playing blues and jazz as a teenager at after-hours jam sessions in Washington D.C. After studying trumpet with Marcus Belgrave (Ray Charles), Lech launched his own career in Oakland.

Waldemar Olszewski

Waldemar Lech Olszewski (born 3 September 1931, Piastów, Warsaw, Poland) is a Polish lymphologist.

Walser

In Austria, there are 14 Walser communities: Grosses Walsertal (Blons, Fontanella, Raggal, St. Gerold, Sonntag, Thüringerberg), Kleinwalsertal (Mittelberg, a practical enclave of Germany), Brandnertal (Brand), Montafon (Silbertal), Reintal (Laterns), Tannberg (Schröcken, Lech, Warth), all in Vorarlberg; and in Paznauntal (Galtür), in Tyrol.

Weißenbach am Lech

Weißenbach am Lech is a municipality in the Austrian district of Reutte, Tyrol.


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