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20 unusual facts about Lesser Poland Voivodeship


Andrzej Garbuliński

Andrzej Garbuliński was a Polish farmer who lived in the village of Czerna with his family: Władysław, Eleonora,Marian,Helena, Kunegunda,Stanisław, Kazimierz, Jan and two wives Zofia and Kazimiera during the Nazi German occupation of Poland in World War II.

Anna Poray

Anna Poray-Wybranowska nee Chościak Popiel, was born into a noble family bearing the Sulima coat of arms in Ściborzyce, Little Poland, soon after Poland's return to independence.

Antoni Frąckiewicz

He executed sculptural decoration of the Norbertine Sisters church, and The Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Imbramowice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship (1716-1722), which included: six altars and religious statues.

Baczków

Baczków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bochnia, Bochnia County, Poland

Battle of Jordanów

Despite being badly outnumbered, the following day the Polish unit organized an ambush near Lubień and Sucha Beskidzka, in which the German tanks suffered additional losses.

Commemorative coins of Poland: 2009

In the centre, a stylized image of the obelisk in Michałowice commemorating the arrival of the First Cadre Company into the Kingdom of Poland.

Jawczyce

Jawczyce, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biskupice, Wieliczka County, Poland

Johann von Hoverbeck

Johann von Hoverbeck, born in Aleksandrowice, a manor in the vicinity of Kraków, since 1614 attended the high school in Danzig (Gdańsk).

Jonasz Szlichtyng

He studied in Germany, from where he returned to teach in Raków, Kielce County at the Racovian Academy, and then in Lusławice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship.

Kraków-Rakowice-Czyżyny Airport

The airport was in continuous use to 1963, until the relocation of the Kraków passenger airport 16 km westwards, to the village of Balice.

Lachy Sądeckie

Lachy Sądeckie culture is featured in Muzeum Lachów Sądeckich in Podegrodzie, Lesser Poland Voivodeship and Sądecki Ethnographic Park (open-air museum) in Nowy Sącz.

Lesser Poland Voivodeship

The AGH University of Science and Technology (29,800 students) is considered to be the best technical university in Poland.

It lies at the crossroads of major international routes linking Dresden with Kiev, and Gdańsk with Budapest.

Moonshine by country

The plum moonshine made in area of Łącko (Southern Poland) called Łącka Śliwowica gained nationwide fame, with tourists travelling long distances to buy one or two bottles of this strong liquor.

Prešov Region

As for administrative divisions, the region borders on the Lesser Poland and Subcarpathian voivodeships in Poland in the north, Zakarpattia Oblast of Ukraine in the east, Košice Region in the south, Banská Bystrica Region in the south-west and Žilina Region in the west.

Szczurowa massacre

Other mass graves of murdered Romanies in the region include those at Bielcza (28 murdered), Borzęcin Dolny (28 murdered) and Żabno (49 murdered).

Szymon Zacjusz

From 1540 to 1548 he was a Calvinist pastor in Krzyżanowice, near the town Bochnia.

Tatra Confederation

He committed suicide on February 21, 1947, when his remote hideaway at Ostrowsko village was ambushed by the Internal Security Corps special-purpose unit (Korpus Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego, KBW) tipped off by an informant.

Wieliczka

The battle took place in Kamionna, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, where the Poles attacked the hill, and referred their victory.

Zborówek

Zborówek, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biskupice, Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland