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unusual facts about Pławna, Lesser Poland Voivodeship



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.

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.

Pławna, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

The original German train with weapons and munitions – which was targeted by the Armia Krajowa intelligence, had been temporarily halted in Tuchów due to mechanical failure.

Another train was let through a few hours later, carrying a Panzer division of the Wehrmacht, unknown to partisan unit of 100 men from the Battalion Barbara arriving from Zborów.

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.


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