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unusual facts about Poland, Indiana



2012 Men's Junior European Volleyball Championship

The 2012 Men's Junior European Volleyball Championship is being held in Gdynia, Poland and Randers, Denmark from August 24 to September 2, 2012.

Austeria

Austeria (aka The Inn) is a Polish feature film directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz, produced by Zespół Filmowy "Kadr" and released in 1983.

Byszewo

Byszewo, Kołobrzeg County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-west Poland)

Charles Conn

Charles G. Conn (1844–1931) the 19th century U.S. Representative from Indiana and the namesake of the musical instrument company C.G. Conn Inc.

Chraplewo

Chraplewo, Nowy Tomyśl County in Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland)

Columbus Indiana Economic Development Board

The Economic Development Board provided additional funding for “Production of Columbus, Indiana: Different by Design”, a production of WTIU, Indiana University in association with Spellbound Productions, Inc.

Ectaco

Within the next 2 years offices were opened in Germany (Berlin), Great Britain (London), the Czech Republic (Prague), Canada (Toronto), Poland (Warsaw) and Ukraine (Kiev).

Flight 16

LOT Polish Airlines Flight 16, a 2011 belly-landing of a Boeing 767-300ER in Warsaw, Poland

Gabriele Oriali

He was also part of the team that defeated the strong teams of Argentina and Brazil, and defeated Poland in the semi-final.

Indiana Democratic Party

In 1913, Thomas Marshall, Governor of Indiana, became yet another Democratic Hoosier to be a Vice President (under Woodrow Wilson).

Indiana Limestone

New Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, New York, opened in 2009, extensively uses Indiana limestone paneling on its exterior facade.

Indiana Pacers

It is owned and operated by the Capital Improvement Board, City of Indianapolis, Indiana and its groundbreaking was on July 22, 1997 by Ellerbe Becket Architects & Engineers.

Jacek Rostowski

From 1989 to 1991 during Poland’s great economic transformation following the fall of communism, Vincent-Rostowski was an advisor to the Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Leszek Balcerowicz.

Jacob's Rescue

Jacob's Rescue is a 1994 children's book by Malka Drucker and Michael Halperin based on a true story that takes place in Warsaw, Poland during the holocaust.

Jadwiżyn

Jadwiżyn, Drawsko County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-west Poland)

Jakob Walter

In 1806, Walter and his brother were conscripted into the regiment of Romig and served in the campaign of 1806-1807 in Poland, as part of King Jérôme’s contribution to the Grande Armée.

Jastrzębniki

Jastrzębniki, Kalisz County in Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland)

Joanka

Joanka, Kalisz County in Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland)

Józef Młynarczyk

Młynarczyk gained 42 caps for Poland during seven years, the first arriving in 1979 whilst in the ranks of lowly Odra Opole.

Józef Stala

After studies at the Warsaw Theological Academy (now: Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw he earned at May 15, 1995 the Licentiate, at June 8, 1998 the Doctorate and in 2005 the Habilitation with his book: "Katecheza o małżeństwie i rodzinie w Polsce po Soborze Watykańskim II." (Religious education in the Families in Poland after the Second Vatican Council) at the Pontifical University of John Paul II.

Kaźmierzewo

Kaźmierzewo, Włocławek County in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-central Poland)

Kosobudy

Kosobudy, Szczecinek County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-west Poland)

Law enforcement in Poland

In Poland, the national police service Policja is directly responsible to the central government, and whilst it operates with an organisational structure that allows voivodeship commands to exist, the regional authorities do not have any major say in law enforcement policy, and cannot affect the day-to-day operations of their local force.

Łężek

Łężek, Sławno County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-west Poland)

Mały Buczek

Mały Buczek, Złotów County, a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lipka, Złotów County, Poland

Marek Gazdzicki

Since 2003, he holds a professorship at the Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Poland, and works as researcher and outside lecturer at the University of Frankfurt/Main.

Marina Shainova

At the 2006 European Championships in Władysławowo, Poland she won gold in the Women's 58 kg with 237 kg in total, breaking three European records.

Mikhail Turovsky

Mikhail Turovsky's work is represented in permanent collections of the National Art Museum of Ukraine in Kiev, the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, the Yad Vashem Memorial Art Museum in Jerusalem, the Herbert Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University in New York, and the Notre Dame University Art Museum in Indiana, as well as many public and private collections.

Mikołajów

Mikołajów, Staszów County in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship (south-central Poland)

Mount Albion Cemetery

Gilbert De La Matyr, (1825–1892), Methodist Episcopal Church elder who served a single term as U.S. Representative from Indiana after the Civil War.

Piaskowo

Piaskowo, Gmina Szamotuły in Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland)

Podstolice

Podstolice, Chodzież County in Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland)

Ramón Quiroga

Quiroga is perhaps best remembered for his appearance at the 1978 FIFA World Cup in a match against Poland, when he ran all the way to the opposition half and fouled Grzegorz Lato, receiving a yellow card in the process.

Raszyn radio transmitter

The longwave transmitter Raszyn is a longwave broadcasting transmitter near Raszyn, Poland.

Ratzinger Foundation

Reverend Professor Brian E. Daley, S.J., an American Jesuit who is Catherine F. Huisking Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana.

Rozniaty

Różniaty, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-central Poland)

Sękowo

Sękowo, Szamotuły County in Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland)

Simon Schama's Power of Art

It aired in Poland on TVP2 in February and March 2008, on PBS in the US and re -broadcast in September 2008 on TVOntario in Canada, ABC1 in Australia, Australia Network in the Asia-Pacific region, TV ONE in New Zealand and on ET1 in Greece.

Śmiłowo

Śmiłowo, Piła County in Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland)

Stanisław Rehman

Stanisław Rehman (1838–1899), was a city councillor in Kraków, Poland.

Stanowice

Stanowice, Góra County in Lower Silesian Voivodeship (south-west Poland)

Susumu Kobayashi

He scored a total of 577 targets in the preliminary rounds of the men's 10 m air pistol, by four points ahead of Poland's Wojciech Knapik from the final attempt, finishing only in twenty-third place.

Tri-state area

Three other prominent areas that have been labeled tri-state areas are the Cincinnati tri-state area, including Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana; the Pittsburgh tri-state area, covering parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia; and the Chicago tri-state area, also known as Chicagoland, which includes Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin.

Troszyn

Troszyn, Kamień County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-west Poland)

VH1 Europe

Though produced in Warsaw (Poland), VH1 Europe broadcasts from MTV Networks Europe's premises in Camden Town (London, UK) to the whole continent of Europe, covering also the Middle East, South Africa and parts of Northern Africa.

Warszawa Wschodnia railway station

It is now considered the worst railway station in Poland, according to Gazeta Wyborcza which gave it last place in the ranking of 23 most significant Polish railway stations.

Weinfeld

Yocheved Weinfeld (born 1947), a Poland-born Israeli female painter

WFGA

Although its city of license is in Ohio, WFGA now primarily concentrates on serving the Auburn and Garrett area in northeastern Indiana, where its signal is much stronger than in Fort Wayne.

WVHF

WWJS-CD channel 15, in Jeffersonville, Indiana, formerly used the call sign WVHF

Zbigniew Małkowski

He has since returned to Poland to continue playing his football at a lower level, with OKS 1945 Olsztyn, his first senior club.


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