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5 unusual facts about Polonia


Hieronim Derdowski

In this role he gained a reputation as a strong voice for the Polish-American community, also known as Polonia.

James S. Pula

James S. Pula (born 18 February 1946, Utica, New York) is an award-winning Polish-American historian, professor, author, and Polonia activist.

Lucyan Bójnowski

Lucyan Bójnowski (February 5, 1868 - July 28, 1960) was a Polonia activist and Catholic priest who served as pastor in New Britain, Connecticut.

Mikołaj II Radziwiłł

Due to his pro-Polish views and arid support for the Polish-Lithuanian Union he was ironically nicknamed Amor Poloniae by his contemporaries.

Sacred Heart-Saint Wenceslaus Church

As Polonia expanded, Polish-speaking priests were in high demand, and not every priest could flourish in a rustic setting like Pine Creek.


Croydon Kings

The former Division 1 player with Gwardia Warsaw Eugene Nowak at the age of 30 was appointed the player-coach of Polonia.

Jan Banaś

In 1966, together with Jan Liberda and Norbert Pogrzeba, Banas decided to illegally migrate to Western Europe, they all escaped before the game Polonia Bytom vs. IFK Norrköping.

Jarosław Hampel

He received his speedway license in 1998 with the Polish team Polonia Piła, although he first started racing on a mini-track in Pawłowice, close to the city of Leszno.

John Woodall

Woodall is known to have then lived and worked as a surgeon in Polonia and Stade, a Hanseatic port near Hamburg, Whilst there he was occasionally employed as a German interpreter by visiting English ambassadors.

Jürgen Herrlein

Herrlein is a member of the corporations Corps Austria (received 1987), Borussia-Polonia (1999), Silesia (2000), Masovia (2002) und Tigurinia (2007).

Medan International Airport

Soewondo Air Force Base, Medan, Indonesia, previously commercial international airport Polonia International Airport

Paweł Kieszek

In January 2006 he was loaned to Greece's Egaleo FC, where he remained until the end of the year; he returned to Polonia (which had been relegated to the second level in his absence) for the 2006–07 season, playing only a few games before getting injured, which ruled him out the rest of the campaign.

Poles in Chicago

Some of Chicago Polonia (the Polish term for members of the expatriate Polish community) speak Poglish (usually referred to as Chicagowski by local Poles) a fusion of the Polish and English languages.

Polonia Karwina

In March 1939 Polonia was added to the Silesian A-Class (see: Lower Level Football Leagues in Interwar Poland), however its results were not impressive.

Stadion Edwarda Szymkowiaka

The venue is named after Edward Szymkowiak, legendary Polonia Bytom and Polish national team goalkeeper.


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