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Koniaków ⓘ (Silesian: Kōniakow) is a village in the Beskid Śląski mountain range in Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It is the highest village by elevation in the Silesian Beskids and lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. The village is primarily known for its tradition of intricate lace-making.
All municipalities in Poland are governed regardless of their type under the mandatory mayor–council government system. Executive power in a rural gmina is exercised by a wójt, while the homologue in municipalities containing cities or towns is called accordingly either a city mayor (prezydent miasta) or a town mayor (burmistrz), all of them elected by a two-round direct election, while the ...
Stare Pole ([ˈstarɛ ˈpɔlɛ]; German: Altfelde) [1] is a village in Malbork County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Stare Pole. [2] It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) east of Malbork and 51 km (32 mi) south-east of the regional capital Gdańsk.
Kowale is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kolbudy, within Gdańsk County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. [1] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) north-east of Kolbudy, 7 km (4 mi) north-west of Pruszcz Gdański, and 8 km (5 mi) south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. The village has a population of 4,489.
3 Government. 4 References. 5 External links. ... Part of the village of Poland, in the west; Part of the city of Struthers, in the northwest; Name and history.
The village as a municipality was subscribed to the political district of Cieszyn and the legal district of Jablunkov. According to the censuses conducted in 1880, 1890, 1900 and 1910 the population of the municipality grew from 1,369 in 1880 to 1,642 in 1910 with the majority being native Silesian and Polish-speakers (between 99.4% and 99.9% ...
The village was also traditionally inhabited by Cieszyn Vlachs, speaking Cieszyn Silesian dialect. After World War I, fall of Austria-Hungary, Polish–Czechoslovak War and the division of Cieszyn Silesia in 1920, it became again a part of Poland. It was then annexed by Nazi Germany at the beginning of World War II.
Długie [ˈdwuɡʲɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wąpielsk, within Rypin County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. [1] It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south-east of Wąpielsk, 10 km (6 mi) north-west of Rypin, and 49 km (30 mi) east of Toruń.