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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 ...
Cities, towns, villages, neighborhoods and regions. Poland Polen; Polish name German name Notes Anielska Górka Engelsberg: Part of Olsztyn. Augustówka
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According to the national law, settlement units or localities (Polish: miejscowość) are broadly classified in Poland as one of the following: [1]. a) a principal locality (miejscowość podstawowa) - an independent locality, e.g. a city/town or a village, all of them are always principal localities, and
The name Pomerania comes from Slavic po more, which means Land at the Sea. [1] These lists are based on the information found in Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis für das Deutsche Reich auf Grund der Volkszählung 1939 [2] and Ortsnamenverzeichnis der Ortschaften jenseits von Oder und Neiße [3] For a list of towns in the former Province of ...
The Commission for the Determination of Place Names (Polish: Komisja Ustalania Nazw Miejscowości) was a commission of the Polish Department of Public Administration, founded in January 1946. Its mission was the establishment of toponyms for places, villages, towns and cities in the former eastern territories of Germany (then known in Poland as ...
The Polish village of Miejsce Odrzańskie has a very strange claim to fame: For nearly 10 years, every single child born in the town has been a girl. But the town's mayor, Rajmund Frischko, has a ...
Florian, name created from a Polish male name Florian. [42] Gnesen Township, named after Gniezno, Poland. [43] Lake Julia (pol. Jezioro Julia). [44] Lake Pulaski, named after Casimir Pulaski a Polish nobleman and general in American Revolutionary War. [9] Opole, named after Opole, Poland. [45] [46] Puposky, named after surname Pupowski. [47]