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Strzelin [ˈstʂɛlʲin] (German: Strehlen, [2] Czech: Střelín) is a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship in south-western Poland. [3] It is located on the Oława river , a tributary of the Oder , about 39 kilometres (24 miles) south of the region's capital Wrocław .
The anti-Muslim Ełk riots occurred on 1 January 2017 in the town of Ełk, Poland, after 21-year-old Daniel Rudnicki stole two Coke bottles from a local kebab eatery and was murdered by the establishment's cook (a Tunisian immigrant with Polish citizenship) [1] [2] who chased him with a knife. The fatal stabbing sparked riots the next day.
Listed below are the worst disasters in Poland's history, listed by death toll.This list excludes warfare, the Holocaust and intentional acts of destruction, but may include accidents in which the military, Polish or foreign, was involved (e.g. Osiecznica bus disaster - a collision between a Polish bus and a Soviet Army's truck).
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It lies approximately 2 kilometres (1 mi) south of Strzelin, and 41 kilometres (25 mi) southwest of the regional capital Wrocław (formerly called Breslau). Gęsiniec was settled in 1750 by Hussites , whose religious faith was based on the writings of Jan Hus (ca. 1369–1415), a Czech religious reformer and priest who was burnt at the stake as ...
Strzelin County [ˈstʂɛlʲin] (Polish: powiat strzeliński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. The county covers an area of 622.3 square kilometres (240.3 sq mi).
Gmina Strzelin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Strzelin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Strzelin, which lies approximately 39 kilometres (24 mi) south of the regional capital Wrocław. It is part of the Wrocław metropolitan area.
It is unclear how the word strzyga was adapted by the Polish people, though it might have been through the Balkan peoples. The term strzyga could also sometimes mean a vampire or upiór . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] After the 18th century, there was a distinction between strzyga and upiór; the first one was more connected to witchcraft, while the latter ...