The capital city is Warsaw

Poland

Poland

Poland is our neighbour in the north.In my opinion Poles are very friendly and

talkative.Poland is a Christian country. Christianity

came to Poland from the Bohemia.Poles pay by Złoty.

Poland

History First information

about Poland state are from 9th. century.

First substantiate ruler was Mesek I. from the dynasty Piastovci.

Piastovci ruled from 9.th to 14.th century.

History In 15th and 16th

century Poland was in Polish-Lithunian aliance.

Jagelonci´s dynasty ruled this time.

Vladislav II.

HistoryPartitions of Poland1772 - 1918Poland was divided

among Russian empire, the Kingdom of Prussia and Habsburg Austria.

Concentration camps were built In Poland, for example Auschwitz, ….

World war II.

Stanislaw SkalskiHe participated in the battle of Britain as

pilot of 501.fighter squadron RAF. His plane was Hawker Hurricane Mk. I.,

V7230, „SD – H“.

Polish pilots

303. fighter wing RAFIt was founded on 2nd August 1940.It was the second exiles fighter wing of Polish

air force in RAF.Its pilots had many kills.Pilot aces were : Jan Zumbach, Zdzislaw

Henneberg,Marian Belc, …

Polish pilots

Warsaw is the biggest city in Poland.It was destroyed in 2nd World War. After the

war people built „new Warsaw“.In Warsaw Warsaw´s universities are located.There are 30 theatres, National philharmonic

orchestra.Two milion people live there.Warsaw has been the capital city since 1596.

Warsaw

Warsaw WWII

After WWII

BeforeWWII

Palace of science and cultureIt is

historic sight from Socialist Realism.

It was opened in 1955.

WilanowWarsaw

Summerroyal

palace

It is a historic residenc

e.

Lazienki park and palace

• It is the second biggest city in Poland. • According to the legend the name was derived

from a prince´s name Krak.• There is the largest aquapark in Poland.• There is the second oldest university in

Europe. Mikulas Kopernik studied here.

Krakow

Aquapark

Wawelroyal castle

Square of Krakow Rynek Glowny

It situated on the Baltic sea coast.

Gdaňsk

There are more than 1000 lakes.This place is popular among lovers of water

sports, cyclists, fishermen, …

Mazur´s lake

1810 – 1849He was a composer of classical music and a

great pianist.He was known as „pianos poet“He wrote his first composition when he was

7.There are 230 of his compositions.

Frédérick Chopin

He was a Polish catholic bishop, Krakow´s archbishop.

He was appointed the Pope in 1987.

John Paul II.

3. 12. 1977He is a ski jumper.He has won 39 races of world champions.He has won 4 world champions.His nickname is „eagle from Wisla“His idol is Jens Weissflog.

Adam Malysz

The European Championship in football 2012 is going to be held in Poland and Ukraine.

Sports

Source of informationhttp://www.zemepis.com/Polsko.phphttp://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polskohttp://leccos.com/index.php/clanky/polskolitev

ske-unie….

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