A brief glimpse into the past

Polkowice

Polkowice [pɔlkɔˈvʲit͡sɛ] (German: Polkwitz) is a town in south-western Poland. It is situated in Lower Silesian Voivodeship.

Polkowice County

Polkowice County is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) 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.

Gmina Polkowice

Gmina Polkowice is an urban-rural gmina in Polkowice County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Polkowice, which lies approximately 80 kilometres (50 mi) north-west of the regional capital Wrocław.

Polkowice Dolne

Polkowice Dolne [pɔlkɔˈvit͡sɛ ˈdɔlnɛ] is a district of the town of Polkowice, in the administrative district of Gmina Polkowice, within Polkowice County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Formerly a village, it was incorporated within the town limits of Polkowice in 2005.

Polkowice-Sieroszowice mine

The Polkowice-Sieroszowice mine is a large mine in the west of Poland near Polkowice and Sieroszowice, Polkowice County, 350 km south-west of the capital, Warsaw. Polkowice-Sieroszowice represents one of the largest copper and silver reserve in Poland having estimated reserves of 387 million tonnes of ore grading 2.65% copper and 54 g/tonnes silver.

Toruń County

Toruń County is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-central Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998.

Torun Eriksen

Torun Eriksen is a Norwegian jazz singer, whose musical talents first came to prominence as a music student at high school in Norway. Eriksen was born in Lunde, Telemark.

Toruń gingerbread

Toruń gingerbread is a traditional Polish gingerbread that has been produced since the Middle Ages in the city of Toruń.

Toruń Fortress

Toruń Fortress , built from 1872–1894 by the Kingdom of Prussia and located in Thorn (Toruń, now Poland), is one of the largest fortresses in Central and Eastern Europe. The fortress complex – a chain of forts surrounding the city, as well as numerous smaller fortifications supplementing it – was intended to defend the eastern border of Prussia (with the Russian Empire).

Toru, Mardan

Toruń Włościański

Toruń Włościański is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nasielsk, within Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) south-west of Nasielsk, 10 km (6 mi) north of Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki, and 39 km (24 mi) north-west of Warsaw.

Torun Lian

Torun Lian is a Norwegian playwright, film director and novelist. She made her literary début in 1988 with the collection Tre skuespill, for which she was awarded the Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris.

Torun, Wisconsin

Torun is an unincorporated community located in the town of Dewey, Portage County, Wisconsin, United States.