A brief glimpse into the past

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.

Toruń Castle

Toruń Castle or Thorn Castle is a 13th- or 14th-century castle of the Teutonic Order located in Toruń , Poland. The castle is part of the Medieval Town of Toruń, one of the World Heritage Sites in Poland.

Torun Dewan

Torun Dewan is professor of political science at the London School of Economics. Dewan is a specialist in political parties and coalitions, ministerial turnover and legislative and executive behaviour.

Ružomberok

Ružomberok ; German: Rosenberg; Hungarian: Rózsahegy; Polish: Rużomberk) is a town in northern Slovakia, in the historical Liptov region. It has a population of around 27,000 inhabitants (45,000 with nearby villages).

Ružomberok District

Ružomberok District is a district in the Žilina Region of central Slovakia. Until 1918, the district was part of the county of Kingdom of Hungary of Liptov.