• burmistrz or "president".) The word wójt derives from the Latin advocatus, via the German 'Vogt'. In medieval Poland, a wójt (advocatus in documents written...
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  • Łukasz Wójt (born 13 May 1982) is a Polish swimmer, who specialized in middle-distance freestyle and individual medley events. He represented his nation...
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  • Władysław I the Elbow-high. The rebellion was led by Albert, the vogt or wójt (Latin: advocatus), who under Magdeburg Law was effectively mayor of Kraków...
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    Poland, a wójt was a hereditary head of a town (under the overlordship of the town's owner – the king, church, or noble). In modern Poland, a wójt is the...
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    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...
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  • several suggested origins of the surname: diminutive from the occupation of wójt or from the given name Wojciech. It may also be a nickname by the bird wójcik...
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  • the following: a city mayor (prezydent miasta) a town mayor (burmistrz) a wójt which is the equivalent office in a rural municipality (gmina wiejska) They...
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    local noble, the richest farmer in the village or – in modern times – the wójt or other representative of the authorities). In Poland, where the tradition...
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    a politician, who served as the mayor (sołtys) of Gdynia, and the mayor (wójt) of the municipality of Chylonia, from 1919 to 1926. Jan Radtke was born...
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    in all Polish municipal governments, introducing direct elections of the wójt/town mayor/city mayor in all Polish gminas. The first city mayor of Warsaw...
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    314 county (powiat) councils, and 2477 municipal (gmina) councils, heads (wójt) of municipalities and mayors of cities, as well as 18 district councils...
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    power is held in the municipality by a directly elected official, called wójt in rural gminy, a town mayor (burmistrz) in urban-rural and most urban gminy...
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    of the Parliament); local elections (to gminas/city/powiats councils, for wójt/burmistrz (mayor) and president of the city and sejmiki wojewódzkie (voivodeships...
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    corporate structure of WOJT in preparation for an initial public offering. As part of the initial public offering in May 2012, WOJT became a wholly owned...
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  • Greg Wojt (born November 22, 1985, in Warsaw, Poland and raised in Mississauga, Ontario) is a former professional Canadian football offensive lineman for...
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  • three more terms; in 1694, in 1696, and from 1702 to 1703. He was also the wójt of Old Warsaw in 1701. Additionally, in 1697, he served as the deputy mayor...
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  • Войтенко) is a Ukrainian-based surname. It is derived from a word Voyt (wójt), which was borrowed via German Vogt from Latin advocatus. Other versions...
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    parish church of Holy Spirit was funded here. Skawina was the seat of a wójt, and remained in the hands of the Benedictine monks. It was administratively...
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    the European Parliament since 2024. From 2006 to 2015, he was the mayor (wójt) of Gmina Pcim. Obajtek has been involved in Polish local and national politics...
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    prezydent in large towns, burmistrz in most urban and urban-rural gminas, and wójt in rural gminas). A gmina may be classed as: 302 urban municipalities (gmina...
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  • assisted foreigners and looked out for spies. The Bench was chaired by a wójt. He and the other Bench members were chosen by the Council for a year's term...
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    (Eilert Dieken, Michael Dziewulski and Erich Wilde). The village Vogt (Polish: Wójt) Teofil Kielar was ordered to bury the victims with the help of other witnesses...
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    German propaganda poster in Polish: "Let's do agricultural work in Germany. Report immediately to your wójt."...
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    Lithuania in 1764, Klucznik (Steward) of Volhynia in 1772 and Starost and Wójt of Łuki and Radoszyce. He produced faience and porcelain at his estate, until...
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    German Polish-language recruitment poster: "'Let's do farm work in Germany!' See your wójt at once."...
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    He also wrote the libretto and composed the music for the three-act opera Wójt osady albiańskiej (‘The Headman of the Settlers at Alba’) which premiered...
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    German Polish-language recruitment poster: "'Let's do farm work in Germany!' See your wójt at once."...
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  • 16 Voivodeship Marshals 10 / 16 City Presidents 40 / 107 Mayors 63 / 906 Wójts 27 / 1,463 Powiat Councils 1,056 / 6,170 Gmina Councils 1,649 / 39,416 Website...
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    50 Danny Groulx 52 Alexander Krausnick 53 Ryan King 55 Elie Ngoyi 56 Greg Wojt 57 David Beard 58 Tony Washington 59 Brian Simmons 60 Justin Sorensen 62...
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  • 'smith' 140,471 3 Wiśniewski from wiśnia 'cherry' 111,174 4 Wójcik from wójt, a noun describing chief officer of a municipality (gmina), or from a popular...
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