since the 10th century, with few episodes of autonomy, yet under Swietopelk II, who came into power in 1217, it gained independence in 1227. The duchy extended...

the first days of the German invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, heavy fighting occurred nearby, between the Mazowiecka...

Schauenburg (1205–1281), bishop of Olomouc in Moravia, who accompanied King Ottokar II of Bohemia in 1254 and 1267 when the latter participated in the crusade of...

the Samborides within partitioned Poland and after the last duke Mestwin II died in 1294 it passed under direct rule of the Piast dynasty. In the early...

Mostowiak. She was born in 1996. Natalia was raised in an orphanage in Józefowo and her biological parents were dead. In March 2004 she met Hanna Mostowiak...

Polish Republic with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. During World War II, the territory of the former Kreis again became Landkreis Mogilno (Wartheland)...

magnates of the first half of the 19th century. In 1781, Polish King Stanislaus II Augustus allowed four annual fairs to be held in Krasnosielc, and since 1786...

Province of the Polish Crown. At the end of the 14th century, King Władysław II Jagiello gave the city the privileges of market and fair, and in 1396 the...

Mateusz, was born in 2002. They adopted two daughters from an orphanage in Józefowo, Natalia and Urszula. Hanna died on 7 November 2011. In May 2014 he got...

Village 107 17 90 0 Choyna Gollantsch Wongrowitz Choyna Gollantsch Josephowo Józefowo Village 75 0 75 0 Neu Briesen Wongrowitz Wongrowitz Potulice Kaisersaue...

the East Prussian Offensive of the Red Army in the late days of World War II. In 1945 the town was transferred, along with all of Warmia, to Poland according...

Jewish life in Poland. During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the Polish population was subjected to mass arrests, imprisonment, massacres...

later developed, which in 1398 was granted a town charter by King Władysław II Jagiełło, and which was the abbey's property until 1773. Administratively...

parts of Medininkai, like Курганы (Kurhany, 222 inhabitants) or Язово (Józefowo, 34). In 1900-1902 the villagers tried to get the parish re-established;...

with 2,961 inhabitants (2010). Town rights were granted by King Władysław II Jagiełło. The town was known as Lwów, before the name was changed to the current...

dates back to the Middle Ages. On November 15, 1290 Polish Duke Przemysł II granted Słupca town rights. In 1296 Słupca's town privileges were renewed;...

After the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II, in September 1939, it was captured by Germany, and already on September 17...

Putra was born in Józefowo, Suwałki County. He was a grandson of Aleksander Putra, who served as Sejm Member before World War II from Polish People's...

north-eastern Poland. Witold Urbanowicz, Polish fighter ace of World War II "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial...

Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the village was occupied by Germany until 1945. In 1941...

Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in 1939, it was occupied by Germany until 1945. Jews began to settle in Radzanów...

12th century, and was first mentioned in 1136 deed issued by Pope Innocent II, denoting the settlement as a possession held by the Polish Archbishops of...

Pomeranian Voivodeship. During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the occupiers carried out expulsions of Poles, who were then mostly deported...

Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the town was occupied by Germany until 1945. A local Polish...

traces of Polish origin. During World War II, the Germans operated a forced labour subcamp of the Stalag II-B prisoner-of-war camp for Allied POWs in...

castle in the village. During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1939, several Poles from Złotoria, including a teacher, farmers and sołtys...

kilometres (7 mi) east of Toruń. During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), Lubicz was one of the sites of executions of Poles, carried out by the Germans...

King John III Sobieski granted trade privileges, and in 1703 King Augustus II the Strong granted (confirmed) town rights. In 1748, Raczki was bought by...

1939, the first day of the German invasion of Poland which started World War II, it was the site of the Skirmish of Krojanty which became an anti-Polish propaganda...

Greater Poland Province. In 1885, it had a population of 464. During World War II, local Polish teachers were murdered by the German Nazis in Bydgoszcz and...