Ostrw Wielkopolski (often abbreviated Ostrw Wlkp., formerly called only Ostrw or Ostrowo, Latin: Ostrovia) is a town in central Poland with 73100 inhabitants (2005). Situated in the Greater Poland Voivodship.
Famous people born in or connected to Ostrw
W?adys?aw Markiewicz sociologist
Krzysztof Komeda jazz pianist
Manfred von Richthofen, German Pilot (WW 1)
Education
Spo?eczna Wy?sza Szko?a Przedsi?biorczo?ci i Zarz?dzania in ?d?, branch in Ostrw Wlkp.
Sports
Gipsar Stal Ostrw Wlkp. – men basketball team, 5th in Era Basket Liga in 2003/2004 season.
TS Ostrovia Ostrw Wielkopolski – women basketball team, 9th place in Sharp Torell Basket Liga in 2003/2004 season
KM Ostrw Wielkopolski – speedway team
Related Travel Information
Grodzisk Wielkopolski is a town in central Poland, situated in the Greater Poland Voivodship (since 1999), previously in Poznan Voivodship (1975-1998).
Famous people
Micha? Drzyma?a, famous Polish peasant fighting with German bureaucracy (b.1857 in Zdroje near Grodzisk Wielkopolski)
Major corporations
Inter Groclin Auto SA, Wolsztyn+Grodzisk Wielkopolski
Sports
Groclin Dyskobobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski - football team (1st league in season 2003/2004)
Groclin Dyskobolia SSA Grodzisk Wielkopolski - 1st league football team
Ostrów Mazowiecka is a town in northeastern Poland with 22,000 inhabitants (1995).
Situated in the Masovian Voivodship (since 1999), previously in Ostroleka Voivodship (1975-1998).
Gorzów Wielkopolski (abbrev. Gorzów Wlkp., pronounce: ['g??uvvielk?'p?lski], German Landsberg an der Warthe) is a city in northwestern Poland, on the Warta river, with 126,000 inhabitants (1999). Since 1999, it is one of the two capitals of Lubusz Voivodship (the other is Zielona Góra), previously capital of Gorzów Voivodship (1975-1998).
Near Gorzów are located the biggest Polish oil fields, more than 210 milion barrels worth $8 bln at the current price.
Universities and colleges
Panstwowa Wyzsza Szkola Zawodowa w Gorzowie Wlkp. Homepage
Poznan University School of Physical Education - Faculty of Physical Education in Gorzów Wielkopolski Faculty homepage
College of English in Gorzów Wielkopolski Homepage
Wyzsza
Mi?dzyrzecz (German:Meseritz) is a town on Obra river in north-western Poland with 20,300 inhabitants (1995).
Situated in the Lubusz Voivodship (since 1999), previously in Gorzow Wielkopolski Voivodship (1975-1998).
Skwierzyna (Schwerin an der Warthe in German) is a small town in Lubuskie, western Poland. It is located between Miedzyrzecz and Gorzów Wielkopolski, the capitals of the region, and stands at the confluence of the rivers Obra and Warta.
The townspeople were predominantly German until the end of World War 2, when the German population was removed and replaced by Poles and Polish speakers from Ukraine and Lithuania.
