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Aleksandrw Kujawski (former names Trojanw, Aleksandrowo, Aleksandrw Pograniczny) is a small town in Poland, in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship. It is situated about 20 km south-east of Torun.

Geographical location: 5253’?N, 1842’?E; 88 metres above sea level
Area: 7,16 km
Population: 12,900
Founded in 1862
Municipal rights in 1879

Aleksandrw ?dzki is a town in central Poland with 20,400 inhabitants (1995).

Situated in the Lodz Voivodship (since 1999), previously in Lodz Metro Voivodship (1975-1998).

Alwernia is a Polish town situated some 36 km west of Krakw in the Chrzanw district of the Lesser Poland Voivodship (before 1999 it formed part of the Krakw Voivodship). The town, as well as possessing a large chemical works, is a centre for recreation and tourism.

History
The name of the town is taken from that of the Franciscan hermitage of La Verna (Latin: Alvernia) in Tuscany, Italy. It was bestowed on the locality in 1616 by the castellan Krzysztof Koryci?ski. A monastery of the order of St Bernard was built on high ground between 1625 and 1656. The church dates from the period 1630 to 1676.

Below the monastery a settlement developed which in 1776 received the right to hold a market. In 1796 Alwernia is mentioned as being a (small) commercial and administrative centre.

In 1926 a chemical works was established in the southern part of the town; today it is Alwernia’s biggest employer. Its attractive setting and proximity to Krakw led to the town’s growth and in 1993 Alwernia was granted full civic status.

Andrychw is a town in southern Poland with 23,100 inhabitants as of 1995. It has been situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodship since 1999. Previously, it was located in Bielsko-Biala Voivodship (1975-1998).

Annopol is a small town in south-eastern Poland with 2,700 inhabitants. Capital of Krasnik County. It has been situated in the Lublin Voivodship (since 1999) previously in Tarnobrzeg Voivodship (1975-1998).

Augustw (Lithuanian Augustavas) is a town in north-eastern Poland with 29,600 inhabitants (1995).

Situated in the Podlasie Voivodship (since 1999), previously in Suwalki Voivodship (1975-1998).

During World War I, in the Battle of Augustw (1914) the Russian army successfully counterattacked the German army.

Babimost is a small town in Poland in the Lubusz Voivodship, Zielona Gora County.

Area: 3,6 km
Population: 4,300 (2001)
City rights: 1397

Baborow is a small city in Poland nearby Glubcicze hometown of the Mitzek family, famous German painters

Baranw Sandomierski is a small town in southern Poland, in the Subcarpathian Voivodship, Tarnobrzeg County on the Vistula River.

Population: ca. 1,500

The town is well-known for its picturesque Renessainsse palace built in 1591-1606.

Barczewo is a place in the Powiat Olsztyn, Warmia i Mazury voivodship, Poland. It is located 20 km NE of Olsztyn.

It has been a part of poland since 1946. The municipality changed its name on December 4, 1964 and is named after Walenta Barczewska (1865-1928).

Historical population:
1861: 3,272

Persons
Feliks Nowowiejski

Sites of Interest:
a fortress
Museum of Feliks Nowowiejsk