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Ruszów (Upper Sorbian: Ružow) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Węgliniec, within Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. [1] Ruszów is within the historic Upper Lusatia , homeland of Lusatian Sorbs .
Raszówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lubin, within Lubin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. [ 1 ] It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) south of Lubin , and 63 kilometres (39 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław .
All municipalities in Poland are governed regardless of their type under the mandatory 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 accordingly either a city mayor (prezydent miasta) or a town mayor (burmistrz), all of them elected by a two-round direct election, while the ...
Rzeszów (US: / ˈ ʒ ɛ ʃ uː f,-ʃ ʊ f / ZHESH-oof, -uuf, [2] [3] Polish: ⓘ [a]) is the largest city in southeastern Poland.It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River in the heartland of the Sandomierz Basin.
In 1975 Myszków became part of Częstochowa Voivodeship, and in 1983 the town expanded, when the villages of Potasznia, Mrzygłód, Mrzygłódka, Nierada, Krwciwilk, Ręby, Łabry and Smudzówka were annexed. As a result, currently Myszków covers a large area – it is the 139th most populated town of Poland, but the 50th in terms of territory.
Stefanów Ruszkowski [stɛˈfanuf ruʂˈkɔfski] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Brzeźnio, within Sieradz County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It is located approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) north-east of Brzeźnio , 11 km (7 mi) south-west of Sieradz , and 62 km (39 mi) south-west of the regional capital Łódź .
Wola Rusinowska [ˈvɔla ruɕiˈnɔfska] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Majdan Królewski, within Kolbuszowa County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) east of Majdan Królewski , 14 km (9 mi) north of Kolbuszowa , and 39 km (24 mi) north of the regional capital ...
The city was occupied by Germany following the German–Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939. On 14 December 1939, the Germans murdered 46 Poles from Pruszków during the large Palmiry massacre. [5] Before the invasion, the city had a large Jewish population.