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The Oder-Neisse Line As Poland's Western Border
Piotr Eberhardt Piotr Eberhardt 2015 88 1 77 http://dx.doi.org/10.7163/ GPol.0007 April 2014 September 2014 Geographia Polonica 2015, Volume 88, Issue 1, pp. 77-105 http://dx.doi.org/10.7163/GPol.0007 INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND SPATIAL ORGANIZATION POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES www.igipz.pan.pl www.geographiapolonica.pl THE ODER-NEISSE LINE AS POLAND’S WESTERN BORDER: AS POSTULATED AND MADE A REALITY Piotr Eberhardt Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization Polish Academy of Sciences Twarda 51/55, 00-818 Warsaw: Poland e-mail: [email protected] Abstract This article presents the historical and political conditioning leading to the establishment of the contemporary Polish-German border along the ‘Oder-Neisse Line’ (formed by the rivers known in Poland as the Odra and Nysa Łużycka). It is recalled how – at the moment a Polish state first came into being in the 10th century – its western border also followed a course more or less coinciding with these same two rivers. In subsequent cen- turies, the political limits of the Polish and German spheres of influence shifted markedly to the east. However, as a result of the drastic reverse suffered by Nazi Germany, the western border of Poland was re-set at the Oder-Neisse Line. Consideration is given to both the causes and consequences of this far-reaching geopolitical decision taken at the Potsdam Conference by the victorious Three Powers of the USSR, UK and USA. Key words Oder-Neisse Line • western border of Poland • Potsdam Conference • international boundaries Introduction districts – one for each successor – brought the loss, at first periodically and then irrevo- At the end of the 10th century, the Western cably, of the whole of Silesia and of Western border of Poland coincided approximately Pomerania. -
Irena Makarczyk Bishop Mikołaj Szyszkowski's Report to the Holy
Irena Makarczyk Bishop Mikołaj Szyszkowski’s Report to the Holy See about the State of the Warmia Diocese in 1640 Echa Przeszłości 12, 33-45 2011 ECHA PRZESZŁOŚCI XII, 2011 ISSN 1509-9873 Irena Makarczyk BISHOP MIKOŁAJ SZYSZKOWSKI ’S REPORT TO THE HOLY SEE ABOUT THE STATE OF THE WARMIA DIOCESE IN 1640 In 1585, Pope Sixtus V placed bishops under the obligation to regularly visit the tombs of the Apostles and give written reports on the state of their dioceses. Those reports constitute a highly valuable and authentic source for researchers investigating history of the Catholic church. The frequency of reporting duties was determined by the distance separating a given diocese from Rome. Polish bishops visited the Apostolic See (visitatio liminum) and reported on the state of their congregation (relatio status1) to the Roman Congregation every four years. Not all members of the clergy observed those duties promptly, but the surviving reports deliver a detailed account of dynamic changes taking place in the diocese over the centuries. The focus of this article is on the diocese of Warmia (Ermland). Similarly to other Polish congregations, Warmia’s bishops visited the Holy See every four years to give an account of the state of their dioceses. The reports submitted in the 17th and the 18th century according to the norms imposed by Pope Sixtus V have been discussed by Professor Alojzy Szorc2 . His ac counts indicate that the first written statement had been delivered by Bish op Piotr Tylicki in 1604, and more than 20 reports documenting the state of affairs in Warmia’s dioceses have survived to this date. -
Ewa M. Pasek - CV Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures University of Michigan 3222 MLB, 812 E
Ewa M. Pasek - CV Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures University of Michigan 3222 MLB, 812 E. Washington Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Email: [email protected] Education M.A. Faculty of Philosophy and Sociology, University of Warsaw, 1990 M.A. Thesis: “The Theory of Predestination in Works of St. Augustine, B. Pascal, & S. Kierkegaard” M.A. Faculty of Polish Philology University of Warsaw, 1987 M.A. Thesis: “Poetics of St. Augustine” Teaching Lecturer II, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures Czech Language and Culture: Czech 141/142 (2007-2017), Czech 241/242 (2009-2014) Polish Language and Culture - Polish 121/122 (2001-2013, 2016-2017), Polish 221 (2013-2015), Polish 321/322 (1997 – 2016) Polish Literature in English to 1890, Polish 325 (Co-instructor, Fall 2006) Roma Minority in the Czech Republic: Slavic 290 (2011) Roma Minority in Central and Eastern Europe: Slavic 150 (2014-2017) Teacher, American High School of Warsaw, Poland Polish language, literature and culture for native speakers (1995 – 1996) Teacher, XXI H. Kołłataj High School, Warsaw, Poland Ethics, Polish language, literature and culture, and social studies (1991 -1995) Other ACTFL-Certified OPI Tester for Polish since 2014 Library Assistant, University of Michigan, Library Acquisition, July-December 2003 Research Assistant, Polish Academy of Sciences, Polish Language Institute, Department of the History of Polish Language, 1992 - 2001 Member of the team working on development of the Dictionary of the 17th Century Polish Language Reviewer (free-lance) Assessing and reviewing textbooks for Polish Scientific Publishers (PWN) and educational programs for Polish Television, 1991 -1995 Publications Małachowska-Pasek, E., (2014), Nauczanie języka obcego na odległość w modelu synchronicznym na przykładzie języka czeskiego. -
Polish Research on the Life and Wide-Ranging Activity of Nicholas Copernicus **
The Global and the Local: The History of Science and the Cultural Integration of Europe. nd Proceedings of the 2 ICESHS (Cracow, Poland, September 6–9, 2006) / Ed. by M. Kokowski. Marian Biskup * Polish research on the life and wide-ranging activity of Nicholas Copernicus ** FOR MANY YEARS NOW ATTENTION has been paid in the Polish science to the need to show the whole of life and activity of Nicholas Copernicus. It leads to the better understanding of his scientific workshop and the conditions he worked in. Therefore, first a detailed index of all the source documents was published in 1973, in Regesta Copernicana, in both Polish and English version. It included 520 the then known source documents, from the years 1448–1550, both printed as well as sourced from the Swedish, Italian, German and Polish archives and libraries.1 This publication allowed to show the full life of Copernicus and his wide interests and activities. It also made it possible to show his attitude towards the issues of public life in Royal Prussia — since 1454 an autonomous part of the Polish Kingdom — and in bishop’s Warmia, after releasing from the rule of the Teutonic Order. Nicholas Copernicus lived in Royal Prussia since his birth in 1473 and — excluding a few years devoted to studies abroad — he spent his entire life there, until his death in 1543. He was born in Toruń, a bilingual city (German and Polish) which, since 1454, was under the rule of the Polish king. There he adopted the lifestyle and customs of rich bourgeoisie, as well as its mentality, also the political one. -
The Historical Cultural Landscape of the Western Sudetes. an Introduction to the Research
Summary The historical cultural landscape of the western Sudetes. An introduction to the research I. Introduction The authors of the book attempted to describe the cultural landscape created over the course of several hundred years in the specific mountain and foothills conditions in the southwest of Lower Silesia in Poland. The pressure of environmental features had an overwhelming effect on the nature of settlements. In conditions of the widespread predominance of the agrarian economy over other categories of production, the foot- hills and mountains were settled later and less intensively than those well-suited for lowland agriculture. This tendency is confirmed by the relatively rare settlement of the Sudetes in the early Middle Ages. The planned colonisation, conducted in Silesia in the 13th century, did not have such an intensive course in mountainous areas as in the lowland zone. The western part of Lower Silesia and the neighbouring areas of Lusatia were colonised by in a planned programme, bringing settlers from the German lan- guage area and using German legal models. The success of this programme is consid- ered one of the significant economic and organisational achievements of Prince Henry I the Bearded. The testimony to the implementation of his plan was the creation of the foundations of mining and the first locations in Silesia of the cities of Złotoryja (probably 1211) and Lwówek (1217), perhaps also Wleń (1214?). The mountain areas further south remained outside the zone of intensive colonisation. This was undertak- en several dozen years later, at the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries, and mainly in the 14th century, adapting settlement and economy to the special conditions of the natural environment. -
Wooden Construction Route
European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development: Europe Investing in rural areas. WOODEN CONSTRUCTION ROUTE The project is co-financed from the funds of the European Union Scheme III of the Technical Assistance for the Rural Development Programme for the years 2007–2013. The Rural Development Programme managing institution for the years 2007–2013: Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development. Publication prepared to the order of the Opolskie Voivodeship. WOODEN CONSTRUCTION ROUTE ooden monuments are a great tourist attraction of the Opole Province. This guide includes information W on selected objects located mostly in the north-east- ern part of the Opole region. The route of wooden sacral architecture is 80 kilometres long and allows you to visit 12 towns. It leads through the beautiful land of Opole Silesia, from Opole to Olesno. On your way you will have a chance to see wooden churches in Czarnowąsy, Dobrzeń Wielki, Kolanowice, Laskowice, Bierdzany, Lasowice Wielkie, Lasowice Małe, Chocianowice, Stare Olesno and Wędrynia. This route is adapted both to cycling tourism and travelling by car or coach. Only in several places, cyclists can use shortcuts. However, old wooden churches located on the route are only a fraction of what Opole Silesia has to offer. The total number of wooden historical churches in the region amounts nearly to 70. There are present practically in all counties, but most of them are located within the region of Kluczborsk and Oleskie counties. They are a great tourist attraction of the region. Wooden churches en- chant with their appearance, artistry of furnishing and history. Until the 18th century, the number of wooden churches in Opole Silesia was constantly growing. -
February 2005 Newsletter
The AATSEEL AmericanN EWSLETTERAssociation of Teachers of Slavic & East European Languages Contents Message from the President ...............3 Letter from the Editor ...........................3 AATSEEL Awards .................................4 Special in This Issue: Russian at Work ....................................5 Recent Publications ..............................6 Technology and Language 2004 AATSEEL Awards Learning ...............................................7 Awards ....................................................7 Call for Papers for Member News .......................................8 Everything You Always Wanted to 2005 Annual Know about Grammar But Were Afraid to Ask ......................................9 Conference Summer Language Programs ............................................12 Psychology of Language Learning .............................................15 Graduate Student Forum ...................16 Czech Corner .......................................18 Ukrainian Issues .................................20 Call for Papers .....................................23 Belarusica .............................................27 Employment Opportunities ..............28 Professional Opportunities ...............29 Volume 48 Issue 1 February 2005 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER Vol. 48, Issue 1 February 2005 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER EDITORIAL STAFF AATSEEL POINTS OF CONTACT Editor: BETTY LOU LEAVER President: Assistant Editor: ANNA JACOBSON CATHARINE THEIMER NEPOMNYASHCHY Contributing Editors: VALERY BELYANIN Barnard College [email protected] -
Immigrant Languages and Education: Wisconsin's German Schools
chapter 3 Immigrant Languages and Education Wisconsin’s German Schools antje petty n the second half of the nineteenth century, the Wisconsin land- scape was dotted with public, private, and parochial schools where I children and grandchildren of immigrants were taught in German, Norwegian, Polish, or other older immigrant languages that are de - scribed in chapter 2. Today, the language of instruction in Wisconsin schools is almost exclusively English, but the state still has large immi- grant communities with families who speak Hmong or Spanish (chap- ters 8 and 9), and the question of how to teach immigrant children is as current as it was 100 or 150 years ago. While the languages have changed, basic issues remain: Should Wisconsin children be taught in English only, in their native tongue, or in a bilingual setting? How im - portant is the language of instruction for “quality education” and content learning? What role does the school language play in the integration, acculturation, and “Americanization” process? And how important is the language spoken in the classroom for the maintenance of ethnic identity and cultural heritage? This chapter explores the example of schooling among German-speaking immigrants and their descendants in Wisconsin, the largest non-English-speaking population in the state’s early history.1 Education patterns in some other language communities such as Norwegian or Polish were generally similar, although the popu - lations were smaller populations.2 Still smaller groups, though, such as West Frisians, who numbered only a few hundred, lacked institutional 37 38 antje petty support and infrastructure like church services or a press and did not have schools teaching their language. -
Eastern Poland As the Borderland of the European Union1
QUAESTIONES GEOGRAPHICAE 29(2) • 2010 EASTERN POLAND AS THE BORDERLAND OF THE EUROPEAN UNION1 TOMASZ KOMORNICKI Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland ANDRZEJ MISZCZUK Centre for European Regional and Local Studies EUROREG, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland Manuscript received May 28, 2010 Revised version June 7, 2010 KOMORNICKI T. & MISZCZUK A., Eastern Poland as the borderland of the European Union. Quaestiones Geo- graphicae 29(2), Adam Mickiewicz University Press, Poznań 2010, pp. 55-69, 3 Figs, 5 Tables. ISBN 978-83-232- 2168-5. ISSN 0137-477X. DOI 10.2478/v10117-010-0014-5. ABSTRACT. The purpose of the present paper is to characterise the socio-economic potentials of the regions situated on both sides of the Polish-Russian, Polish-Belarusian and Polish-Ukrainian boundaries (against the background of historical conditions), as well as the economic interactions taking place within these regions. The analysis, carried out in a dynamic setting, sought to identify changes that have occurred owing to the enlargement of the European Union (including those associated with the absorption of the means from the pre-accession funds and from the structural funds). The territorial reach of the analysis encompasses four Polish units of the NUTS 2 level (voivodeships, or “voivodeships”), situated directly at the present outer boundary of the European Union: Warmia-Mazuria, Podlasie, Lublin and Subcarpathia. Besides, the analysis extends to the units located just outside of the eastern border of Poland: the District of Kaliningrad of the Rus- sian Federation, the Belarusian districts of Hrodna and Brest, as well as the Ukrainian districts of Volyn, Lviv and Zakarpattya. -
An Analysis of Polish Devotion to the Catholic Church Under Communism Kathryn Burns Union College - Schenectady, NY
Union College Union | Digital Works Honors Theses Student Work 6-2013 More Catholic than the Pope: An Analysis of Polish Devotion to the Catholic Church under Communism Kathryn Burns Union College - Schenectady, NY Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalworks.union.edu/theses Part of the Catholic Studies Commons, and the European History Commons Recommended Citation Burns, Kathryn, "More Catholic than the Pope: An Analysis of Polish Devotion to the Catholic Church under Communism" (2013). Honors Theses. 638. https://digitalworks.union.edu/theses/638 This Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Work at Union | Digital Works. It has been accepted for inclusion in Honors Theses by an authorized administrator of Union | Digital Works. For more information, please contact [email protected]. “More Catholic than the Pope”: An Analysis of Polish Devotion to the Catholic Church under Communism By Kathryn Burns ******************** Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Honors in the Department of History UNION COLLEGE June 2013 Table of Contents Introduction……………………………………………………………..........................................1 Chapter I. The Roman Catholic Church‟s Influence in Poland Prior to World War II…………………………………………………………………………………………………...4 Chapter II. World War II and the Rise of Communism……………….........................................38 Chapter III. The Decline and Demise of Communist Power……………….. …………………..63 Chapter IV. Conclusion………………………………………………………………………….76 Bibliography……………………………………………………………………………………..78 ii Abstract Poland is home to arguably the most loyal and devout Catholics in Europe. A brief examination of the country‟s history indicates that Polish society has been subjected to a variety of politically, religiously, and socially oppressive forces that have continually tested the strength of allegiance to the Catholic Church. -
HARMONOGRAM WYWOZU OD 01-01-2021 - 31-01-2021 ODPADY ZMIESZANE Zabudowa Jednorodzinna I Wielorodzinna Miejscowość Styczeń DNI TYGODNIA
HARMONOGRAM WYWOZU OD 01-01-2021 - 31-01-2021 ODPADY ZMIESZANE Zabudowa jednorodzinna i wielorodzinna Miejscowość Styczeń DNI TYGODNIA MIASTO BISZTYNEK 4,8,15,22,29 Bisztynek kolonia nr nier.1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11, 4,15,29 12,15,17,22,34,37,40,4A,4 B,5A ODPADY ZMIESZANE Zabudowa Wielorodzinna Miejscowość Styczeń DNI TYGODNIA KRZEWINA 4,11,20,29 KSIĘŻNO 4,11,20,29 WOZŁAWKI 4,11,20,29 JANOWIEC 5,15,19,29 WOJKOWO 5,15,19,29 PLEŚNIK 5,15,19,29 WARMIANY 5,15,19,29 TROKSY 4,13,22,27 SĄTOPY 4,13,22,27 SĄTOPY SAM. 4,13,22,27 HARMONOGRAM WYWOZU OD 01-01-2021 - 31-01-2021 ODPADY ZMIESZANE Zabudowa Jednorodzinna Gmina Bisztynek Miejscowość Styczeń DNI TYGODNIA Paluzy 5,19 Grzęda 5,19 Janowiec 5,19 Swędrówka 5,19 Łabławka 5,19 Łędławki 5,19 Pleśnik 5,19 Pleśno 5,19 Unikowo 5,19 Henrykowo 5,19 Dąbrowa 5,19 Wojkowo 5,19 Warmiany 5,19 Bisztynek Kolonia nr nier. 30,33,25,27,28,29 5,19 DNI TYGODNIA Troszkowo 11-pon,20 Krzewina 11-pon,20 Księżno 11-pon,20 Lądek 11-pon,20 Prosity 11-pon,20 Kokoszewo 11-pon,20 Biegonity 11-pon,20 Sułowo 11-pon,20 Winiec 11-pon,20 Wozlawki 11-pon,20 Bisztynek Kolonia nr nier.13,18,19,20,21 11-pon,20 36,36A 11-pon,20 DNI TYGODNIA Sątopy Sam. 13,27 Dworzysko 13,27 Mołdyty 13,27 Nisko, Niski Młyn 13,27 Nowa Wieś 13,27 Sątopy Jedynka 13,27 Sątopy Wieś 13,27 Nowa Wieś Reszelska 13,27 Troksy 13,27 Bisztynek Kolonia nr nier. -
12 the Return of the Ukrainian Far Right the Case of VO Svoboda
12 The Return of the Ukrainian Far Right The Case of VO Svoboda Per Anders Rudling Ukraine, one of the youngest states in Europe, received its current borders between 1939 and 1954. The country remains divided between east and west, a division that is discernible in language, culture, religion and, not the least, historical memory. Whereas Ukrainian nationalism in the 1990s was described in terms of “a minority faith,” over the past half-decade there has been a signifi cant upswing in far-right activity (Wilson, 1997: 117–146). The far-right tradition is particularly strong in western Ukraine. Today a signifi cant ultra-nationalist party, the All-Ukrainian Association ( Vseukrains’ke Ob ’’ iednanne , VO) Svoboda, appears to be on the verge of a political breakthrough at the national level. This article is a survey, not only of its ideology and the political tradition to which it belongs but also of the political climate which facilitated its growth. It contextualizes the current turn to the right in western Ukraine against the backdrop of instrumental- ization of history and the offi cial rehabilitation of the ultra-nationalists of the 1930s and 1940s. MEMORIES OF A VIOLENT 20TH CENTURY Swept to power by the Orange Revolution, the third president of Ukraine, Viktor Yushchenko (2005–2010), put in substantial efforts into the pro- duction of historical myths. He tasked a set of nationalistically minded historians to produce and disseminate an edifying national history as well as a new set of national heroes. Given Yushchenko’s aim to unify the country around a new set of historical myths, his legitimizing historians ironically sought their heroes in the interwar period, during which the Ukrainian-speaking lands were divided, and had very different historical experiences.