Kostrzyn
Encyclopedia
Kostrzyn ' is a town
in Poland
, in the Greater Poland Voivodeship
, with 8,398 inhabitants (2004). Katarzyna Tomicka
was born nearby in Iwno
.
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
in Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, in the Greater Poland Voivodeship
Greater Poland Voivodeship
Wielkopolska Voivodeship , or Greater Poland Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, or province, in west-central Poland. It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Poznań, Kalisz, Konin, Piła and Leszno Voivodeships, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998...
, with 8,398 inhabitants (2004). Katarzyna Tomicka
Katarzyna Tomicka
Katarzyna Tomicka was a Polish noble lady.Katarzyna was the 3rd daughter of podkomorzy of Kalisz, Jan Tomicki and sister-aunt of the Court Marshal and Bishop of Kraków, Piotr Tomicki....
was born nearby in Iwno
Iwno
Iwno may refer to the following places in Poland:*Iwno, Lower Silesian Voivodeship *Iwno, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship *Iwno, Greater Poland Voivodeship...
.