POLAND SP nr 11 Puławy

Polska – Poland

Polska to kraj w Centralnej EuropiePoland is a country in Central Europe

Polska – PolandRzeczpospolita Polska - Republic

of Poland

Orzeł Biały (White Eagle)

Godło PolskiNational Emblem Flaga

Flag

Stolica Polski – WarszawaCapital of Poland - Warsaw

POLAND IN EUROPE GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION

BALTIC SEA

CZECH REPUBLIC

GERMANY

SLOVAKIA

RUSSIA LITHUANIA

BELARUS

UKRAINE

POLAND – SIZE & EXTENT

the ninth biggest country in Europe the total length of the coast line = 3511 km

the extent from the North to the South = 649 km

the extent from the West to the East = 689 km

WATER NETWORK

the longest river of Poland is The Vistula (Wisła -1047km long) which flows from the Ram Mountain (Barania Góra) the second longest river is The Oder (Odra - 854 km long - 742 km is in Poland)

WISŁA

ODRA

Polska – Poland

Mapa PolskiPoland’s topography

Na północy Polska ograniczona jest przez Morze Bałtyckie, a południu przez Góry Sudety i Karpaty.To the north, Poland is bordered by the Baltic Sea and to the south, by the Sudeten Mountains and the Carpathian Mountains.

CLIMATIC DIVERSITY Polska lies in the moderate warm transitional climatic zone western part of the country – maritime climate features caused by the closeness of the Atlantic Ocean (warmer winter, cooler summer, more rainfall)eastern part of the country – continental climate features (frosty winter, warmer summer, less rainfall)

average year temperature = about 60C

average year temperature = about 80C

average ammount of rainfall is 600 mm

Economic Situation

1989- Fall of Communism

1992- Poland came out of recession, (transform the centrally-controlled economy into a market-oriented system)

1995- The Polish currency zloty became fully convertible and has floated freely since mid-April 2000.

1999- The country became a full NATO member

2004- Poland joined the European Union (adopted the EU's common external trade policy and measures)

Cultural diversity

Ethnic division:Polish 97 % German 1 % Ukrainian 1 % Byelorussian 1 %

Languages: PolishReligions: Roman Catholic 95 % Eastern Orthodox, Protestant and other 5 %

Polska ma 16 województw.Poland has 16 voivodeships.

Polska ma 16 województw.Poland has 16 voivodeships.

Województwa Miasto wojewódzkieCapital city or cities

Voivodeship

Wielkopolskie Poznań Greater Poland

Kujawsko-Pomorskie Bydgoszcz / Toruń Kuyavian-Pomeranian

Małopolskie Kraków Lesser Poland

Łódzkie Łódź Łódź

Dolnośląskie Wrocław Lower Silesian

Lubelskie Lublin Lublin

Lubuskie Gorzów Wielkopolski / Zielona Góra Lubusz

Mazowieckie Warszawa Masovian

Opolskie Opole Opole

Podlaskie Białystok Podlaskie

Pomorskie Gdańsk Pomeranian

Śląskie Katowice Silesian

Podkarpackie Rzeszów Subcarpathian

Świętokrzyskie Kielce Świętokrzyskie

Warmińsko-Mazurskie Olsztyn (Holy Cross)

Zachodniopomorskie Szczecin Warmian-Masurian

MOST POPULATED CITIES IN POLAND

6. Gdańsk

5. Poznań

4. Wrocław

1. Warszawa

2. Łódź 3. Kraków

Warszawa - Warsaw

Warszawa –jest stolicą Polski i jest największym miastem w Polsce. Leży nad rzeką Wisłą.

Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River. Zamek Królewski

Royal Castle

Pałac Kultury i NaukiPalace Of Science and CultureRzeka Wisła - Vistula River

NORTHERN POLAND

TOURIST ATTRACTIONS

SEASIDE LANDSCAPEHEL SPIT

length 34 km, width from 150 to 300 metresSand bar peninsula with wind-sculpted forest dunes 200/300 years ago there used to be a chain of tiny islands

SEASIDE LANDSCAPE

founded in 1967 1977 - recognised by UNESCO as a world biosphere reserve

SŁOWIŃSKI NATIONAL PARK

SEASIDE LANDSCAPE

there are the largest shifting sand dunes in Central Europe - they are 40 m high (desertic landscape)

coastal lakes, bogs, meadows, peat bogs, coastal forests and sand bar shifting dunes are the characteristic features of the park

SŁOWIŃSKI NATIONAL PARK

SEASIDE LANDSCAPE

the highest active cliffs measure up to 90 metres

high cliffs are the characteristc feature of the coast (post-glacial hills- moraines)

CLIFF COAST

TRICITY

GDAŃSK GDYNIA SOPOT

TRICITY

Żuraw - symbol miastaCrane –a symbol of the city

*GDAŃSK

View of St. Mary’s Basilica

*GDAŃSK

World War II Monument at Westerplatte

*GDAŃSK

Oliwa Cathedral with its famous organ

*GDYNIA

View of Marina

*GDYNIA

Dar Pomorza Museum (left) & ORP Błyskawica (right)

*SOPOT

Pier – the longest construction made of wood in Europe

*SOPOT

Leaning House

*LAKELAND it stretches from the north up to the lowlands in the south , it covers the area of the latest glacial age; early glacial landscape it is characterized by post-glacial hills overspread with forests and lakes

MASURIAN LAKELAND

POMERANIAN LAKELAND

GREAT POLAND LAKELAND

* MASURIAN LAKELAND there are two largest lakes in Poland - Śniardwy and Mamry in the northern part of the region there is the deepest lake in Poland - Lake Hańcza is 108.5 m deep

LAKEŚNIARDWY

LAKEMAMRY

LAKE HAŃCZA

*MASURIAN LAKELAND

historic viaducts can be admired here (length - 200m /height 36m)

STAŃCZYKI

*MASURIAN LAKELANDGIERŁOŻ

‘Wolf’s Lair’ was also the location of the famous assassination attempt against Hitler

the ruins of the most famous and the most secret object of World War II are situated in the area , called ‘Wolf’s Lair’ Hitler’s headquarters in Gierłoż also draw sightseers

*MASURIAN LAKELAND

The sanctuary with the monastery is one of the most importantbaroque monuments in northern Poland

Święta Lipka - called ‘Częstochowa of the North’There is Our Lady’s Sanctuary - 100, 000 pilgrims come here every year

ŚWIĘTA LIPKA

*MASURIAN LAKELAND TEUTONIC KNIGHTS CASTLES

The largest Gothic castle in Poland

MALBORK

*MASURIAN LAKELAND TEUTONIC KNIGHTS CASTLES GOLUB DOBRZYŃ

*MASURIAN LAKELAND GRUNWALD The Battle of Grunwald took place on 15

July 1410 with the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, ranged against the Knights of theTeutonic Order. It was one of the biggest and most important battles in Medieval Europe.

*TORUŃ

Town Hall and monument of N. Copernicus(Mikołaj Kopernik)

TORUŃTHE TOWN OF NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

*TORUŃ

Leaning Tower Mikołaj Kopernik’s House

* POMERANIAN LAKELANDsignificant differences of the ground level height are a specific feature of the region, the landscape itself looks like low mountains there is the highest point in the low plains (part of The North European Plain) - Wieżyca

WIEŻYCA

*POMERANIAN LAKELAND

Museum – Kashubian Etnographic ParkThe Museum presents architecture of past Kashubian and Kociewian Districts .There are approximately 40 buildings like:7 farmyards, 2 manor houses, 5 cottages, 4 nobleman houses, a village school with a classroom, a church, a sawmill, a windmill, a smithy. Interiors and crofts are furnished with original farming and dwelling equipment.

the oldest Polish museum in the open air founded in 1906

Manor house – 2nd half of the XVIII century

WDZYDZE KISZEWSKIE

*GREAT POLAND LAKELANDGNIEZNO – FIRST CAPITAL OF POLAND

The Assumption Cathedral – one of the Polish culture treasures , dates back to 14th century, surrounded by 14 chapels built in 14th/18th century. The most valuable monuments are the famous bronze Gniezno doors (12th century) and the silver coffin with St. Adalbert’s relics.

GNIEZNO

*GREAT POLAND LAKELAND

they were made in about 1175 in Gniezno during the reign of Mieszko III the Old and are one of the most significant work of romanesque art in Poland. are a set of bronze doors in the Gniezno Cathedral. They are decorated with eighteen scenes from the life of St. Adalbert.

GNIEZNO DOORS

*GREAT POLAND LAKELAND the most known archeological reserve from the Bronze Age in Central Europe excavation works were started in 1934 and soon wooden settlement constructions were excavated there the settlement was built over 2700 ago

BISKUPIN

*POZNAŃ

Old Town with Town Hall

POZNAŃ

*POZNAŃ

Town Hall interior

Poznań Goats (Kids) on The Town Hall

*BIAŁYSTOK

The Branicki Family Palace

BIAŁYSTOK

*KRUSZYNIANY and BOHONIKIBOHONIKI

mosque built by Tatars in 1883

mizar – Muslim cemetery

*BIEBRZA RIVER NATIONAL PARK the biggest national park in

Poland it protects wide and almost unchanged valley peat bogs with their unique variety of plant, bird and other animal species, and natural ecosystems

BIEBRZA RIVER NATIONAL PARK

*BIAŁOWIESKI NATIONAL PARK - Białowieża Primaeval Forest

BIAŁOWIESKI NATIONAL PARK the European bison – the biggest land mammal of Europe is the park symbol

*Kraków druga stolica Polski do roku 1795, aż do przeniesienia stolicy do Warszawy przez

króla Zygmunta III Wazy.Polish capital second until 1795 to

transfer it to cracked by king Sigismund III Vasa.

*Kraków*The second capital city of Poland

*. Tatry The Tatra Mountains lies in the Central Western part of Carpathians.

*Zakopane

The largest city in the Tatra mountains.

KatowiceThere are 309 304 inhabitants. It’s the 10th city in

the country in terms of population.

*WrocławLocated in Silesian Lowland near River Oder.

*Lublinpołożony na Wyżynie Lubelskiej nad rzeką

Bystrzycą.Lublin

Lublin. Situated on the river Bystrica .

Polskie potrawy

Polish dishes.

Kazimierz Dolny - Kazimierz

Nałęczów

JanowiecWilla Podgórze w Nałęczowie Podgórze Villa in Nałęczów

Mój region - Kazimierz Dolny, Janowiec i Nałęczów My region - Kazimierz, Janowiec and Nałęczów

Park w NałęczowiePark in Nałęczów

Moja Szkoła Podstawowa Nr 11w PuławachMy School in Puławy

Puławy - Pulawy

2 MOSTY2 Bridges

Most im. Jana Pawła II w PuławachJohn Paul II Bridge, Pulawy

Most im. Ignacego Mościckiego w PuławachIgnacy Moscicki Bridge, Pulawy

Pałac CzartoryskichCzartoryski Palace

Szkoła Podstawowa nr 11 w Puławach. Primary School No. 11 in Pulawy.

Henryk Sienkiewicz to patron naszej szkoły.

Henryk Sienkiewicz is the patron of our

school.

To jest nasza szkoła nr.11. This is our

school No. 11.

To My!These are our photos!- girls from class

VI b

Klaudia DębiecAsia Stępień

Ewelina FijałkowskaJulia Durakiewicz

Polska – moja

ojczyznaPoland –

my homeland

Girls from classes VIA , Ve

Szkoła Podstawowa nr 11 w Puławach