Veneti may refer to Veneti Gaul , an ancient Celtic tribe described by classical sources as living in what is now Brittany, France Adriatic Veneti , an ancient historical people of northeastern Italy, who spoke an Indo European language related to the Italic languages VistulaVeneti , an ancient historical people of north central Europe, who lived near the Vistula River and the Baltic Sea Modern residents of the Veneto region of Italy See also Venetian disambiguation V n di , a village in Azerbaijan Wends Wenden, Vends , old Germanic term for neighboring Slav peoples, confused with the Veneti by some authors. disambig br Weneted dishe velout bg cs Venetov cy Veneti gwahaniaethu de Veneter fr V n tes homonymie it Veneti disambigua ja pl Wenetowie ru sk Veneti sh Veneti sv Veneter ... more details
describing the VistulaVeneti Venethi , Peucini and Fenni he wrote that he was not sure if he should ...other uses Vistula disambiguation Infobox River river name Vistula River image name Modlin spichlerz.jpg caption Confluence geography Confluence of the Narew and the Vistula at Modlin village Modlin origin ... watershed 194,424 km 75,067 mi The Vistula IPAc en icon v s t l lang pl Wis a IPA ... , at 1,047 km 651 miles in length. The watershed area of the Vistula is convert 194,424 km2 ... . The Vistula rises at Barania G ra in the south of Poland, 1220 meter s Above mean sea level ... Little Vistula Bia a Wise ka and the Black Little Vistula Czarna Wise ka . It then continues ... . It empties into the Vistula Lagoon or directly into the Gda sk Bay of the Baltic Sea with a river ... . Origins of the name Vistula The name was first recorded by Pliny the Elder Pliny in AD 77 in his Pliny s Natural History Natural History . He uses Vistula 4.52, 4.89 with an alternative spelling, Vistillus 3.06 . The Vistula River ran into the Mare Suebicum , which is today known as the Baltic Sea. The root of the name Vistula is Indo European languages Indo European ultimately from ... Indo European language groups, including Latin see Saint Ursula Ursula . In writing about the Vistula ... Woda , meaning water . Jan D ugosz in his Annales seu cronicae incliti called the Vistula ... . Geography File VistulaKrakow.JPG thumb Vistula River flowing through Krak w , Poland. The reaches of the Vistula are composed of three stretches upper, from its sources to the city of Sandomierz centre, from Sandomierz to the mouth of Narew and Bug and bottom, from mouth of Narew till Vistula s own delta at the Baltic. The Vistula river basin covers 194,424 km in Poland 168,700 km its ... in the Tatra mountains . One of the features of the river basin of the Vistula is its asymmetry in great ... Record of the Vistula ice lobe advances in the Late Weichselian glacial sequence in north central ... more details
About the Veneti of northwestern Gaul other peoples called VenetiVeneti disambiguation File Veneti coin 5th 1st century BCE.jpg thumb upright 1.5 Veneti coins, 5th 1st century BCE. Image Kartenn Galianed.jpg thumb right 300px Map of the Gauls Gallic people of modern Britanny legend 66CC80 Osismii legend 80FFCE Veneti Gaul Veneti legend FFCC00 Coriosolites legend FF6600 Redones legend FF8080 Namnetes The Veneti were a seafaring Celt ic people who lived in the Brittany peninsula France , which in Roman times formed part of an area called Armorica . They gave their name to the modern city of Vannes . Characteristics Other ancient Celt ic peoples historically attested in Armorica include the Redones , Curiosolitae , Osismii , Esubii and Namnetes . The Veneti inhabited southern Armorica , along ... . The Veneti built their ships of oak with large transoms fixed by iron nails of a thumb s thickness ... of Caesar In 57 BC, the Gauls on the Atlantic coast, including the Veneti, were forced to submit ... of good faith. However, in 56 BC, the Veneti captured some of Julius Caesar s officers while they were ... defendable nature of the Veneti strongholds, land attacks were frustrated by the incoming tide, and naval ... the Veneti were threatened in one stronghold, they used their fleet to evacuate to another stronghold .... However, his galley s were at a serious disadvantage compared to the far thicker Veneti ships. The thickness ... had added to his bulwarks. The Veneti manoeuvred so skilfully under sail that boarding was impossible ... Veneti fleet fell into their hands. The strongholds on the coast were now stormed and the entire population ... in Caesar s Account of the Veneti , American Journal of Philology 123 4 Whole Number 492 601 22. John ... involved in the Gallic Wars br Weneted ca Venetis cy Veneti de Veneter Gallien es V netos Galia fr V n tes Gaule hr Veneti Galija it Veneti Celti hu Ven tek Gallia nl Veneti ja ru sl Armori ki Veneti sh Veneti Galija fi Venetit ... more details
About the ancient Veneti of north eastern Italy other peoples called VenetiVeneti disambiguation File ... date August 2009 legend 3200f7 Ligures legend 808000 Veneti legend FF80FF Etruscans legend 80FFFF ... FFFF80 Magna Grecia Greeks The Veneti also called heneti in Latin , enetoi in Greek language ..., religiosit dei Veneti antichi at .www.venetoimage.com in Italian . Accessed on 2009 08 18. ref The ancient Veneti spoke Venetic language Venetic , an extinct Indo European language which is attested ... them from the modern day inhabitants of the Veneto region, called Veneti in Italian language Italian . ref it Paleoveneti Paleoveneti at the Italian wikipedia ref They are unrelated to the Veneti Gaul Gaulish Veneti , a Celt ic tribe formerly living on the coast of Brittany , despite confusion ... been Illyrians , such as Carni , Histri and Liburni , were actually related to Veneti. ref Wilkes ..., Veneti, Carni, Histri and Liburni, whose language set them apart from the rest of the Illyrians ... Etymology of the ethnonym Veneti According to Julius Pokorn , the ethnonym Venet singular Venetos ... Veneti before their incorporation by the Romans is uncertain. It was at first included in Cisalpine ... Gulf. Citation needed date August 2009 History Classical sources The origins of the Veneti are not completely ... ref An expert on the language of the Veneti, Karl Pauli, has declared that the language is more closely ... Livy Titus Livius 59 BC AD 17 , himself a native of the Veneti town of Padua Patavium , claims that Trojan ... district the whole nation were called Veneti. ref However, according to a classical source, Servius commentary on Virgil s Aeneid, the Vindelicians were Liburnians, themselves most probably related to the Veneti. A reference in Virgil seems to refer to the Veneti as Liburnians, namely that the innermost ... Nepos 100 24 BC the identification of the Enetoi with the ancient Veneti. ref name pliny.VI Pliny the Elder ... , at which spot Cornelius Nepos also places the Heneti, from whom he would have us believe that the Veneti ... more details
Vistula Offensive can refer to Soviet westward offensive of 1918 1919 Soviet Vistula Oder Offensive in 1945 See also Vistula Operation disambig ... more details
The Vistula Polish Wis a is the chief river of Poland. Vistula or Wis a may also refer to Wis a , a town in Silesian Voivodeship close to the source of the VistulaVistula Spit , a stretch of land on the Baltic coast Vistula Lagoon , a fresh water lagoon behind the Vistula Spit Wis a Krak w , a Polish football club from Krak w Wis a P ock , a Polish football club from P ock Operation Vistula , code name for a Polish army operation displacing Ukrainians and Ruthenians in Poland after World War II German Army Group Vistula , a German military unit in World War II Vistula, Michigan , a former town in what is now the city of Toledo, Ohio Vistula, Indiana , an unincorporated village northeast of Elkhart, Indiana List of Last Exile characters Tatiana Wisla Tatiana Wisla , a supporting character from the anime series Last Exile disambig be x old cs Visla rozcestn k id Vistula pl Wis a ujednoznacznienie ru uk ... more details
16689 Vistula is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 2047.1369198 days 5.60 years . ref name JP Small body Database Browser cite web url http ssd.jpl.nasa.gov sbdb.cgi?sstr 16689 title JPL Small Body Database Browser accessdate 2008 05 18 publisher NASA ref The asteroid was discovered on August 12, 1994 and was named after the Vistula , a major river in Poland. References Reflist Minor planets navigator 16688 1994 PN21 16690 1994 UR6 Small Solar System bodies DEFAULTSORT Vistula Category Main Belt asteroids Category Asteroids named for places Category Astronomical objects discovered in 1994 Beltasteroid stub fa it 16689 Vistula pl 16689 Vistula uk 16689 yo 16689 Vistula ... more details
Orphan date January 2009 The Sanna is a tributary of the Vistula in Poland . Its source is in the village of Wierzchowiska II in Lublin Voivodeship , Galicia Central Europe Galicia . It flows westward through a rural area. Then, it turns northward for a few kilometers until flowing into the Vistula near the city of Annopol . It is about 50 km long. References de Sanna Weichsel http zimorodek.com content view 35 58 Rzeka Sanna pl icon coord 50.8678 N 21.8506 E source kolossus plwiki display title Category Rivers of Poland Category Lublin Voivodeship Category Vistula basin Lublin geo stub de Sanna Weichsel nn Sanna i Polen pl Sanna dop yw Wis y ... more details
Image Vistula Lagoon.jpg thumbnail 270px right Landsat photo of the Vistula Spit The Vistula Spit lang pl Mierzeja Wi lana lang ru lang de Frische Nehrung is a Spit landform spit , or peninsular stretch of land, which separates Vistula Lagoon from Gda sk Bay in the Baltic Sea . The border between Poland and Kaliningrad Oblast , an exclave of Russia , bisects it, politically dividing the spit in half between the two countries. The Extreme points of Russia westernmost point of Russia is located on the Vistula Spit. The Polish part contains a number of tourist resorts, incorporated administratively as the town of Krynica Morska . History Until the 13th century, the spit had navigable straits in the middle, which allowed the city of Elbl g part of the monastic State of the Teutonic Knights , direct access to the Baltic Sea . The natural closing of the straits in the late 13th century reduced Elbing s status as an important trading seaport . Thus, and by the Teutonic takeover of Danzig Gda sk and Gda sk Pomerania Polish Pomerania in 1308, the importance of Gda sk . Nowadays, Poland is considering the idea of digging a channel through its part of the spit, in order to regain direct access to the Baltic, rather than by the only natural, yet Russian controlled port at Baltiysk . Citation needed date July 2010 Also, Poland has access to the Baltic via Gda sk. References Refimprove date August 2010 Reflist External links http www.mierzeja.de Vistula Spit pl icon de icon Polish coast Coord 54 24 N 19 30 E region PL PR type landmark source dewiki display title Category Landforms of Poland Category Spits of Russia Category Peninsulas of Poland Category Spits Category Baltic Sea Poland geo stub KaliningradOblast geo stub cs Viselsk kosa de Frische Nehrung es Cord n del V stula fr Presqu le de la Vistule ko lt Aistmari nerija nl Wislaschoorwal no Wis aneset nn Wis aneset pl Mierzeja Wi lana ru sv Frische Nehrung uk ... more details
Infobox Military Unit unit name Vistula Legion image Image Flag of Poland.svg 100px caption Flag of Poland dates 1807 to 1814 country Poland in the service of France allegiance France branch Infantry and Cavalry equipment Culture and history battles Siege of Saragossa br Battle of Yevenes br Battle of Smolensk 1812 Battle of Smolensk br Battle of Borodino br Battle of Leipzig Image Napoleon Polish troops by Bellange.jpg thumb Vistula Legion Polish infantry The Legion of the Vistula lang pl Legia Nadwi la ska was a unit of Poles in the service of Napoleonic France , one of the larger Polish Legions Napoleonic period Polish Legions of Napoleonic Period . Creation of the Legion The Legion was formed in Breslau , Silesia in February 1807 from an infantry regiment and cavalry regiment in the service of the Kingdom of Naples that were descended from Jan Henryk D browski s D browski s Legions and Karol Kniaziewicz s Danube Legion originally raised in the 1790s. The new formation was expanded from the Neapolitan cadre into a formation of three infantry regiments regiment and one cavalry regiment ... was transferred to Poitiers , France and was officially renamed the Vistula Legion on March 31, 1808 ... at 5,959 men in June 1808. The 2nd and 3rd infantry regiments of the Vistula Legion in June 1808 ... of Yevenes , Polish lancers of the Legion of the Vistula lost all their banners, which caused the dissolution of the regiment. Napoleon Napoleon I ordered a Second Vistula Legion formed from prisoners ... legion, ethnic Germans were accepted into the new formation. The Second Vistula Legion was unable to recruit ... of the Vistula Legion on patrol in Spain during Peninsular War On February 7, 1811, a second ... were reorganized into the single Vistula Regiment of two battalions. Service in France 1814 The Vistula ... sample snap s1vist.htm History of the Vistula Legion http freepages.history.rootsweb.com koby political ... Category Polish Legions Napoleonic period an Lechi n d a Vistula es Regimiento del V stula pl Legia ... more details
Image Vistula Lagoon.jpg thumbnail 270px right Landsat photo of the Vistula Lagoon Image Port we Fromborku.JPG thumb 270px right Small port on the Vistula Lagoon in Frombork , Poland The Vistula Lagoon lang pl Zalew Wi lany lang ru or Kaliningradskiy Zaliv lang de Frisches Haff lang lt Aistmar s is a fresh water lagoon on the Baltic Sea separated from Gda sk Bay by the Vistula Spit . It is sometimes known as the Vistula Headlands and bays Bay or Vistula Gulf . The modern German name, Frisches Haff , is derived from an earlier form, Friesisches Haff . ref name PWB Erhard Riemann, Alfred Schoenfeldt, Ulrich Tolksdorf, Reinhard Goltz, Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur Germany , Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Mainz, Preussisches W rterbuch Deutsche Mundarten Ost und Westpreussens , 6th edition, Wachholtz, 1974, p.595, ISBN 3 529 04611 6 ref Both this term and the earlier Polish name Zatoka Fryska ref http www.polishroots.org images maps mapa 20narodowosciowa 201910.jpg Zatoka Fryska on a 1910 map at polishroots.org ref translate Frisians Frisian Bay . In historical contexts, Frisches Haff can also refer to the Szczecin Lagoon . ref name PWB The lagoon is a mouth of a few branches of the Vistula River, notably the Nogat , and the Pregolya River. It is connected to Gda sk Bay by the Strait of Baltiysk . Localities on the lagoon include Kaliningrad , Baltiysk , and Primorsk, Kaliningrad Oblast Primorsk in Russia s Kaliningrad Oblast and Elbl g , Tolkmicko , Frombork , Krynica Morska in Poland. The Polish port of Elbl g used to see a substantial amount of trading traffic on the lagoon, but that has declined owing to the current border situation. Kaliningrad and Baltiysk are currently major seaports on the lagoon. Proposed Canal Digging a canal to connect the lagoon with the Baltic Sea is in consideration as a major European Union ... wislany.pl www.en.zalew wislany.pl Monitoring the Vistula Lagoon water quality on the basis of satellite ... more details
map of Vistula Land from 1896 In 1831, in the aftermath of the November Uprising ... level entity, gmina s. There were 10 guberniya Governorate s five on the right bank of the Vistula ... was banned both from official use and education. The name Vistula Land first appeared in official documents ... replaced by the Vistula land, a province of the Russian Empire, as many sources still ... Poland Kingdom of Poland or Vistula land officially end some arguing it ended when the German ... i w niekt rych publikacjach. en icon Despite the introduction of the official name Vistula Land, terms ..., transforming it into the Vistula land http portalwiedzy.onet.pl 15674,,,,krolestwo polskie,haslo.html ..., by the name of Vistula land. However the same article also inconsistently states After the revolution ... more details
Unreferenced date April 2010 Infobox River river name Bia a image name Bia a River14.JPG caption Bia a in Bystra l ska origin Silesian Beskids mouth Vistula basin countries Poland length convert 28.6 km mi abbr on elevation about convert 800 m ft 0 abbr on discharge watershed convert 139 km2 sqmi abbr on Bia a lang de Bialka is a river in southern Poland , a right tributary of the Vistula . Its sources are located in the Silesian Beskids , on the slopes of the Klimczok, Szyndzielnia and Magura mountains, in the elevation of about convert 800 m ft 0 abbr on . Most important towns and villages located on its banks are Bystra, Bielsko County Bystra l ska , Bielsko Bia a and Czechowice Dziedzice . Border river Bia a is the border river separating the historical lands of Silesia and Lesser Poland . From 1316 it formed the boundary between the Silesian Duchy of Cieszyn and the Duchy of O wi cim , later between the Lands of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland Polish and the Lands of the Bohemian Crown Bohemian Crown from 1742 Austrian Silesia . After World War I and the 1919 Polish Czechoslovak War it separated the Polish part of Cieszyn Silesia in the Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship from Lesser Polish Krak w Voivodeship 1919 1939 Krak w Voivodeship . References Reflist commons Bia a dop yw Wis y coord missing Silesian Voivodeship Silesian geo stub Silesia topics DEFAULTSORT Biala Category Rivers of Poland Category Cieszyn Silesia cs B l p tok Visly it Bia a fiume lt Biala up nn Bia a pl Bia a dop yw Wis y ru ... more details
Infobox settlement More parameter fields are available for use at Template Infobox Settlement See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage Basic info official name Vistula settlement type Town motto images and maps image skyline imagesize image caption image map mapsize map caption image map1 mapsize1 map caption1 image dot map dot mapsize dot map caption dot x dot y pushpin map Indiana pushpin label position pushpin map caption pushpin mapsize Location coordinates region US IN subdivision type Countries of the world Country subdivision name United States subdivision type1 U.S. state State subdivision name1 Indiana subdivision type2 List of counties in Indiana County subdivision name2 Elkhart County, Indiana Elkhart subdivision type3 List of townships in Indiana Township subdivision name3 York Township, Elkhart County, Indiana York Politics established title established date Area area total km2 area land km2 Population population as of population footnotes population note population total General information timezone utc offset timezone DST utc offset DST latd 41 latm 44 lats 57 latNS N longd 85 longm 43 longs 41 longEW W elevation footnotes GR 3 elevation ft 791 founder named for Area postal codes & others postal code type ZIP code postal code 46507 area code blank name Federal Information Processing Standard FIPS code blank info 18 79226 GR 2 blank1 name Geographic Names Information System GNIS feature ID blank1 info http geonames.usgs.gov pls gnispublic f?p gnispq 3 NO P3 FID 445313 445313 website footnotes Vistula is an unincorporated town in York Township, Elkhart County, Indiana York Township , Elkhart County, Indiana Elkhart County , Indiana . Geography Vistula is located at coord 41 44 57 N 85 43 41 W type city display inline,title . References references Elkhart County, Indiana Category Populated places in Elkhart County, Indiana Category Unincorporated communities in Indiana ElkhartIN geo stub ... more details
Vistula Germans in German, Weichseldeutsche are ethnic Germans who had settled in what became known after the 1863 Polish rebellion as the Vistula Territory. This territory, so designated by the ruling Russians of the time, encompassed most of the Vistula River Weichsel in German, Wis a in Polish watershed of central Poland up to just east of Toru . Migration history The Vistula River flows south to north in a broad easterly loop that extends from the Carpathian Mountains to its mouth on the Baltic Sea near Gda sk Danzig . Many were invited in by German and Polish nobility but most settled in cities and large towns which were often governed under a form known as German town law . German settlement on abandoned or empty land in Kujawy and Royal Prussia increased as land owners sought to re populate their lands after the losses of the Great Northern War 1700 1721 . ref Karol Ciesielski, Osadnictwo Ol derskie w Prusach Kr lewskich i na Kujawach w wietle Kontrakt w Osadniczych Studia i Materia y do Dziej w Wielkopolski i Pomorza, vol. IV, Issue 2 1958 , p. 226 ref Migration up the Vistula River, to P ock , Wyszogr d , and beyond, continued through the period of the Partitions of Poland by Prussia, Austria and Russia. Much of the Vistula River watershed region came under Prussian rule in 1793 and became the provinces of South Prussia and New East Prussia . In spite of the brief liberation of Polish territories by Napoleon when the region was known as the Duchy of Warsaw and in spite of the takeover by Russia following the Treaty of Paris 1815 , German migration continued into the region ...? at Upstream Vistula ref Large numbers of these Germans chose to leave the area during the Napoleonic ... available as a result of emancipation of serfs in Russia. Significant numbers of these Vistula ... External links http www.upstreamvistula.org index.htm Vistula Germans History and map settlements ... regions but some limited help available for Vistula Germans as well. http www.sggee.org ... more details
I Solisti Veneti is one of the first rank of small Italian chamber orchestras with modern instruments. Founded in Padua in 1959 by Claudio Scimone , it has made a reputation especially with Italian Baroque music , recording many works by Antonio Antonio Vivaldi Vivaldi , Tomaso Albinoni , Francesco Geminiani , Benedetto Marcello and Giuseppe Tartini . Giuliano Carmignola and Piero Toso were two of the soloists in the ensemble. The group has made over 300 recordings, many on the Erato record label. A number of these were first ever recordings of works of Vivaldi, Albinoni and Rossini. I Solisti Veneti has recorded for television and movies. The ensemble has won numerous awards including a Grammy and a Grand Prix du Disque. I Solisti Veneti has toured the world playing in over sixty countries in places as diverse as Salzburg and Seoul . The ensemble has recorded with many world famous artists, including Salvatore Accardo , Placido Domingo , Jean Pierre Rampal , Marilyn Horne , James Galway , Mstislav Rostropovich , Sviatoslav Richter , Paul Badura Skoda and Heinz Holliger . External links http www.solistiveneti.it I Solisti Veneti official website http www.promart.it solistiveneti arrugaEnglish.html Excerpt of book about I Solisti Veneti DEFAULTSORT Solisti Veneti Category Musical groups established in 1959 Category Italian orchestras Category Early music orchestras Orchestra stub Italy band stub de I Solisti Veneti it I Solisti Veneti ja pt Os Solistas V netos ... more details
Liga dei Veneti League of the Venetians, LdV was a short lived Venetism Venetist List of political parties in Veneto political party active in Veneto . LdV was founded in 1999 by a group of splinters of Liga Veneta Repubblica and, before, of Liga Veneta led by Mariangelo Foggiato , regional councillor and party president, and Antonio Serena , senator. They dissented on the alliance with Forza Italia prospected by Fabrizio Comencini , LVR national secretary. ref Francesco Jori, Dalla iga alla Lega. Storia, movimenti, protagonisti , Marsilio, Venice 2009, pp. 115 117 ref The party did not qualify for the Venetian regional election, 2000 2000 regional election and by 2001 it was abandoned by Serena, who wanted to retain his Parliament seat and joined National Alliance Italy National Alliance , an Italian conservative party, in order to do that successfully . ref http legxiv.camera.it organiparlamentari assemblea contenitore dati.asp?tipopagina &deputato 0d200880&source 2Fdeputatism 2F240 2Fdocumentoxml.asp&Pagina Deputati Composizione 01.camera nuovacomposizione datpersonali2.asp 3Fdeputato d200880&position Organi 20Parlamentari 5Cgruppi 20parlamentari Chamber of Deputies Antonio Serena s biographical profile ref Foggiato, for his part, was one of the promoters of North East Project in 2004 and was elected again to the Regional Council of Veneto in the Venetian regional election, 2005 2005 regional election . In that occasion he obtained more than 10,000 preference votes, trailing the party to a resounding 15.6 of the vote in the Province of Treviso . ref http elezionistorico.interno.it listeRegionaliCompleta.php?tp R&dt 03 04 2005&cta I&tpEnte P&tpSeg R&numEnte 84&sut1 5&sut2 84&sut3 0&descEnte 20Regione 20VENETO 20 20Provincia 20TREVISO&descArea &codTipoSegLeader Ministry of the Interior Historical Electoral Archive ref References Reflist Sources Francesco Jori, Dalla iga alla Lega. Storia, movimenti, protagonisti , Marsilio, Venice 2009 Ezio Toffano, http www.raixevenete.net ... more details
Infobox protected area name Vistula Landscape Park alt name Nadwi la ski Park Krajobrazowy iucn category V photo photo caption location Kuyavian Pomeranian Voivodeship area 333.06 km established 1993 Vistula Landscape Park Nadwi la ski Park Krajobrazowy is a protected area Landscape Park Poland Landscape Park in north central Poland , established in 1993, covering an area of convert 333.06 km2 sqmi . The Park lies within Kuyavian Pomeranian Voivodeship , on the left bank of the Vistula river north of Bydgoszcz . It forms a complex with Che mno Landscape Park on the opposite bank. From 1999 to 2003 these constituted a single Landscape Park, called Lower Vistula Valley Landscape Park Park Krajobrazowy Doliny Dolnej Wis y . The both parks have common administration located in wiecie . Within Vistula Landscape Park are 14 nature reserve s. br Polish protected areas coord missing Kuyavian Pomeranian Voivodeship Category Landscape parks in Poland Vistula KuyavianPomeranian geo stub Poland protected area stub pl Nadwi la ski Park Krajobrazowy ... more details
Infobox protected area name Vistula Spit Landscape Park alt name Park Krajobrazowy Mierzeja Wi lana iucn category V photo photo caption location Pomeranian Voivodeship area 44.10 km established 1985 Vistula Spit Landscape Park Park Krajobrazowy Mierzeja Wi lana is a protected area Landscape Park Poland Landscape Park on the Vistula Spit in northern Poland . The Park was established in 1985, and covers an area of convert 44.10 km2 sqmi . The Park lies within Pomeranian Voivodeship , in Nowy Dw r Gda ski County Krynica Morska , Gmina Sztutowo . Within the Landscape Park are two nature reserve s. br Polish protected areas coord missing Pomeranian Voivodeship Category Landscape parks in Poland Vistula Spit Pomeranian geo stub Poland protected area stub pl Park Krajobrazowy Mierzeja Wi lana ... more details
Infobox NRHP nrhp type hd name Vistula Historic District image caption locmapin Ohio map caption Location of Vistula Historic District in Ohio lat degrees 41 lat minutes 39 lat seconds 28 lat direction N long degrees 83 long minutes 31 long seconds 36 long direction W location Toledo, Ohio area built architect architecture added December 6, 1978 ref name nris http www.nr.nps.gov nrloc1.htm NRIS Database NRIS dead link date January 2012 , National Register of Historic Places, retrieved January 23, 2010. ref refnum 78002128 ref name nris Vistula Historic District is a designated historic district United States historic district in the city of Toledo, Ohio , USA, listed on the National Register of Historic Places . The district commemorates Toledo s oldest neighborhood and encompasses an area roughly bounded by Champlain, Summit, Walnut and Magnolia streets. Vistula was a former village established on land in what was then part of Michigan Territory , purchased in 1832 by Benjamin F. Stickney, in company with several investors from Lockport city , New York Lockport, New York , including Edward Bissell. In January 1833, Stickney plat ted the village of Vistula. ref name Waggoner http www.heritagepursuit.com Lucas LucasGovermentalChapVI 370.htm Toledo s Start and Progress , Chapter VI in History of the City of Toledo and Lucas County, Ohio, by Clark Waggoner, pp. 370 396, Munsell New York, 1888 ref Another settlement, named Port Lawrence, had first been established in 1817, although the companies arranging sales of the land failed and nothing much was developed until a new plat was recorded ... from where the Vistula settlement would later be established. ref name Waggoner ref http www.waymarking.com waymarks WM6RF Vistula Historic District , Ohio Historical Markers on waymarking.com ref ref ..., Greater Toledo Convention and Visitors Bureau ref When Vistula and Port Lawrence merged to form ... Affairs article http www.ci.toledo.oh.us index.cfm?dept dept23nav&page page385 Toledo s Vistula ... more details
Image Wisla Kazimierz Dolny.jpg thumb right 300px Lesser Poland Gorge of the Vistula in Kazimierz Dolny The Lesser Poland Gorge of the Vistula Polish Ma opolski Prze om Wis y is a geographical region located in central eastern Poland , which administratively belongs to three Polish voivodeship s Lublin Voivodeship Lublin , Masovian Voivodeship Masovian , and wi tokrzyskie Voivodeship wi tokrzyskie . The Gorge is for the most part made by the valley of the Vistula , with two Polish uplands on both sides of the river Ma opolska Upland Lesser Poland or Ma opolska Upland to the west, and Lublin Upland to the east. The gorge is about 70 kilometers long, extending from the town of Zawichost in the south, to Pu awy in the north. It is considerably narrow, only up to 3 kilometers wide. In some places, the banks of the Vistula valley are very steep, up to 70 meters above the water level. The region comprises a densely populated agricultural land, with two main towns historic Kazimierz Dolny , and Annopol . Other towns are J zef w , Bochotnica , Janowiec and Wilk w . The Gorge is one of several protected areas designated in the Natura 2000 territory of the European Union s ecological network around the Vistula and Pilica rivers out of the total of around 500 Natura 2000 sites in Poland . ref name sejm.gov.pl http isip.sejm.gov.pl servlet Search?todo file&id WDU20040920880&type 3&name D20040880Lj.pdf Protection of Nature Act , published by the Polish Parliament, 2004. PDF file. ref They are listed as Natura 2000 PLB 14000, and Natura 2000 PLH 060045. See also Protected areas of Poland References Reflist coord missing Poland Category Lesser Poland Category Geography of Poland Category Lublin Voivodeship Category wi tokrzyskie Voivodeship Polish protected areas state uncollapsed Europe topic Protected areas of pl Ma opolski Prze om Wis y ... more details
Army Group Vistula lang de Heeresgruppe Weichsel was an Army Group of the Wehrmacht , formed on January 24, 1945. It was put together from elements of Army Group A shattered in the Soviet Vistula Oder Offensive , Army Group Centre similarly largely destroyed in the East Prussian Offensive , and a variety of new or ad hoc formations. It was formed to protect Berlin from the Soviet Union Soviet armies advancing from the Vistula River . Establishment and history Heinz Guderian had originally urged the creation of a new army group as an essentially defensive measure to fill the gap opening in German defences between the lower Vistula and the lower Oder . ref name duffyp176 Duffy, p.176 ref The new Army Group Vistula was duly formed from an assortment of rebuilt, new and existing units. Guderian intended to propose Field Marshal Maximilian von Weichs as commander. ref name duffyp177a Duffy, p.177 ref However, in a reflection of Adolf Hitler Hitler s desire to transfer control of the conflict from the Wehrmacht to the SS , Heinrich Himmler was appointed. ref name beevorp52 Beevor, p.52 ref Himmler, who lacked any real military knowledge, proved inadequate to the task General Gotthard Heinrici replaced Himmler as commander of Army Group Vistula on 20 March, subsequent to its participation in the German offensive codenamed Operation Solstice and the following defence against the Soviet East Pomeranian Offensive . Other than Operation Solstice, the Army Group s only offensive action was a disastrous ... until the end of World War II in Europe end of the war in Europe on 8 May 1945. Army Group Vistula ... Group A and had been shattered around Warsaw during the Vistula Oder Offensive . This now held ... , where it was eventually destroyed. The rest of Army Group Vistula was forced west of the Oder ... was added to Army Group Vistula. Order of Battle during Soviet Berlin Offensive 3rd Panzer Army German ... 45 , Macmillan, London Army Groups Germany Category Army groups of the German Army Vistula Category ... more details
Vistula River Railroad Polish Kolej Nadwi la ska was a railroad system, opened on August 17, 1877. It ran from northwest to southeast, through the territory of the former Congress Poland , known after the November Uprising as Privislinsky Krai part of the Russian Empire . Starting in M awa , which back then was located near the border with the German Empire , the connection ran through Ciechan w , Warsaw , D blin , Lublin , and Che m , to the strategic railroad junction of Kovel now Ukraine . In M awa, the system reached the Prussian railway network, as the nearby German border station of Dzia dowo Soldau was another important junction, with connections to Gda sk Danzig , Olsztyn Allenstein , and Toru Thorn . Altogether, the length of the system was 522 kilometers, and originally, it was a wide gauge line. In 1887, the Vistula River Railroad employed 2364 workers. During the World War II 1939 the railroad was partitioned forming the Soviet Kovel Railways as one of its successors. In 1953 Kovel Railways were merged with Lviv Railways . Lublin Station still has the original main station building dating from 1877 though rebuilt in the 1920s , which opened together with the railroad and is well preserved to this day. See also History of rail transport in Poland Category International railway lines Category Railway lines in Poland Category Railway lines in Russia Category Railway lines in Ukraine Category Railway companies of Ukraine Category Railway companies of Russia Category Railway companies of Poland Poland rail transport stub Ukraine transport stub pl Kolej Nadwi la ska ru ... more details
part of the Vistula which blocked the entrance from the lagoon to the river. Coming upon the obstacle ... Despite having fewer ships, the Prussians as experienced sailors were victorious, gaining control of the Vistula ... more details
File Weichseldelta.png thumb The Vistula Delta Vistula delta Mennonites settled in the delta of the Vistula between the late 16th century and 1945. Origins The Mennonite Mennonite movement was founded by Menno Simons , a Dutch priest who left the Roman Catholic Church in 1536 and became a leader within the Anabaptist movement. The Netherlands Dutch regions of Friesland and County of Flanders Flanders as well as the Germany German regions of Eastern Frisia and Holstein became a center of the Mennonites. Religious persecution in the Netherlands under Fernando lvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba however forced many Mennonites to leave in the 16th century. ref http www.taeufergeschichte.net index.php?id 113 Geschichte der Mennoniten Gemeinde Danzig 1569 1808 taeufergeschichte.net de icon ref Danzig community The first Anabaptist, a native of Prussia , is reported in 1526 in Malbork Marienburg Malbork . In the 1530s Dutch Mennonites moved to the area of Danzig Gdansk in the Kingdom of Poland 1385 1569 Polish province of Royal Prussia , a town connected with the Netherlands by traditional grain trade. Menno Simons apparently visited the community in 1549 and in 1569 Dirk Philips founded the first Mennonite Church in Danzig. Soon about 1,000 Mennonites lived in the city. ref name Zuercher http www.themennonite.org issues 12 12 articles Danzig church books return to Poland Danzig church ... role in grain trade with the Netherlands. Vistula Delta settlement File Bystrze dom podcieniowy.jpg ... in the area along the Vistula became an appealing alternative. Large areas of the Vistula ... the Vistula marshes. Dutch style windmills to drain the swamps and Dutch style houses coined the area ... Flamish group dominated the Danzig community, a more liberal Frisian group existed along the Vistula ... dialect of the Vistula Delta, became the typical language of the Mennonites in this region. ref ... continued to use Dutch. ref name Friesen Further emigration In 1772, the Vistula delta and the Danzig ... more details
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