Polska

1. POLAND
SP nr 11 Puławy

2. Polska – Poland
Polska to kraj w Centralnej Europie
Poland is a country in Central Europe

3. Polska – Poland
Rzeczpospolita Polska - Republic of Poland
Orzeł Biały
(White Eagle)
Godło Polski
National Emblem
Flaga
Flag
Stolica Polski – Warszawa
Capital of Poland - Warsaw

4. POLAND IN EUROPE
GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION
BALTIC SEA
CZECH REPUBLIC
GERMANY
SLOVAKIA
RUSSIA LITHUANIA
BELARUS
UKRAINE

5. 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

6. 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

7. Polska – Poland
Mapa Polski
Poland’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.

8. 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

9. 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)

10. Cultural diversity
Ethnic division:
Polish 97 % German 1 % Ukrainian 1 %
Byelorussian 1 %
Languages: Polish
Religions:
Roman Catholic 95 %
Eastern Orthodox, Protestant and other 5 %

11. Polska ma 16 województw.
Poland has 16 voivodeships.

12. Polska ma 16 województw.
Poland has 16 voivodeships.
Województwa Miasto wojewódzkie
Capital 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

13. MOST POPULATED CITIES IN
POLAND
6.
Gdańs
k
5. Poznań
4.
Wrocł
aw
1.
Warsza
wa
2. Łódź
3. Kraków

14. 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 Nauki
Palace Of Science and CultureRzeka Wisła - Vistula River

15. NORTHERN POLAND
TOURIST ATTRACTIONS

16. SEASIDE LANDSCAPE
HEL SPIT
length 34 km, width from 150 to 300
metres
Sand bar peninsula with wind-sculpted
forest dunes
200/300 years ago there used to be a chain
of tiny islands

17. SEASIDE LANDSCAPE
 founded in 1967
1977 - recognised by UNESCO as a
world biosphere reserve
SŁOWIŃSKI NATIONAL
PARK

18. 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

19. 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

20. TRICITY
GDAŃSK GDYNIA SOPOT
TRICITY

22. *GDAŃSK
View of St. Mary’s Basilica

23. *GDAŃSK
World War II Monument at Westerplatte

24. *GDAŃSK
Oliwa Cathedral with its famous organ

25. *GDYNIA
View of Marina

26. *GDYNIA
Dar Pomorza Museum (left) & ORP Błyskawica (right)

27. *SOPOT
Pier – the longest construction made of wood in Europe

28. *SOPOT
Leaning House

29. *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

30. * 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
LAKE
ŚNIARDWY
LAKE
MAMRY
LAKE HAŃCZA

31. *MASURIAN LAKELAND
 historic viaducts can be admired here
(length - 200m /height 36m)
STAŃCZYKI

32. *MASURIAN LAKELAND
GIERŁOŻ
 ‘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

33. *MASURIAN LAKELAND
The sanctuary with the monastery is one of the most important
baroque 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

34. *MASURIAN LAKELAND
TEUTONIC KNIGHTS CASTLES
The largest Gothic castle in Poland
MALBORK

35. *MASURIAN LAKELAND
TEUTONIC KNIGHTS CASTLES GOLUB DOBRZYŃ

36. *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.

37. *TORUŃ
Town Hall and
monument of N.
Copernicus
(Mikołaj Kopernik)
TORUŃTHE TOWN OF NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

38. *TORUŃ
Leaning Tower
Mikołaj Kopernik’s House

39. * POMERANIAN LAKELAND
significant 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

40. *POMERANIAN LAKELAND
Museum – Kashubian Etnographic Park
The 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

41. *GREAT POLAND LAKELAND
GNIEZNO – 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

42. *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

43. *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

44. *POZNAŃ
Old Town with Town Hall
POZNAŃ

45. *POZNAŃ
Town Hall interior
Poznań Goats (Kids) on The Town Hall

46. *BIAŁYSTOK
The Branicki Family Palace
BIAŁYSTOK

47. *KRUSZYNIANY and BOHONIKI
BOHONIKI
mosque built by Tatars in 1883
mizar – Muslim cemetery

48. *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

49. *BIAŁOWIESKI NATIONAL PARK -
Białowieża Primaeval Forest
BIAŁOWIESKI NATIONAL PARK
 the European bison – the biggest
land mammal of Europe is the park
symbol

50. *
*Kraków
*The second capital city of Poland

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

52. *Zakopane
The largest city in the Tatra mountains.

53. Katowice
There are 309 304 inhabitants. It’s the 10th city in the
country in terms of population.

54. *Wrocław
Located in Silesian Lowland near River Oder.

55. *
Lublin.Situated on the river Bystrica .

57. 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 Nałęczowie
Park in Nałęczów

58. Moja Szkoła
Podstawowa Nr 11
w Puławach
My School in
Puławy
Puławy - Pulawy
2 MOSTY
2 Bridges
Most im. Jana Pawła II w Puławach
John Paul II Bridge, Pulawy
Most im. Ignacego
Mościckiego w
Puławach
Ignacy Moscicki
Bridge, Pulawy
Pałac Czartoryskich
Czartoryski Palace

59. 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.

60. To My!
These are our photos!- girls from class VI b
Klaudia DębiecAsia Stępień
Ewelina FijałkowskaJulia Durakiewicz

61. Polska –
moja ojczyzna
Poland –
my homeland
Girls from classesVIA , Ve
Szkoła Podstawowa nr 11 w Puławach