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Hitorical events

  • Battle of Grunwald - the greatest medieval battle, fought in 1410 near the village of Grunwald

The Battle of Grunwald took place on July 15, 1410 between the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania on one side, and the Knights of the Teutonic Order on the other. ...

Places and geographical features in Poland

  • Grunwald village is a village in Gmina Grunwald, Poland.
  • Gmina Grunwald is a rural commune in Ostróda County, Warmia-Masuria, Poland.
  • Poznań-Grunwald is a municipal district and a neighbourhood in Poznań, Poland
  • Monument of Grunwald (Pomnik Grunwaldzki), erected in 1910 in Kraków
  • Grunwald Bridge (Most Grunwaldzki) - a bridge in Wrocław
  • Grunwald Mound (Kopiec Grunwaldzki) - build in 1910 in Niepolomice

Gmina Grunwald is a rural commune in north-eastern Poland in the Ostróda County, Warmia-Masuria voivodship. ... Gmina Grunwald is a rural commune in north-eastern Poland in the Ostróda County, Warmia-Masuria voivodship. ... WarmiÅ„sko-Mazurskie voivodship since 1999 Coat of Arms of Warmia-Masuria Warmia i Mazury (officially, the WarmiÅ„sko-Mazurskie Voivodship) is an administrative region or voivodship of north-eastern Poland. ... Local government disctricts of Poznan PoznaÅ„-Grunwald is a local government district in southwestern PoznaÅ„, Poland. ... The Poznan is also a breed of horse. ... Jump to: navigation, search Motto: none Voivodship Lesser Poland Municipal government Rada miasta Kraków Mayor Jacek Majchrowski Area 326,8 km² Population  - city  - urban  - density 757,500 (2004 est. ... WrocÅ‚aw, ( [:vrɔʦwaf], German Breslau, Czech Vratislav, Latin Wratislavia; many Polish documents in English use the spelling Wroclaw) is the capital of Silesia in southwestern Poland, situated on the Oder River (Odra). ... Niepołomice is a town in southern Poland, situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodship (since 1999), previously in Krakow Voivodship (1975-1998). ...

Sports clubs

Grunwald Poznań is a sports club based in Poznań, Poland, with several sections: field hockey (Hokej na trawie) shooting (Strzelectwo) Wrestling (Zapasy) Handball (Piłka ręczna) Orienteering (Biegi na orientację) Tennis (Tenis ziemny) See also Football in Poland External link http://www. ... Jump to: navigation, search A game of field hockey in progress Field hockey is a popular sport for men and women in many countries around the world. ... Shooting is the act of causing a gun to fire at a target. ... Jump to: navigation, search Wrestling is a form of fighting both playfully and as a combat sport, between two opponents without weapons who grab each others body and/or clothing (grappling, as opposed to punching, striking, kicking, and pinching). ... Team handball (also known as field handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport where two teams of seven players each (six players and a goalkeeper) pass and bounce a ball trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team. ... Jump to: navigation, search Tennis balls This article is about the sport, tennis. ... Motto: none Voivodship Silesian Municipal government Rada Miejska Ruda ÅšlÄ…ska Mayor Andrzej Stania Area 77,7 km² Population  - city  - urban  - density 149 000 - 1910/km² Founded City rights - - Latitude Longitude 50°16 N 18°42 E Area code +48 32 Car plates SRS Twin towns - Municipal Website Ruda Åšl...

People

  • Henry Grunwald (1922-2005), U.S. journalist and diplomat
  • Ash Grunwald - Australia's blues singer
  • Dirk Grunwald - associate professor at the University of Colorado, in the Department of Computer Science.
  • Peter Grünwald - senior researcher at the CWI, the National Research Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science in the Netherlands, located in Amsterdam

Henry Grunwald in May 2004 Henry Anatole Grunwald (December 3, 1922 - February 26, 2005) was an Austrian-born journalist and diplomat perhaps best known for his position as managing editor of TIME magazine and editor in chief of Time, Inc. ... Categories: Possible copyright violations ...

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Henry Grunwald; headed Time Inc. empire, was diplomat - The Boston Globe (1000 words)
Grunwald led Time through a period of dramatic change, broadening the scope of its journalism and brightening its pages for a generation that was accustomed to getting its news from television.
Grunwald wrote a pair of well-received memoirs, the first about his compelling experiences as a refugee who narrowly escaped Nazi forces in Europe, followed by his unlikely rise to prominence in a new country, using a new language.
Grunwald was known as a man of urbanity and grace who cultivated a dazzling international set of political, literary, and cultural figures, from Vladimir Nabokov to Leonard Bernstein to Marilyn Monroe.
Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Obituaries / Henry Grunwald; headed Time Inc. empire, was diplomat (574 words)
Grunwald had a generally conservative worldview, but he had a more sophisticated and more liberal approach to journalism than the autocratic Luce.
Grunwald took the helm of Time in 1968, one year after Luce's death, he inherited a magazine that had once determined the weekly conversation of news-hungry Americans.
Grunwald's original ambition was to be a playwright, but he found journalism to be his true home.
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