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Encyclopedia > Nowy Staw
Nowy Staw
Coat of arms of Nowy Staw
Coat of arms
Nowy Staw (Poland)
Nowy Staw
Coordinates: 54°08′″N 19°01′″E / Expression error: Unexpected / operator, Expression error: Unexpected / operator
Country Poland
Voivodeship Pomeranian
Powiat Malbork County
Gmina Nowy Staw
Established 14th century
City Rights 1343
Government
 - Mayor Andrzej Kunt
Area
 - Town 4.65 km²  (1.8 sq mi)
Population (2004)
 - Town 3,896
 - Density 837.8/km² (2,169.9/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 82-230
Area code(s) +48 55
Car Plates GMB
Website: um.nowystaw.webpark.pl

Nowy Staw is a small town in northern Poland on the Święta river in the Żuławy region, with 3 896 inhabitants (2004). Situated in Malbork County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999, it was previously assigned to Elbląg Voivodeship (1975-1998). City rights were applied in 1345. The name of the town means New Pond. Image File history File links POL_Nowy_Staw_COA.svg‎ pl: Herb Nowy Staw File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Nowy Staw ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... This is an alphabetical list of the sovereign states of the world, including both de jure and de facto independent states. ... A Voivodship (also voivodeship, Romanian: Voievodat, Polish: Województwo, Serbian: Vojvodstvo or Vojvodina) was a feudal state in medieval Romania, Hungary, Poland, Russia and Serbia (see Vojvodina), ruled by a Voivod (voivode). ... Pomeranian Voivodship, also Pomorze Voivodship (Polish: województwo pomorskie) is an administrative region or voivodship in northern Poland within the historic region of Eastern Pomorze. ... The following is a list of powiats in Poland. ... Location of Malbork County in Pomeranian Voivodeship Malbork County coat of arms Malbork County flag Malbork County (Polish: ) is a county of Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland with capital in Malbork. ... The municipality or commune (Polish: gmina, plural: gminy) is the principal unit (lowest level) of territorial division in Poland. ... This 14th-century statue from south India depicts the gods Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right). ... Events Magnus II of Sweden abdicates from the throne of Norway in favor of his son Haakon VI of Norway. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol km², is a decimal multiple of SI unit of surface area square metre, one of the SI derived units. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... Population density by country, 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... A time zone is a region of the Earth that has adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... Time zones of Europe: Light colours indicate countries that do not observe summer time Central European Time (CET) is one of the names of the time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... Central European Time West Africa Time British Summer Time* Irish Summer Time* Western European Summer Time* Category: ... Though DST is common in Europe and North America, most of the worlds people do not use it. ... Time zones of Europe: Pale colours indicate countries without daylight saving Central European Summer Time (CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... Eastern European Time Central Africa Time Israel Standard Time South Africa Standard Time Central European Summer Time West Africa Summer Time Category: ... // Introduction to this topic - includes background information for people living outside Poland Common to many countries - in fact there is a growing tendency to do so since the UK also began regionalising plates in 2002 - Poland has the region of registration of the vehicle encoded in the number plate. ... Location of Malbork County in Pomeranian Voivodeship Malbork County coat of arms Malbork County flag Malbork County (Polish: ) is a county of Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland with capital in Malbork. ... Capital city GdaÅ„sk Area 18,293 km² Population (2004)  - Density 2,192,000 120/km² Powiats  - Urban counties  - Land counties 4 16 Communes 123 Logo of Pomeranian Voivodeship Sea port in GdaÅ„sk The Sea Towers in Gdynia will be the tallest building (138 m) in Poland outside Warsaw... ElblÄ…g Voivodeship ElblÄ…g Voivodeship (Polish: województwo elblÄ…skie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from 1975 to 1998, superseded by the Pomeranian Voivodeship and the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. ...


Main town buildings:

  • Saint Mateusz church (year 1450)
  • Old town market

External link

  • Nowy Staw official homepage

Coordinates: 54°08′N, 19°00′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...



 

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