POLANDPolish administrative area

312 679 km ²

Population over 38 million people

Poland is located in the central part of Europe,between the Baltic Sea to the north and the Sudeten and Carpathian Mountains in the south, in the basin of the Vistula and Oder.From the west it borders with Germany, in the south of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, in the east of Ukraine and Belarus, north east of Lithuania, and Russia to the north by the administrative unit called Kaliningrad.

Warszawa (Warsaw)

The capital city of Poland

TORUN

WROCLAW

MALBORK

Gdańsk„The Capital of Baltic Area”

SWINOUJSCIE

SOPOT

Zakopane

„Winter Capital of Poland”

NIDZICA

TENCZYN

BIALOWIEZA The Bialowieza Forest is on UNESCO’s list of cultural and natural protected sites.

NATIONAL PARKS

SLOWINSKI NATIONAL PARK

There are over 10 000 most of them are glacial. The greatest number of them are in the northern regions of the country in the Pomeranian Lake District or in the Great Mazurian Lake District.

LAKES

TATRY

MOUNTAINSBIESZCZADY

SUDETY

BESKIDY

The Lesser Poland

Voivodship (województwo małopolskie) is

an administrative

region or province in southern of

Poland (Malopolska).

Kraków (Cracow)

„Capital of Malopolska”

Kraków is one of the oldest and largest cities of Poland.Population -760,000 people. This historic city is situated on the Vistula (Wisła) River at the foot of Wawel Hill in the southerly region of Little Poland (Małopolska).

BUGLE CALL IN CRACOW At each and every noon the ‘hejnal’ bugle call can be heard from the 81-meter high tower of Mariacki Church. The legend tells that when the bugle player was warning Cracow of the Tatars attact in 1241 he was hit by an arrow. In memorial those days every melody finishes in a half of the abrow.

GUBALOWKA, The Tatras

View of Zakopane from Gubalowka. In winter Gubalowka is a perfect place for skiing.

THE DUNAJEC RIVER GORGE - One of the most picturesque Polish rivers .

The Dunajec creates the narrow valley in the Pieniny Mountains.

WIELICZKA The salt mine at Wieliczka is found on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Visitors have access to chambers in the mine at three levels, from 64 to 135 meters under ground.

Wola Filipowska is situated in the south of Poland.It has got very good connections with Cracow and Trzebinia.

Among old trees... ...and castles.

The landscape of jurassic valleys and beautiful groups of limestones makes almost the whole

commune as a protected area.

Our institution is situated in a picturesquare scenery of trees and little houses.

OUR SCHOOL…

…and children

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Nursery School in Wola Filipowska

Poland,

Wola Filipowska ul. Szkolna 2,

32-065 Krzeszowice

Tel/fax: +48 012 282-02-08

www.zpowola.edupage.org

created by E.T.G.