Podkowa Leśna [pɔtˈkɔva ˈlɛɕna] (literal meaning - "Horseshoe Grove", in full: Miasto-ogród Podkowa Leśna - "Garden-City Podkowa Leśna") is a town in Grodzisk Mazowiecki County (Masovian Voivodeship) of Poland and located on the Łowicko–Błońska Plain within the territory of the Młochowskie Forests. City status - since January 1, 1969. The city also has the status of gmina, meaning "commune". Population - ca. 4000. Founded in 1925. On September 1, 1939 bombs fell on Podkowa Leśna that the Luftwaffe had intended for Warsaw.
Population: 3,844
Latitude: 52° 07' 20.53" N
Longitude: 20° 43' 35.94" E
Muzeum Polskiej Techniki Wojskowej (in English Museum of Polish Military Technology) was a military museum in Warsaw, Poland, a branch of Polish Army Museum. It was located in former Fort IX of the Warsaw Fortress. The inside exhibitions of the muse…
The Museum of Polish History or Polish History Museum (Polish: Muzeum Historii Polski) is a museum and national cultural institute in Warsaw, Poland. The statute establishing the museum was signed on May 2, 2006, at the Royal Castle in Warsaw by the…
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