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| Here are 20 facts about the State of Poland |
Here are 20 facts about the State of Poland
In the local language, the original name of the poles is polska.
The name is most likely derived from the phrase polska ziemia, which means land of poland. The term comes from the name of the polanie tribe, which is a group of western slavic tribes that inhabited the river valleys in greater Poland around the 6th to 8th centuries AD.
In ancient Polish, polanie can also be interpreted as a person living in open ground.
The land originally inhabited by the polanie people was also known as staropolska, or old poland, and later as wielkopolska, or large poland. Meanwhile, in polish literature, the name of this country is sometimes also referred to as lechia as an alternative name. The name comes from the name of lech, a legendary ruler of the lechites or lechitic tribe.
The design of the polish national flag consists of two colors, namely white and red. The design of the flag was first used in 1807, and was officially adopted as the flag of the country on May 2, 1919. The design of the flag is similar to the design of the flag of our country, only the layout is reversed.
In the polish constitution, white and red colors are defined as national colors. In addition, these two colors used traditionally represented the kingdom of poland in the past. But modern versions of the two colors today have different meanings.
The white color can be interpreted as a symbol of peace and hope for all poles, and the red color symbolizes the struggle for independence.
The national anthem of poland is mazurka dąbrowski. The song is also commonly known as jeszcze polska nie zginęla which means poland has not perished, the song was written in 1797 by jozef wybicki.
The song was composed in Italy, when polish troops were fighting against napoleon. The zloty or what is widely known as the polish zloty is the official currency of the republic of poland.
Currency It is one of the most traded currencies in the region of central and eastern Europe. The term zloty itself is an adjective form of the word zloto which means gold in Polish.
Internationally this currency is encoded with PLN. If we convert to the currency of our country, 1 polish zloty has an exchange rate of 3,329 rupiah.
As mentioned at the beginning, that Polish is the official language spoken in the country. However, did you know that Polish is considered one of the most difficult languages to learn in the world, especially for foreigners. This is related to pronunciation with the technique of bending the tongue which is considered quite difficult in pronouncing the word for word and the gender system is quite complex.
In addition, unlike the latin alphabet which has only 26 letters, the polish alphabet consists of 32 letters. Stretched across several geographical areas, poland is the 9th largest country on the continent.
With its territory having access to the sea, mountains, and open terrain, topographically, poland has one of the most diverse environments in europe.
The country has almost 800 kilometers of sandy coastline, sand dunes in the pomerania region, wetlands in the biebrzanski national park, and even has the only desert in central Europe, namely the pustynia błedowska.
Along with belarusians, poland is home to the last primeval forest on the continent. the forest is the bialowieza forest, it is one of the last and largest remaining parts of the ancient forest that once spanned almost the entire plains of Europe.
By UNESCO this bialoweiza national park was designated as one of the world heritage sites in 1976. Poland is also home to european bison.
The animal is said to be the heaviest land mammal in europe, this is because european bison weigh an average of more than 600 kilograms. This extinct animal in parts of Europe and Asia can still be found wandering in the national park of bialowieza, poland.
Not only the bialowieza national park, the country is home to more than 1,300 lakes and 24 national parks. Poland also has one of the richest geothermal water resources in europe spread over a third of the country.
Known as the polish underground salt cathedral, the wieliczka salt mine or kopalnia soli wieliczka located in the krakow region is one of the oldest functional salt mines in the world.
Built in the 13th century, it is also one of the UNESCO heritage sites that exist in the country of Poland Since it was built in the 13th century, this underground salt mine has been producing salt continuously until 2007.
What's interesting about this salt mine located 135 meters underground is that those of you who visit here will be treated to views of the room, statues, chandeliers, and the entire chapel carved from rock salt.
In all, Poland has as many as 17 UNESCO world heritage sites and among them is the largest castle in the world which is malbork castle.
Measured by land area the castle of the fortification of the teutonic order built in the 13th century in the city of malbork this is the largest castle in the world. There is also a historical center or old town of Warsaw which is also one of the UNESCO world heritage sites.
You know, in its history, during World War II more than 80% of the city was destroyed. Interestingly, after the war ended the city was rebuilt by looking at detailed paintings by bernardo bellotto.
So it can be said that the old city of Warsaw that we see today is not entirely original. In the history of World War II, the highest number of mass murders committed by the nazis during the era occurred in poland.
At least about 1.1 million people from different parts of europe were massacred in the auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp, with more than 80% of them being Jews. Poland adopted its first written constitution in the spring of 1791, which was the first legal form of constitution and document in europe and the 2nd in the world.
But unfortunately, it only lasted for only 14 months and 3 weeks before finally poland was partitioned for more than 100 years by the russian empire, prussia and austria.
Poland is probably one of the countries that has fought for independence more than any other country in the world, which is about 40 times.
The country was even briefly lost to the world map after it was partitioned by the russian empire, prussia and austria. Poland only reappeared to the world map as a sovereign state after the end of world war II. Poland is one of the most educated countries in europe.
With about 90% of the population completing high school and 50% of citizens of this country having a bachelor's degree.
Research shows that students in poland perform better academically than in most member countries of the organization for economic co-operation and development or OECD Higher education in poland is free for polish citizens.
International students usually have to pay relatively low tuition fees to study in the country. The jagiellonian university founded in 1364, was the first institution of higher education established in poland, and is one of the oldest universities still in operation to this day.
Nicolaus copernicus and pope john paul II were two world-renowned figures who graduated from this university. In addition to free education, one of the advantages of citizens in Poland, is that his government provides benefits for people who have not had a job for 12 months.
if it is more than 12 months, then the polish government will dismiss the allowance. This country also has a fairly unique name rule, almost all Polish people always give their daughters names with the suffix of the letter A. This is because they believe that the letter A is a symbol of the soul of feminism or the rise of women.