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Country
  
Poland

Gmina
  
Skierniewice

Town rights
  
1457

Area
  
32.6 km²

Local time
  
Thursday 3:20 PM

Powiat
  
City county

Established
  
before 1217

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Voivodeship
  
Łódź Voivodeship

Skierniewice wwwhotelroomsearchnetimcityskierniewicepolan

Weather
  
9°C, Wind E at 23 km/h, 54% Humidity

University
  
State Higher Vocational School in Skierniewice

Points of interest
  
Roundhouse Skierniewice, Zalew Zadębie, Park Miejski w Skierniewicach, Plac zabaw dla dzieci, "Górka"

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Skierniewice [skʲɛrɲɛˈvʲit͡sɛ] is a town in central Poland with 49,132 inhabitants (2007), situated in the Łódź Voivodship (since 1999), previously capital of Skierniewice Voivodship (1975–1998). It is the capital of Skierniewice County. The town is situated almost exactly halfway between Łódź and Warsaw.

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Map of Skierniewice, Poland

Skierniewice gained municipal rights in 1457. It has a famous railway station that was once part of the historic Warsaw-Vienna Railway. On September 15, 1884 it was the setting for the meeting of the Three Emperors' League.

Education

  • Wyższa Szkoła Ekonomiczno-Humanistyczna
  • Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa
  • Twin towns – Sister cities

    Skierniewice is twinned with:

    Notable people

    Famous people connected with Skierniewice region:

  • Nobel Prize Winner for Literature Władysław Reymont
  • Pianist Frédéric Chopin
  • Jan Kozietulski, a military commander of the armed forces of the Duchy of Warsaw
  • Ignacy Krasicki, a Roman Catholic archbishop and a writer
  • Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (1895–1903)
  • Itshak Holtz, Jewish Genre artist, Born (1925)-
  • References

    Skierniewice Wikipedia