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Plock

Plock is a city in central Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
, on the Vistula

Vistula

The Vistula , is the longest river in Poland at 1,047 km in length. It drains an area of 194,424 km? , of which 168,699 km? lies within Poland ....
river, with 131,011 inhabitants.

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Plock is a city in central Poland

Poland

Vistula

The Vistula , is the longest river in Poland at 1,047 km in length. It drains an area of 194,424 km? , of which 168,699 km? lies within Poland ....
river, with 131,011 inhabitants. It is located in the Masovian Voivodeship

Masovian Voivodeship

Masovian Voivodeship is the largest and most populous of the sixteen Poland provinces, or Voivodeships of Polands, created in 1999. It occupies of...
(since 1999), having previously been the capital of the Plock Voivodeship

Plock Voivodeship

Plock Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from 1975 to 1998 and earlier from the 15th century till 1795....
(1975-1998). It now is a capital of a Powiat

Powiat

A powiat is the second-level unit of local government and administration in Poland, equivalent to a county, district or prefecture in other countries....
(county) at the extreme west of the Mazovian Voivodeship.

History

Its 12th century beautiful cathedral

Cathedral

A cathedral is a Christian church that contains the seat of a bishop. It is a Religion building for worship, specifically of a denomination with an episcopal hierarchy, such as the Roman Catholic Church, Anglicanism, Orthodox Christian and some Lutheranism churches, which serves as a bishop's seat, and thus as the central church of a dioc...
contains the tombs of Ladislaus Herman

Wladyslaw I Herman

Wladyslaw I Herman Duke of Poland from 1079 until 1102. Second son of Casimir I the Restorer and Maria Dobroniega, the daughter of Vladimir the Great, Grand Duke of Kiev....
(died 1102) and Boleslaus III the Wrymouth

Boleslaw III Wrymouth

Boleslaw III Wrymouth was Duke of Poland from 1102 until his death.He was the eldest and only child of Duke Wladyslaw I Herman by his first wife Judith of Bohemia, daughter of Vratislaus II of Bohemia....
(died 1138) - the dukes of Poland. They are buried in the Masovian Blessed Virgin Mary Cathedral

Masovian Blessed Virgin Mary Cathedral

Plock Cathedral, or the Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Masovia, in Plock, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Poland, and one of the most valuable representatives of Romanesque architecture in north-eastern Europe....
in Plock. Plock was the capital city of Poland during their reign (1079-1138). It was also a seat of several of the Dukes of Masovia

Dukes of Masovia

The Dukes of Masovia were a line of the Piast dynasty who ruled in Masovia. The following is a list of all rulers of the Duchy of Masovia and its parts....
and one of the capitals of that state.

Religions

Mariavites

This site is the main seat of the Mariavite

Mariavite Church

The Mariavite Church is an independent Christian Church body that emerged from the Roman Catholic Church of Poland at the turn of the 20th century....
bishop

Bishop

A bishop is an ordination or consecration member of the Clergy#Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight....
s. Their most important church was built here in the beginning of 20th century - it is called Temple of Mercy and Charity
Temple of Mercy and Charity

The Temple of Mercy and Charity is a Mariavite Church cathedral in Plock in central Poland. It is near the Vistula River.The Temple is the religious center of the Mariavite Church and contains the tomb of its foundress Feliksa Kozlowska as well as a memorial table commemorating its first leader Jan Maria Michal Kowalski....
and is situated in a pleasant garden on the hill on which the historical centre of Plock is built, near the Vistula river.

Economy

The main industry is oil

Petroleum

Petroleum or crude oil is a naturally occurring, flammable liquid found in rock formations in the Earth consisting of a complex mixture of hydrocarbons of various molecular weights, plus other organic compounds....
refining. The country's largest oil refinery

Oil refinery

An oil refinery is an industrial process plant where crude oil is processed and refined into more useful petroleum products, such as gasoline, diesel fuel, asphalt, heating oil, kerosene, and liquefied petroleum gas....
, (Plock refinery

Plock refinery

The Plock refinery is a large oil refinery and petrochemical complex located in in the town Plock, Poland. It is owned by PKN Orlen. The refinery has a Nelson complexity index of 9.5 and a capacity is 276 kbpd of crude oil....
) and parent company, PKN Orlen

PKN Orlen

PKN Orlen is a major European oil refiner, and petrol retailer. The company is Poland's and Central Europe's largest publicly traded firm with major operations in Poland, Czech Republic, Germany, and the Baltic States....
is located there; it is served by a large pipeline

Pipeline transport

Pipeline transport is the transportation of goods through a Pipe . Most commonly, liquid and gases are sent, but pneumatic tubes that transport solid capsules using compressed air have also been used....
leading from Russia

Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
to Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
. There are several industrial activities connected with the refinery, such as servicing and construction. There is also a factory producing for Levi Strauss & Co.

Education

Szkola Wyzsza im. Pawla Wlodkowica
Panstwowa Wyzsza Szkola Zawodowa w Plocku
Plock Campus
Warsaw University of Technology

Warsaw University of Technology is the renowned academic school of technology in Poland, and one of the largest in Central Europe, employing 2,000 professors....
of Warsaw University of Technology
Warsaw University of Technology

Warsaw University of Technology is the renowned academic school of technology in Poland, and one of the largest in Central Europe, employing 2,000 professors....
L.O im. Marszalka Stanislawa Malachowskiego w Plocku - the oldest school in Poland
L.O im. Wladyslawa Jagielly w Plocku

Transport

Routes

- Leczyca

Leczyca

Leczyca [] is a town of 16,594 inhabitants in central Poland. Situated in the L?dz Voivodeship, it is the county seat of the Leczyca County....
- Plock - Ciechanów

Ciechanów

Ciechan?w is a town in north-central Poland with 47,900 inhabitants . It is situated in Masovian Voivodeship . It was previously the Capital of Ciechan?w Voivodeship....
- Ostrów Mazowiecka

Ostrów Mazowiecka

Ostr?w Mazowiecka is a town in northeastern Poland with 23,486 inhabitants .Situated in the Masovian Voivodeship , previously in Ostroleka Voivodeship . It is the capital of Ostr?w Mazowiecka County....
- Strzelno

Strzelno

Strzelno [] is a town in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. According to the June 2005 Census, the population numbered 12,486....
- Wloclawek

Wloclawek

Wloclawek is a town in northern Poland on the Vistula and Zglowiaczka rivers, with a population of approximately 117,000. It is situated in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship and until 1999 was the capital of Wloclawek Voivodeship....
- Plock - Wyszków

Wyszków

Wyszk?w [] is a town in northeastern Poland with 26,500 inhabitants . It is the capital of Wyszk?w County ....
- Sokolów Podlaski

Sokolów Podlaski

Sokol?w Podlaski [] is a town in Poland, in Mazowsze Voivodship, about 80 kilometers east of Warsaw. It is the capital of Sokol?w County. Population is 18,434 ....
- Anusin - to Lipno

Lipno

Lipno may refer to:* Lipno, Poland, a town in north-central Poland, seat of Lipno County*Lipno, Gmina Lipno in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship ...
- to Szpetal Górny

Szpetal Górny

Szpetal G?rny is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Fabianki, within Wloclawek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland....
- to Góra

Gora

Gora may refer to:People*Claudio Gora, Italian actor and director*Ronald Gora, American swimmer*Goparaju Ramachandra Rao , Indian atheist author and confidante of Gandhi...
- to Kazun Nowy

Kazun Nowy

Kazun Nowy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czosn?w, within Nowy Dw?r Mazowiecki County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland....

Mass transit

Buses

KM Plock -

Bus service covers the entire city, with 39 routes.

PKS Plock -

Bridges in Plock

Sport

Wisla Plock
Wisla Plock

Wisla Plock, Wikibooks:Polish/Polish pronunciation , is a Polish football club based in Plock, Poland....
- football team (1st league in season 2003/2004)
Wisla Plock
Wisla Plock

Wisla Plock, Wikibooks:Polish/Polish pronunciation , is a Polish football club based in Plock, Poland....
- handball team (repeated Polish Champion and repeated winner Cup of Poland)

Politics

Plock constituency

Members of Parliament (Sejm

Sejm

The Sejm is the lower house of the Poland parliament.Before the 20th century, the term "Sejm" referred to the entire three-Chambers of parliament Polish parliament, comprising the lower house , the upper house and the monarch....
) elected from Plock constituency

Lukasz Abgarowicz, PO
Wojciech Jasinski, PiS
Zbigniew Komorowski, PSL
Aleksandra Luszczynska, SLD-UP
Aldona Michalak, SLD-UP
Waldemar Pawlak, PSL
Jerzy Pekala, Samoobrona
Andrzej Pilat, SLD-UP
Zbigniew Siemiatkowski, SLD-UP
Benedykt Suchecki, SLD-UP

Twin towns

Plock is twinned

Town twinning

Town twinning, also known as sister cities, is a concept whereby towns or city in geographically and politically distinct areas are paired, with the goal of fostering human contact and cultural links between their inhabitants....
with:

Loznica in Serbia
Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a country in Central Europe and Balkans Europe, covering the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and the central part of the Balkans....
(since 1972)
Darmstadt
Darmstadt

Darmstadt is a city in the States of Germany of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Frankfurt Rhine Main Area.The city of Darmstadt was founded by the Counts of Katzenelnbogen in 1330, though settlement in the area is known to have been present as early as the late 11th century....
in Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
(since 1988)
Fort Wayne in United States
United States

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(since 1990)
Mažeikiai
Mažeikiai

Ma?eikiai is a city in the north-western Lithuania, on the Venta River. It has a population of around 45,300, making it the 8th largest city in Lithuania....
in Lithuania
Lithuania

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(since 1994)
Navapolatsk
Navapolatsk

Navapolatsk is a city in Vitsebsk Voblast, Belarus, with a population of 107,458. Founded in 1958, it is located close to the city of Polatsk and the name literally means "New Polatsk"....
in Belarus
Belarus

Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the north....
(since 1996)

Forlì

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in Italy

Italy

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(since 1998)

Auxerre

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in France

France

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(since 2000)

Balti

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in Moldova

Moldova

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(since 2000)

Thurrock

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in United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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(since 2004)

Mytishchi

Mytishchi , the fifth-largest types of inhabited localities in Russia in Moscow Oblast, Russia, lies to the north-east of Russia's capital Moscow , on the Yauza River and the Moscow – Yaroslavl railroad....
in Russia

Russia

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(since 2006)

Plock

History

Religions

Mariavites

Economy

Education

Transport

Routes

Mass transit

Buses

Bridges in Plock

Sport

Politics

Plock constituency

Twin towns

See also

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