SKIERNIEWICE

'Skierniewice' 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 half-way between Łódź and Warsaw.
Skierniewice gained municipal rights in 1457. It has a famous railway station that used to be a part of historical Warsaw-Vienna Railway. On September 15 1884 it was the setting for the meeting of the Three Emperors' League.
Famous people connected with Skierniewice region:

★ Nobel Prize Winner for Literature Władysław Reymont

★ world-renowned 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

Contents

Education

Politics

Piotrkow Trybunalski/Skierniewice constituency

Municipal politics

Twin towns

Education

★ Wyższa Szkoła Ekonomiczno-Humanistyczna

Politics

Piotrkow Trybunalski/Skierniewice constituency

Members of Parliament (Sejm) elected from Piotrkow/Skierniewice constituency in 2005

★ Bujak Bogdan, SLD-UP

★ Jagieliński Roman, SLD-UP

★ Kędziak Tadeusz, LPR

★ Kwaśniewska Dorota, Samoobrona

★ Łyżwiński Stanisław, Samoobrona

★ Musiał Zbigniew, SLD-UP

★ Radziszewska Elżbieta, PO

★ Sobotka Zbigniew, SLD-UP

★ Wojciechowski Janusz, PSL

Municipal politics

★ This is believed to be one of the places where the Guzowski / Guzovsky family was born from a place called Guzów.

Twin towns

Gera, Chatelaillon - Plage, Purgstall, Náměšť na Hané, Levice, Szentes