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Kalisz (kä`lēsh), Ger. Kalisch, city (1993 est. pop. 106,600), Wielkopolskie prov., central Poland. An industrial center, it has factories producing textiles, clothing, chemicals, aircraft components, and paper. One of the oldest Polish towns, it has been identified as the Slavic settlement of Calissia mentioned in the 2d cent. A.D. by Ptolemy. It flourished as a trade center from the 13th cent. At Kalisz, Casimir III signed (1343) the treaty with the Teutonic Knights by which he conceded his rule over East Pomerania. The city passed to Prussia in 1793, was transferred to Russia in 1815, and was restored to Poland in 1919. In a treaty signed (1813) at Kalisz, Prussia and Russia formed an alliance against Napoleon I. Kalisz a town in central Poland, on an island in the Prosna River: textile industry. Pop.: 110 000 (2005 est.) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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``Even though it's her and not me, she's Polish and she's my friend and that's something special,'' said Siemiatkowska, a native of Kalisz, Poland, who recorded 476 kills in two seasons at College of Southern Idaho. Stacy Kalisz Johnson recognized at SWE's annual conference for demonstrated leadership in sales and marketing Tami's leadership and mentoring associated with identifying the customer voice, positioning products in the market, following processes and communicating through marketing tools to customers and sales channel partners yielded results for me personally," says Stacy Kalisz Johnson, expert product manager engineer, also with Agilent. |
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