Information about Poland

Poland is situated east of Germany and borders to 6 other countries. In the north it has a coastline of almost 500 km., along the Baltic Sea. The biggest part of Poland is flat, only in the south there are hilly and mountainous areas (Tatra and the Giant Mountains).
More information at insidecountryinfo.com and www.ciesin.edu.

Before the second world war, 65% of the the population of Poland was Polish, now it is 98%. Look at 1upinfo.com to find out more about this.

The Polish language belongs to the western Slavian branch of Baltic-Slavian languages. This family belongs to the Indogerman languages, to which also Czech, Russian and Bulgarian belong. Have a look at 1upinfo.com to get to know more about the language.

Because of it's situation between powerfull nations like Russia, the former German empire Pruisen and Austria, many wars have been fought over and on Polish territory. The borders of Poland have been shifting quite a few times.
We have decided not to write a detailed history anymore, since we would have to cite other sources that are often on the internet as well. Instead a few links with more information about Polish history:
• Country-guide-study, a thorough overview of Polish history
• The history of Poland, Polish history, from 966 AD until 1990

The climate of Poland is influenced by two weather systems: the moderate seaclimate coming from the Atlantic Ocean and the drier landclimate coming from Asia.
More information can be found at 1upinfo.com.

The forest of Bialowieska in eastern Poland is the last remainder of the original forests that once covered whole Europe. Since July 2003 extensive logging has started after the Polish government gave permission to cut trees that are over a hundred years old.
More information about Polish flora and fauna at poland.gov.pl.