Columbia Encyclopedia entry: Skierniewice
Skierniewiceskyĕrnyĕvē'tsĕ, town (1993 est. pop. 44,000), Łódzkie prov., E central Poland. It is a railway junction and manufacturing center where electrical goods, glass, and ceramics are produced. Chartered in 1463, it was a residence of the bishops of Gniezno (17th–18th cent.). Skierniewice has a 17th-century episcopal palace.
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Skierniewice is a town in central Poland with 49,132 inhabitants, situated in the Łódź Voivodship, previously capital of Skierniewice Voivodship. 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.
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Nobel Prize Winner for Literature Władysław Reymont
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Nobel Prize Winner for Literature Władysław Reymont
world-renowned pianist Frédéric Chopin
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