Kalisz (English spelling)

Japanese: カリシュ(英語表記)Kalisz
Kalisz (English spelling)
A city in Wielkopolskie Voivodeship in central Poland. An industrial city on the Prosna River, about 100 km west of Łódź. One of the oldest cities in Poland, its name Kalisza was already mentioned in Claudius Ptolemy's Geographike hyphegesis in the 2nd century. It was a strategic location on the so-called Amber Road connecting the Roman Empire with the Baltic Sea. It was the capital of the 13th century Duchy of Kalisz. In 1343, the Treaty of Kalisz was signed here between the Kingdom of Poland and the Teutonic Knights. In 1793, it was occupied by Prussia during the Second Partition of Poland. During World War II, it was one of the centers of the anti-German resistance movement, and about 28,000 residents were killed. The most active industry is textiles. Population: 109,498 (2002).

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Japanese:
ポーランド中部,ウィエルコポルスキェ県の都市。ウッチの西約 100km,プロスナ川に臨む工業都市。ポーランド最古の都市の一つで,すでに2世紀にクラウディオス・プトレマイオスの『地理学便覧』 Geographike hyphegesisにカリシアとして名がある。ローマ帝国とバルト海を結ぶいわゆる琥珀の道上の要地であった。 13世紀カリシュ公国の首都。 1343年ここでポーランド王国とドイツ騎士団との間にカリシュ和平条約が結ばれた。 1793年第2次ポーランド分割によりプロシアに占領された。第2次世界大戦中は対ドイツ抵抗運動の中心地の一つで,住民約2万 8000人が殺された。産業は織物業が最も盛ん。人口 10万 9498 (2002) 。

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