A report on Greater Poland
Historical region of west-central Poland.
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Poznań
20 linksPoznań is a city on the River Warta in west-central Poland, within the Greater Poland region.
Poland
13 linksCountry in Central Europe.
Country in Central Europe.
The name is derived from the Polans, a West Slavic tribe who inhabited the Warta River basin of present-day Greater Poland region (6th–8th century CE).
Lesser Poland
12 linksHistorical region situated in southern and south-eastern Poland.
Historical region situated in southern and south-eastern Poland.
Unlike other historical parts of the country, such as Kujawy, Mazovia, Podlachia, Pomerania, or Greater Poland, Lesser Poland is mainly hilly, with Poland's highest peak, Rysy, located within the borders of the province.
Grand Duchy of Posen
10 linksPart of the Kingdom of Prussia, created from territories annexed by Prussia after the Partitions of Poland, and formally established following the Napoleonic Wars in 1815.
Part of the Kingdom of Prussia, created from territories annexed by Prussia after the Partitions of Poland, and formally established following the Napoleonic Wars in 1815.
Originally part of the Kingdom of Poland, this area largely coincided with Greater Poland.
Kalisz
7 linksCity in central Poland, and the second-largest city in the Greater Poland Voivodeship, with 99,106 residents .
City in central Poland, and the second-largest city in the Greater Poland Voivodeship, with 99,106 residents .
Situated on the Prosna river in the southeastern part of Greater Poland, the city forms a conurbation with the nearby towns of Ostrów Wielkopolski and Nowe Skalmierzyce.
History of Poland during the Piast dynasty
9 linksFirst major stage of the history of the Polish state.
First major stage of the history of the Polish state.
The tribe of the Polans (Polanie, lit. "people of the fields") in what is now Greater Poland gave rise to a tribal predecessor of the Polish state in the early part of the 10th century, with the Polans settling in the flatlands around the emerging strongholds of Giecz, Poznań, Gniezno and Ostrów Lednicki.
Gniezno
11 linksCity in central-western Poland, about 50 km east of Poznań, with 68,943 inhabitants making it the sixth-largest city in the Greater Poland Voivodeship.
City in central-western Poland, about 50 km east of Poznań, with 68,943 inhabitants making it the sixth-largest city in the Greater Poland Voivodeship.
The emperor and the Polish duke celebrated the foundation of the Polish ecclesiastical province (archbishopric) in Gniezno, along with newly established bishoprics in Kołobrzeg for Pomerania; Wrocław for Silesia; Kraków for Lesser Poland in addition to the bishopric in Poznań for western Greater Poland, which was established in 968.
Poznań Voivodeship (14th century – 1793)
5 linksUnit of administrative division and local government in Poland from the 14th century to the Second Partition of Poland in 1793.
Unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from the 14th century to the Second Partition of Poland in 1793.
It was part of the Greater Polish prowincja.
Greater Poland Voivodeship
6 linksVoivodeship, or province, in west-central Poland.
Voivodeship, or province, in west-central Poland.
The province is named after the region called Greater Poland or Wielkopolska.
Kalisz Voivodeship (1314–1793)
5 linksAdministrative unit of Poland from 1314 to the Second Partition of Poland in 1793.
Administrative unit of Poland from 1314 to the Second Partition of Poland in 1793.
It was part of the Greater Polish Province.