Greater Poland and Related Topics

Poznań

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14th-century seal showing Poznań's coat of arms

Monument of Mieszko I and Boleslaus I the Brave, Golden Chapel at the Poznań Cathedral

Poznań Cathedral (center) and the smaller Church of Holy Virgin Mary to its right, standing on the site of the original ducal residence

Royal Castle after its total reconstruction

Poznań, c. undefined 1617, view from the north

Interior details in the Parish Church, or simply Fara, built in 1651–1701. One of the most stunning and best preserved examples of baroque architecture in Poland

Raczyński Library (1828) at Liberty Square in 2016

Old Market Square in 1934. The Odwach guardhouse and the 1893's New Town Hall, which was not rebuilt after World War II

The skyline of Poznań, as seen from the east bank of the Warta river

Malta lake, the Mound of Freedom and artificial ski slope Malta-ski

Administrative division into 42 osiedla auxiliary units since 2011

The pre-1990 city division into main districts dzielnica, which are still retained for some administrative purposes

A view of Stary Browar, Poznań Financial Centre, and Andersia Tower from the Collegium Altum of the University of Economics

Historical Herbrand B3/H0 horse-drawn tram used in Poznań between 1880 and 1898

The Renaissance Town Hall from 1560 served as the seat of local government until 1939 and now houses a museum

Grand Theatre behind Adama Mickiewicza Park

Collegium Minus of the Adam Mickiewicz University

AMU's Faculty of Political Science and Journalism at the Campus Morasko

Faculty of Chemical Technologies – Poznań University of Technology

Greater Poland Railways train at the Poznań Główny

A2 motorway before the six-lane expansion done in 2019

Moderus Gamma tram, which is produced near Poznań, in city's eastern underground section

Solaris bus; they are also produced near Poznań

Eurocopter EC135 Lifeguard 9 waiting for an emergency dispatch at the Ławica Airport

Imperial Castle, now the Zamek Culture Centre

Merchant houses, originally 16th century's herring stalls, at the Old Market Square

Bamberka fountain at the Old Market Square

Stary Browar, Kufel by Wojciech Kujawski (Guinness ratified largest beer mug in the world), and Art Stations Foundation gallery in the background

Rogalin's Raczyński Palace within Rogalin Landscape Park, some 8 mi south of Poznań. Rear view

Poznań is a city on the River Warta in west-central Poland, within the Greater Poland region.

Poland

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Country in Central Europe.

A reconstruction of a Bronze Age, Lusatian culture settlement in Biskupin, 8th century BC

Poland under the rule of Mieszko I, whose acceptance of Christianity under the auspices of the Latin Church and the Baptism of Poland marked the beginning of statehood in 966.

Casimir III the Great is the only Polish king to receive the title of Great. He built extensively during his reign, and reformed the Polish army along with the country's legal code, 1333–70.

The Battle of Grunwald was fought against the German Order of Teutonic Knights, and resulted in a decisive victory for the Kingdom of Poland, 15 July 1410.

Wawel Castle in Kraków, seat of Polish kings from 1038 until the capital was moved to Warsaw in 1596.

King John III Sobieski defeated the Ottoman Turks at the Battle of Vienna on 12 September 1683.

Stanisław II Augustus, the last King of Poland, reigned from 1764 until his abdication on 25 November 1795.

The partitions of Poland, carried out by the Kingdom of Prussia (blue), the Russian Empire (brown), and the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy (green) in 1772, 1793 and 1795.

Chief of State Marshal Józef Piłsudski was a hero of the Polish independence campaign and the nation's premiere statesman from 1918 until his death on 12 May 1935.

Polish Army 7TP tanks on military manoeuvres shortly before the invasion of Poland in 1939

Pilots of the 303 Polish Fighter Squadron during the Battle of Britain, October 1940

Map of the Holocaust in German-occupied Poland with deportation routes and massacre sites. Major ghettos are marked with yellow stars. Nazi extermination camps are marked with white skulls in black squares. The border in 1941 between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union is marked in red.

At High Noon, 4 June 1989 — political poster featuring Gary Cooper to encourage votes for the Solidarity party in the 1989 elections

Flowers in front of the Presidential Palace following the death of Poland's top government officials in a plane crash on 10 April 2010

Morskie Oko alpine lake in the Tatra Mountains. Poland has one of the highest densities of lakes in the world.

The wisent, one of Poland's national animals, is commonly found at the ancient and UNESCO-protected Białowieża Forest.

The Sejm is the lower house of the parliament of Poland.

The Constitution of 3 May adopted in 1791 was the first modern constitution in Europe.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, located in Warsaw

Polish Air Force F-16s, a single-engine multirole fighter aircraft

A Mercedes-Benz Sprinter patrol van belonging to the Polish State Police Service (Policja)

The Old City of Zamość is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

PKP Intercity Pendolino at the Wrocław railway station

Physicist and chemist Maria Skłodowska-Curie was the first person to win two Nobel Prizes.

Nicolaus Copernicus, the 16th century Polish astronomer who formulated the heliocentric model of the solar system.

Population of Poland from 1900 to 2010 in millions of inhabitants

Dolina Jadwigi — a bilingual Polish-Kashubian road sign with the village name

John Paul II, born Karol Wojtyła, held the papacy between 1978-2005 and was the first Pole to become a Roman Catholic Pope.

The Polish White Eagle is Poland's enduring national and cultural symbol

All Saints' Day on 1 November is one of the most important public holidays in Poland.

Lady with an Ermine (1490) by Leonardo da Vinci. It symbolises Poland's cultural heritage and identity.

Selection of hearty traditional comfort food from Poland, including bigos, gołąbki, żurek, pierogi, placki ziemniaczane, and rye bread.

Traditional polonaise dresses, 1780–1785.

Andrzej Wajda, the recipient of an Honorary Oscar, the Palme d'Or, as well as Honorary Golden Lion and Golden Bear Awards.

Headquarters of the publicly funded national television network TVP in Warsaw

The Stadion Narodowy in Warsaw, home of the national football team, and one of the host stadiums of Euro 2012.

The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth at its greatest extent in 1619

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

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Historical region situated in southern and south-eastern Poland.

The Lesser Poland Province of the Polish Crown in the widest sense – with Red Ruthenia, Podlachia, Podolia and Kiev

The 1507 Lesser Poland and Red Ruthenia Map (Polonia Minor, Russia) by Martin Waldseemüller

Kazimierz Dolny on the right bank of the Vistula river.

Będzin Castle, which guarded the western border of Lesser Poland

Members of the regional Folk Group of Wilamowice "Cepelia Fil Wilamowice"

Lachy Sądeckie are a group of ethnic Poles who live in southern Lesser Poland

Czarny Staw (Black Pond) in the High Tatras

"Peasant war" by Jan Lewicki (1795–1871)

In the 19th century, Kraków's Jagiellonian University was a major center of Polish science and culture

Wieliczka Salt Mine, a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Pope John Paul II was born in Wadowice, Lesser Poland, in 1920

Soldiers of Holy Cross Mountains Brigade in parade 1945

A fire engine made by FSC Star in Lesser Poland's Starachowice

Boundary between Lesser Poland and Upper Silesia (red line) on the territory of current Silesian Voivodeship

Lublin, the second-largest city of Lesser Poland

Częstochowa, the third-largest city of Lesser Poland

Radom, the fourth-largest city of Lesser Poland

Sosnowiec, the fifth-largest city of Lesser Poland

Folklore group in Podhale costume, Bukowina Tatrzańska, Lesser Poland, 2016

Polish flat soda bread (known as Proziaki in podkarpacie)

A map of Polish dialects. The area where Lesser Poland's dialect is spoken is marked in orange.

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

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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.

The Prussian Province of Posen. Yellow colour: Polish-speaking areas according to German authorities, as of 1905

Grand Duchy of Posen (light blue) after its creation, in 1815

Originally part of the Kingdom of Poland, this area largely coincided with Greater Poland.

Kalisz

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City in central Poland, and the second-largest city in the Greater Poland Voivodeship, with 99,106 residents .

Polish King Sigismund II Augustus confirms the old privileges of Kalisz, 1552

Execution of a Polish priest by the Germans in 1939

Memorial at the site of a massacre of 150 Poles in Winiary

Old Town with the Collegiate Basillica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary on the left

Saint Nicholas Cathedral in the Old Town

Arena Kalisz, the city's main indoor hall, home venue of the MKS Kalisz men's handball team and Calisia Kalisz women's volleyball team

Stanisław Wojciechowski, president of Poland (1922-1926)

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.

Important early stages in the history of the Polish state and church took place on the island of Ostrów Tumski. Remnants of the original palatium–chapel complex of Poland's first Christian ruling couple have been found beneath the church in the foreground. The Poznań Cathedral is located on the right.

History of Poland during the Piast dynasty

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First major stage of the history of the Polish state.

Expansion of the Polans territory under the Piast dynasty in the 10th century

An image on the Gniezno Doors at the entrance to Gniezno Cathedral depicts Bolesław buying Adalbert's body back from the Prussians

Poland (992–1025); area within dark pink color represents the borders at the end of the rule of Mieszko I (992); dark red border comprises the area at the end of the reign of Bolesław I (1025)

Mieszko II shown allegorically with Duchess Matilda of Swabia

St. Andrew's Church in Kraków (built in the 11th century)

St. Leonard's Crypt is all that remains of the second Romanesque Wawel Cathedral of Władysław Herman

Płock Cathedral is the burial place of Władysław I Herman and Bolesław III Wrymouth

Poland during the rule of Bolesław III Wrymouth

Mongol invasion of Poland (late 1240–1241) culminated in the Battle of Legnica

Ostsiedlung or German settlement in the east, miniature from Sachsenspiegel

Thorn (Toruń), established by the Teutonic Knights became a member of the Hanseatic League

Henry IV of Wrocław in the Codex Manesse, about 1300

Gothic Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Wrocław

A fragment of a sandstone sarcophagus depicting Władysław I the Elbow-high in Wawel Cathedral, Kraków

Sarcophagus of Casimir the Great at Wawel Cathedral

Poland at the end of the rule of Casimir III (1370) is shown within the dark red border; Silesia (yellow) was lost, while the kingdom had expanded to the east

Foundation of the Collegiate church in Wiślica by Casimir III the Great

Queen Jadwiga was the great-granddaughter of Władysław I the Elbow-high

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

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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.

King Władysław IV Vasa confirms the old privileges of Gniezno, 1635

Memorial at the site of a German execution of 24 Poles in November 1939 in the Dalki district

Gniezno during the visit of Pope John Paul II in 1979

View of Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Adalbert. On the right side - church under the invocation of St. John the Baptist

Coffin of Adalbert of Prague in the Cathedral

Gothic Saint John the Baptist church in winter

Monument of King Bolesław I the Brave with the Cathedral in the background

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.