A report on Greater Poland
Historical region of west-central Poland.
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Gniezno Voivodeship
3 linksUnit of administrative division and local government in Poland for a short time from 1768, when it was cut from the Kalisz Voivodeship, to the Second Partition of Poland in 1793.
Unit of administrative division and local government in Poland for a short time from 1768, when it was cut from the Kalisz Voivodeship, to the Second Partition of Poland in 1793.
It was part of Greater Polish prowincja.
Greater Poland uprising (1794)
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The 1794 Greater Poland uprising (Polish: Powstanie Wielkopolskie 1794 roku) was a military insurrection by Poles in Wielkopolska (Greater Poland) against Kingdom of Prussia which had taken possession of this territory after the 1793 Second Partition of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Greater Poland uprising (1846)
2 linksThe 1846 Wielkopolska uprising (powstanie wielkopolskie 1846 roku) was a planned military insurrection by Poles in the land of Greater Poland against the Prussian forces, designed to be part of a general Polish uprising in all three partitions of Poland, against the Russians, Austrians and Prussians.
South Prussia
7 linksProvince of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1793 to 1807.
Province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1793 to 1807.
the Poznań, Kalisz and Gniezno Voivodeships of Greater Poland;
Congress of Vienna
4 linksInternational diplomatic conference to reconstitute the European political order after the downfall of the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.
International diplomatic conference to reconstitute the European political order after the downfall of the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.
Russia, however, did not receive the majority of Greater Poland and Kuyavia nor the Chełmno Land, which were given to Prussia and mostly included within the newly formed Grand Duchy of Posen (Poznań), nor Kraków, which officially became a free city, but in fact was a shared protectorate of Austria, Prussia and Russia.
Posen-West Prussia
3 linksProvince of Prussia from 1922 to 1938.
Province of Prussia from 1922 to 1938.
Until the late 18th century partitions of Poland, the lands which made up Posen-West Prussia had been part of the Greater Poland and East Pomeranian (Pomerelian) regions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and were administratively parts of the Poznań, Gniezno (Kalisz before 1768) and Pomeranian Voivodeships.
Statutes of Casimir the Great
1 linksStatutes of Casimir the Great or Piotrków-Wiślica Statutes (Statuty wiślicko-piotrkowskie) - a collection of laws issued by Casimir III the Great, the king of Poland, in the years 1346-1362 during congresses in Piotrków and Wiślica.
Statutes of Casimir the Great or Piotrków-Wiślica Statutes (Statuty wiślicko-piotrkowskie) - a collection of laws issued by Casimir III the Great, the king of Poland, in the years 1346-1362 during congresses in Piotrków and Wiślica.
The Piotrków statute regulated the law in Greater Poland (Wielkopolska), and the Wiślica statute in Lesser Poland (Małopolska).
Kościuszko Uprising
3 linksUprising against the Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia led by Tadeusz Kościuszko in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Prussian partition in 1794.
Uprising against the Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia led by Tadeusz Kościuszko in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Prussian partition in 1794.
On 20 August, an uprising in Greater Poland started and the Prussians were forced to withdraw their forces from Warsaw.
Fort VII
1 linksNazi German death camp set up in Poznań in German-occupied Poland during World War II, located in one of the 19th-century forts circling the city.
Nazi German death camp set up in Poznań in German-occupied Poland during World War II, located in one of the 19th-century forts circling the city.
The prisoners were mostly Poles from the Wielkopolska region.
Prussian Settlement Commission
2 linksPrussian government commission that operated between 1886 and 1924, but actively only until 1918.
Prussian government commission that operated between 1886 and 1924, but actively only until 1918.
Germans from West Prussia and Greater Poland region who took part in the settlement process declined over time, while the number of Germans from the Russian Empire increased.