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6 unusual facts about Greater Poland

Germany–Poland relations

However, particularly in border regions of Upper Silesia and Greater Poland, Polish and German nationalists fought over the right to the disputed land.

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At the same time when the Kingdom of Germany grew out of the German stem duchies of East Francia in the 10th century, the West Slavic Polan tribes under the Piast prince Mieszko I about 960 were able to establish a sovereign state around Poznan and Gniezno in an area later called Greater Poland.

Greater Poland

(This division of Crown Poland into two entities called Greater and Lesser Poland had its roots in the Statutes of Casimir the Great of 1346–1362, where the laws of "Greater Poland" – the northern part of the country – were codified in the Piotrków statute, with those of "Lesser Poland" in the separate Wiślica statute.)

Jaxa of Köpenick

Hence, Mieszko the Old, Duke of Greater Poland (later High Duke of Poland) actively supported Jaxa and the Slavic rebellion, fully aware that as long as German nobles were busy fighting Slavs to the west, they could not intervene into Polish affairs.

Mikołaj of Kutno

Mikołaj from Kutno (Mikołaj Kucieński) (born ca. 1430 – died 1493) was a governor of Łęczyca province, a main district governor of Greater Poland, and cooperated closely with Casimir IV Jagiellon.

Provinces of Prussia

Congruent with the Kingdom of Prussia proper (i.e. former Ducal and Royal Prussia), its territory, like the Greater Polish territory of Posen, was not part of the German Confederation.

Bolesław III the Generous

The war broke lasted five years (1312–1317); finally Władysław I Łokietek managed to take almost all Greater Poland, but his allies only taken the towns of Uraz (to Henry VI), and Wołów and Lubiąż (to Bolesław).

Bolesław of Oleśnica

The result of the consequent war was that Bolesław, together with his brothers, had been forced to given the towns of Uraz, Wołów and Lubiąż to Bolesław III and Henry VI and almost all the Greater Poland lands to Władysław I. These losses originated further rebellions of the Greater Poland inhabitants, who were complete dissatisfied with the multiple government of the brothers.

Ignacy Prądzyński

Ignacy Prądzyński was born on July 20, 1792 in the village of Sanniki in Greater Poland.

Lwów Oath

During "the Deluge", when the Swedish armies invaded Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, which was already struggling with Muscovy, the Voivode of Poznań, Krzysztof Opaliński, surrendered Greater Poland to Swedish king Charles Gustav.

Mazanki

Mazanki used to be particularly popular in regions of Poland Greater Poland and in Lubusz Land.

Mieszko III the Old

For unknown reasons, Bolesław and Mieszko did not try to defend the traditional frontier on the Oder River, but instead burned the castles of Głogów and Bytom and began their retreat into the depths of Greater Poland, where Bolesław's forces finally had to surrender to the Imperial troops at Krzyszkowo near Poznań.

People's Libraries Society

People's Libraries Society (Polish: Towarzystwo Czytelni Ludowych, TCL) was an educational society established in 1880 for the Prussian partition of Poland (active in the regions of Greater Poland or the Grand Duchy of Poznan, Pomerania, West Prussia, and Silesia).

Western Institute

The Western Institute in Poznań (Polish: Instytut Zachodni, German West-Institut, French: L'Institut Occidental) is a scientific research society focusing on the Western provinces of Poland - Kresy Zachodnie (including Greater Poland, Silesia, Pomerania), history, economy and politics of Germany, and the Polish-German relations in history and today.

Anielewo

Anielewo, Słupca County in Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland)

Brudzew

Brudzew, Kalisz County in Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland)

Bukownica

Bukownica, Gostyń County in Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland)

Bukownica, Ostrzeszów County in Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland)

Chraplewo

Chraplewo, Nowy Tomyśl County in Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland)

Chrustowo

Chrustowo, Grodzisk Wielkopolski County in Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland)

Czajcze

Czajcze, Piła County in Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland)

Czartki

Czartki, Kalisz County in Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland)

Czesławice

Czesławice, Wągrowiec County in Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland)

Czołowo

Czołowo, Poznań County in Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland)

Elżbietów

Elżbietów, Środa Wielkopolska County in Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland)

Fabianów

Fabianów, Ostrów Wielkopolski County in Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland)

Germanisation of the Province of Posen

The Kulturkampf struggle against the Catholic Church and the Catholic southern German states started almost simultaneously with an extensive campaign of Germanisation in the Greater Poland lands formerly belonging to the Polish Crown.