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23 unusual facts about Greater Poland Voivodeship


Anielew

Anielew, Greater Poland Voivodeship, a village in the Gmina Kramsk, Konin County, Poland

Erich Wulff

He was killed in Action on the 3 February 1945, during the breakout attempt from encirclement near Flederborn on the Eastern Front.

Ewald Friedrich von Hertzberg

Hertzberg, who came of a noble family which had been settled in Pomerania since the 13th century, was born at Lottin (present-day Lotyń, a part of Okonek) near Neustettin.

Gmina Dąbie

Gmina Dąbie, Greater Poland Voivodeship, an urban-rural gmina in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Grand Theatre, Poznań

Designed by German architect Max Littmann, and inaugurated in 1910 with The Magic Flute (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart), the Grand Theatre in Poznań is a main opera stage in Greater Poland Voivodeship currently directed by Michał Znaniecki.

Greater Poland Voivodeship

(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.)

Ignacy Prądzyński

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

Józef Krzymiński

Józef Krzymiński (1 March 1858, Kaleje - 20 October 1940) was a Polish physician, social and political activist, and a member of parliament.

Józef Paczoski

Paczoski was born on 8 December 1864 in Byalohorodka near Iziaslav in Volhynia, and died on 14 February 1942 in Sierosław near Poznań, Poland.

Klon

Klon, Greater Poland Voivodeship, a village in Gmina Czajków, Ostrzeszów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Kopanie

Kopanie, Greater Poland Voivodeship, a settlement in Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Koziegłowy

Koziegłowy, Greater Poland Voivodeship, an urbanized village adjoining Poznań (west-central Poland)

Maksymilian Jackowski

Maksymilian Jackowski (11 October 1815, in Slupia, Grand Duchy of Posen – 14 January 1905, in Posen) was a Polish activist, secretary-general of the Central Economic Society (Centralne Towarzystwo Gospodarcze), patron of the agricultural circles.

Maria Cunitz

Maria's most significant work was composed on the estate of the Cistercian convent in Łubnice under Ołobok near Kalisz, Poland where, with her husband, she had taken refuge at the outbreak of the Thirty Years' War (they were of Protestant religion; her siblings, who stayed in Silesia, converted to Roman Catholicism).

Norbert Aleksiewicz

Norbert Aleksiewicz (November 25, 1948 in Klukowo near Złotów – 1994) was a Polish politician and member of the Ninth Term of the People's Republic of Poland sejm from October 13, 1985 to June 3, 1989 on behalf of the Polish United Workers' Party.

Nowe Skalmierzyce

Nowe Skalmierzyce ("New Skalmierzyce") adjoins the urbanized village of Skalmierzyce, which is in fact the administrative seat of the gmina.

Parsko

Parsko, Greater Poland Voivodeship, a village in the administrative district of Gmina Śmigiel, Poland

Ryczywół

Ryczywół, Greater Poland Voivodeship, a village in Gmina Ryczywół, west-central Poland

Sarnówka

Sarnówka, Greater Poland Voivodeship, a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rawicz, Rawicz County, Poland

Szkaradowo

Szkaradowo, Greater Poland Voivodeship, a village in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Terry's Chocolate Orange

Since 2005, Chocolate Orange products have been manufactured near Jankowice, Poland.

Tomisławice Coal Mine

The Tomisławice coal mine is a large mine in the centre of Poland in Tomisławice, Greater Poland Voivodeship, 167 km west of the capital, Warsaw.

Władysław Marcinkowski

Władysław Marcinkowski (June 16, 1858 in Mieszków, Greater Poland Voivodeship – December 10, 1947 in Poznań) was a Polish sculptor who created a monument of Adam Mickiewicz in Milosław.


Dęby Szlacheckie Coal Mine

The Dęby Szlacheckie coal mine is a large mine in the north of Poland in Dęby Szlacheckie, Greater Poland Voivodeship, 130 km north-west of the capital, Warsaw.

Drzewce Coal Mine

The Drzewce coal mine is a large mine in the centre of Poland in Drzewce, Greater Poland Voivodeship, 180 km west of the capital, Warsaw.

Elizaveta Ostrogska

In 1555 King made her marry Łukasz Górka, voivode of Poznań, Kalisz, Łęczyca and Brześć Kujawski again against her and her mothers` will, who wanted Halszka to marry Siemion Olelkowicz, Prince of Slutsk.

Jóźwin Coal Mine

The Jóźwin coal mine is a large mine in the west of Poland in Jóźwin, Greater Poland Voivodeship, 150 km west of the capital, Warsaw.

Lubusz Voivodeship

In the administrative reforms of 1998, the original proposals made no provision for a separate Lubusz voivodeship – Gorzów would have been part of West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Zielona Góra would have been in Lower Silesian Voivodeship (Province of Lebus or Palatinate of Lebus) , and other parts of the region were assigned to Greater Poland Voivodeship.

Września Miasto railway station

Września Miasto (English: Września City) was a narrow-gauge railway stop in Września, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland.