In 1215 he is recorded as abbot of Łekno Abbey near Gniezno in Greater Poland, most but not all authors identify him with Godfrey of Łękno.

The attempts by Konrad of Masovia to subdue the Prussian lands had picked long-term and intense border quarrels, whereby the Polish lands of Masovia, Cuyavia and even Greater Poland became subject to continuous Prussian raids.

" A similar view of Dobrawa's burial place was expressed earlier, in 1843, by Edward Raczyński in his study Wspomnienia Wielkopolski to jest województw poznańskiego, kaliskiego i gnieźnieńskiego ( Memories of the Greater Poland districts of Poznań, Kalisz and Gniezno ).

The text seems to use ciuitas schinesghe as a synonyme of Greater Poland.

Piast Duchy of Greater Poland under Mieszko III the Old ( 1138-1202 )

Greater Poland or Great Poland, often known by its Polish name Wielkopolska (; Latin: Polonia Maior ) is a historical region of west-central Poland.

The boundaries of Greater Poland have varied somewhat throughout history.

The region roughly coincides with the present-day voivodeship ( province ) called Greater Poland Voivodeship (), although some parts of historic Greater Poland are within the Kuyavian-Pomeranian, Łódź and Lubusz Voivodeships.

Because Greater Poland was the settlement area of the Polans and the core of the early Polish state, the region was at times simply called " Poland " ( Latin Polonia ).

Greater Poland Voivodeship covers a total area of, and has a population of almost 3. 4 million.

For full lists of towns and administrative subdivisions, see Greater Poland Voivodeship.

Greater Poland formed the heart of the 10th-century early Polish state, sometimes being called the " cradle of Poland ".

In the testament of Bolesław III Krzywousty, which initiated the period of fragmentation of Poland ( 1138 – 1320 ), the western part of Greater Poland ( including Poznań ) was granted to Mieszko III the Old.

However for most of the period the two parts were under a single ruler, and were known as the Duchy of Greater Poland ( although at times there were separately ruled duchies of Poznań, Gniezno, Kalisz and Ujście ).

In the case of the Greater Poland region these were Poznań Voivodeship and Kalisz Voivodeship.

The Commonwealth also had larger subdivisions known as prowincja, one of which was named Greater Poland.

The Fraser Valley Regional District lies east of the Greater Vancouver Regional District, and comprises the cities of Abbotsford and Chilliwack, the district municipalities of Mission, Kent, and Hope, and the village of Harrison Hot Springs.

Outer London comprises the twenty remaining boroughs of Greater London.

The region comprises five ceremonial counties of England – Cumbria, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire.

** The Akhun massif comprises Greater Akhun Mtn.

The Auburn-Opelika, AL MSA with a population of 135, 833 which, along with the Columbus, Georgia metropolitan area and Macon County, Alabama, comprises the greater Greater Columbus, Georgia, a region home to approximately 500, 000 residents.

Newport is part of the Greater Cincinnati, Ohio Metro Area which comprises over 2 million inhabitants.

City Hall is the headquarters of the Greater London Authority ( GLA ) which comprises the Mayor of London and the London Assembly.

It is the anchor of a slightly larger metropolitan area, Greater Resistencia, which comprises three more municipalities and has a 2008 population estimate of 377, 000.

" Greater Tallaght " comprises Tallaght village and a range of areas that were formerly small settlements ( Jobstown, Old Bawn, Kilnamanagh ) and rural townlands, all developed in recent decades.

The centre currently comprises of retail space and was the largest covered shopping development in Greater London until the opening of Westfield London at White City in October 2008.

The Witwatersrand is the name given to the area that comprises the Greater Johannesburg metropole and the gold-bearing reef along which gold was discovered in 1886.

In 2010 the village substantially comprises families who work locally or within the Greater Bristol area.

The project has been devised by the Thames Tideway Study Group, which comprises Thames Water, the Environment Agency, DEFRA and the Greater London Authority, building on ideas for a combined sewer overflow tunnel first proposed by Thames Water in the early 1990s.

The westernmost segment of the highway, combined with Angeles Forest Highway, is heavily travelled by southbound traffic in the morning ( and corresponding northbound traffic in the afternoon ) that comprises commuters who live in the Antelope Valley and work in the Greater Los Angeles area.

It is the largest state police force in the country, with over 100, 000 personnel in its ranks, distributed across several battalions all over the state as well as within the Greater São Paulo region ( Grande São Paulo ) which itself comprises 40 cities and towns.

The seat largely comprises prosperous villages and small towns set amidst rural Cheshire countryside, with a more built-up, suburban feel in the areas on the fringes of Greater Manchester.

In its official announcement, team spokesmen pointed out the Angels had been originally created as the American League's representative of the Greater Los Angeles area, which comprises the counties of Los Angeles, Ventura, Riverside, and San Bernardino, in addition to Orange County.

Located in the south of Greater London, the School comprises grounds in both Sutton and neighbouring Cheam Village.

The center of population of the Greater Accra region is located in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area which comprises the Accra Metropolitan, Tema Metropolitan, Adenta Municipal, Ashaiman Municipal, Ledzokuku-Krowor Municipal, Ga East Municipal, Ga West Municipal, and Ga South Municipal districts

It comprises 2 screens featuring 35mm and 70mm projection, as well as Dolby Stereo Sound and is branded Greater Union.

The METROPLAN ORLANDO Board comprises local elected officials and representatives from the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority ( GOAA ), the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority ( OOCEA ), the Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority ( Lynx ), and the Sanford Airport Authority.

London is divided into the small City of London and the much wider Greater London.

Northern and some western parts of Greater Poland remained in Germany, where they formed much of the province of Posen-West Prussia ( 1922 – 1938 ), whose capital was Schneidemühl ( Piła ).

Due to this outward expansion, in 1965 the old County of London ( which by now only covered part of the London conurbation ) and the London County Council were abolished, and the much larger area of Greater London was established with a new Greater London Council ( GLC ) to administer it, along with 32 new London boroughs.

Located in the Mount Baker Wilderness, it is visible from much of Greater Victoria, Greater Vancouver, and, to the south, from Seattle ( and on clear days Tacoma ) in Washington.

For the first time in centuries, much of Greater Yemen was politically united.

The Lord Mayor of London is to be distinguished from the Mayor of London ; the former is an officer only of the City of London, while the Mayor of London is the Mayor of Greater London and as such governs a much larger area.

Northern and some western parts of Greater Poland remained in Germany, where they formed much of the province of Posen-West Prussia ( 1922 – 1938 ), whose capital was Schneidemühl ( Piła ).

After World War II, the state of Hesse was established ( see Greater Hesse ), and Wiesbaden became its capital, though nearby Frankfurt am Main is much larger and contains many Hessian government offices.

The commune of Dakar was maintained above these 19 communes d ' arrondissement, and it coordinates the activities of the communes d ' arrondissement, much as Greater London coordinates the activities of the London boroughs.

Greater progressivity was introduced in the tax system, with greater emphasis on direct ( income-based ) as opposed to indirect ( typically expenditure-based ) taxation as a means of raising revenue, with the amount raised by the former increasing twice as much as that of the latter.

In Greater Rio de Janeiro, an ultra-nationalist movement contemporaneous to European Nazism known as Brazilian Integralism has been historically strong ( and is still alive but much less identified with the far right ).

Eastern Kham in Greater Tibet was added to Sichuan, while much of what now constitutes northern Burma was added to Yunnan.

* City of London, the ancient foundation from which much of the central area of Greater London has grown

The Central District of California is the largest federal district by population ; it includes much of the Greater Los Angeles Area.

There is much consensus however that the name " Italia " was originally given to the region of modern Calabria by the ancient Greeks during their foundation of Magna Graecia ( Greater Greece ) in southern Italy around the eight century BC.

In these grasslands, Greater Knapweed ( C. scabiosa ) is found much more rarely by comparison, often in association with Red Festuce ( F. rubra ) in addition to Cock's-foot, False Oat-grass.

Greater social and economic mobility allowed them to flout their authority to a much greater extent than had traditionally been possible.

Some who report being from " Upper Marlboro " are from the larger unincorporated area of Greater Upper Marlboro which uses the postal designation of " Upper Marlboro ", and not from the much smaller municipality.

This has established Billerica as the border between Greater Lowell and the much larger Greater Boston region.

In an attempt to keep revenues from the South Shore Power Plant for themselves, the founders of St. Francis split the city off of the Town of Lake, a now defunct entity that covered much of Greater Milwaukee's far south side and some of the southern and southwestern suburbs in Milwaukee County.

* 2006-01-13, Sciencedaily: Deep-rooted Plants Have Much Greater Impact On Climate Than Experts Thought Citat: "... The tap roots transfer rainwater from the surface to reservoirs deep underground and redistribute water ... increases photosynthesis and the evaporation of water ... by 40 percent in the dry season ... During the wet season, these plants can store as much as 10 percent of the annual precipitation as deep as 13 meters ( 43 feet ) underground, to be tapped during the dry months ... tree roots acting like pipes to allow water to shift around much faster than it could otherwise percolate through the soil ..."