Tradition attributes to Dobrawa the establishment of the Holy Trinity and St. Wit Churches in Gniezno and the Church of the Virgin Mary in Ostrów Tumski, Poznań.

" 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 ).

Poznań and Gniezno were early centres of royal power, but following devastation of the region by pagan rebellion in the 1030s, and the invasion of Bretislaus I of Bohemia in 1038, the capital was moved by Casimir the Restorer from Gniezno to Kraków.

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 ).

Marcin Dunin, archbishop of Poznań and Gniezno and Roman Catholic primate of Poland, was imprisoned by Prussian authorities for ten months in 1839-1840 ; after his release, he tried to organise a chaplaincy for the many Polish soldiers stationed in the city.

During the reign of Casimir I the Restorer, Kraków for the first time became the capital of Poland ( around 1040 ), since Greater Poland and Silesia, with main Polish urban centers, such as Gniezno and Poznań were ravaged by Duke Bretislaus I of Bohemia.

Churches were being built at Gniezno, Poznań, Ostrów Lednicki and elsewhere.

The most important locations were Poznań ( Ostrów Tumski ), Gniezno and Ostrów Lednicki.

The Congress of Gniezno in 1000 led to the country's first permanent archbishopric being established in Gniezno ( which is generally regarded as Poland's capital in that period ), although Poznań continued to have independent bishops of its own.

The pagan reaction that followed Mieszko II's death ( probably in Poznań ) in 1034 left the region weak, and in 1038 Bretislaus I of Bohemia sacked and destroyed both Poznań and Gniezno.

Duchies frequently changed hands ; control of Poznań, Gniezno and Kalisz sometimes lay with a single duke, but at other times these constituted separate duchies.

Its capital city is Poznań ; other important cities include Kalisz, Konin, Piła, Ostrów Wielkopolski and Gniezno ( an early capital of Poland ).

Poznań and Gniezno were early centers of royal power, but following the region's devastation by pagan rebellion in the 1030s, and an invasion by Bretislaus I of Bohemia in 1038, the capital was moved by Casimir the Restorer from Gniezno to Kraków.

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 ).

* The Baltic glaciation in the lowlands of northern and central Europe where there are now numerous lakes of the Pomeranian Lake District, a feature especially common in and around Poznań and Gniezno.

Gniezno () is a city in central-western Poland, some 50 km east of Poznań, inhabited by about 70, 000 people.

Gniezno is located in the Greater Poland Voivodeship ( since 1999 ), previously in Poznań Voivodeship.

Around 940 AD Gniezno, being an important pagan cult center, became one of the main fortresses of the early Piast rulers, along with aforementioned fortresses at Giecz, Kruszwica, Poznań, Kalisz, Łęczyca, Ostrów Lednicki, Płock, Włocławek others.

Mieszko I might have moved the capital to Gniezno from Poznań after his own and his realm's baptism, but actual move of the capital to Gniezno might have coincided with a growing German menace of the late 10th century and early 11th century depositing the remains of Saint Adalbert in a newly built church, to underline Gniezno's importance as the religious centre and capital of Bolesław I Chrobry's kingdom.

The emperor and the Polish duke celebrated the foundation of the Polish ecclesiastical province ( archbishopric ) in Gniezno, with newly established bishopric in Kołobrzeg for Pomerania ; Wrocław for Silesia ; Kraków for Lesser Poland and later also already existing since 968 bishopric in Poznań for western Greater Poland.

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

Perhaps at that time the Varangian warriors were recruited ; their presence is indicated by archaeological excavations in the vicinity of Poznań.

In 1836 – 1837 a cenotaph was built for Mieszko I and his successor Bolesław I the Brave in the Golden Chapel () at the Poznań Cathedral, where the damaged remains found in the 14th century tomb of Bolesław were placed.

Perhaps among them were the Varangians, which is indicated by archaeological findings in the vicinity of Poznań.

The course of the Warta in central Poznań was formerly quite different than today: the main stream ran between Grobla and Chwaliszewo, which were originally both islands.

In the Free City of Cracow ( 1815 – 1846 ), a unicameral Assembly of Representatives was established, and in 1827-1845, a unicameral provincial Sejm existed in the Grand Duchy of Poznań ; Poles were elected to and represented the majority in both of these legislatures, however, they were largely powerless institutions and exercised only very limited power.

Self-portraits and family members were her most frequent subjects, as seen in such paintings as Self-Portrait ( 1554, Kunsthistoriches Museum, Vienna ), The Chess Game ( 1555, Muzeum Narodowe, Poznań ), which depicted her sisters Lucia, Minerva and Europa, and Portrait of Amilcare, Minerva and Asdrubale Anguissola ( c. 1557-1558, Nivaagaards Malerisambling, Niva, Denmark ).

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

The cities of Gniezno and nearby Poznań were captured, plundered and destroyed in 1038 by the Bohemian duke Bretislav I, which pushed the next Polish rulers to move the Polish capital to Kraków.

Taking advantage of the chaos and his neighbour's weakness, Duke Bretislaus I of Bohemia, invaded and ravaged the country: Lesser and Greater Poland were severely pillaged, Poznań was captured and Bretislaus sacked Gniezno, taking the relics of Saint Adalbert, Radim Gaudentius and other five eremites with him.

Apart from Magdeburg itself, notable towns based on Magdeburg Law ( or its local variants ) were Biecz, Frysztak, Sandomierz, Kraków, Kurów, Minsk, Polotsk, Poznań, Ropczyce, Łódź, Wrocław, Szczecin, Złotoryja, Vilnius, Trakai, Kaunas, Hrodna, Kiev, Lviv, Czernowitz ( currently Chernivtsi in Ukraine ), Brody, Lutsk, Volodymyr-Volynskyi, Sanok, Sniatyn, Nizhyn, Bardejov, Humenné and Krupina, among others.

In 1997 his remains were transferred to the crypt of merit of St. Wojciech Church in his home town of Poznań, Poland.

The six biggest cities of Poland ( as for January 1, 1939 ) were Warsaw, Łódź, Lwów, Poznań, Kraków and Vilnius ( Wilno ).

Poznań City Hall rebuilt from the Gothic style by Giovanni Batista di Quadro ( 1550 – 1555 )

In spite of Poland's non-involvement, Poznań was affected by the Seven Years ' War, because of its strategic location.

The region's main city and provincial capital is Poznań, near the centre of the region, on the Warta, with a population of over 560, 000.

More successful was the Greater Poland Uprising of 1806, which led to the region's becoming part of the Napoleonic Duchy of Warsaw ( forming the Poznań Department and parts of the Kalisz and Bydgoszcz Departments ).

More successful was the Greater Poland Uprising of 1806, which led to the region's becoming part of the Napoleonic Duchy of Warsaw ( forming the Poznań Department and parts of the Kalisz and Bydgoszcz Departments ).

The city's full official name is Stołeczne Miasto Poznań (" The Capital City of Poznań "), in reference to its role as a centre of political power in the early Polish state.

For centuries before the Christianization of Poland, Poznań ( consisting of a fortified stronghold between the Warta and Cybina rivers, on what is now Ostrów Tumski ) was an important cultural and political centre of the Polan tribe.

Wawrzyniec Grzymała Goślicki (; between 1530 and 1540 – 31 October 1607 ) was a Polish nobleman, Bishop of Poznań ( 1601 – 1607 ), political thinker and philosopher best known for his book De optimo senatore ( 1568 ).

The new political line of Przemysł I was based on a close cooperation with the Church ( especially the Bishops of Poznań, Bogufał II and Bogufał III ); this caused the opposition of the knighthood, who in 1244 rebelled against him and claimed the abolition of the judicial and tax immunities gained by the Bishops from Władysław Odonic.

Poznań, today Poland's fifth largest city, is also one of the country's oldest cities, and was an important political and religious center in the early Polish state of the 10th century.

Although the centre of national political power moved to Kraków in the 11th century, and later to Warsaw, Poznań remained an important regional center, being the chief city of the Greater Poland ( Wielkopolska ) region.

In 1925, he moved to Poznań, where he first was the deputy holder of the chair for the history of the political system and Ancient Polish law at Adam Mickiewicz University ( UAM ).

Dzieje ustroju Polish state in the Middle Ages: The history of its political system, Poznań: Poznań Księgarnia Akademicka, 1948

Karol Libelt ( 8 April 1807, Poznań, Grand Duchy of Posen, Kingdom of Prussia, German Confederation-9 June 1875, Brdów ) was a Polish philosopher, writer, political and social activist, social worker and liberal, nationalist politician, president of the PTPN.

On 14 April the Prussian King declared that ten northern and western counties out of the 24 counties of the province would not take part in the planned political reorganization ; on 26 April this was spread to parts of six additional counties, including the City of Poznań itself, leaving to Poles only nine counties.

Roman Szymański ( 4 August 1840, Kostrzyn-18 December 1908, Poznań ) was a Polish political activist, publicist, editor of Orędownik magazine.

Walenty Stefański ( 1813, Śródka, Poznań County-1877 ) was a Polish bookseller, publisher, political activist and co-founder of the Polish League ( Liga Polska ).

Karol Rzepecki ( 21 June 1865, Poznań – 14 December 1931, Poznań ) was a Polish bookseller, social and political activist, editor of Sokół ( Falcon ) magazine.

Łukaszewski studied at the University of Poznań where he obtained a doctorate in law and a Master in economical and political sciences.

In Poznań he applied for the position of director of a literary theatre, but his work with German political brochures during the war prevented this.

She then went on to become an extramural student of the faculty of political science at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.