It lies approximately north of Dominowo, north-east of Środa Wielkopolska, and east of the regional capital Poznań.

It is the seat of Środa Wielkopolska County, and of Gmina Środa Wielkopolska ( a district within the county ).

Giecz is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dominowo, within Środa Wielkopolska County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.

Środa is also a reservoir lake on the Maskawa River, near Środa Wielkopolska.

Through subsidiaries, he holds 24 % in Autostrada Wielkopolska and 40 % in Autostrada Wielkopolska II, companies that successfully constructed and operate the A2 motorway in Western Poland ( completed 1 December 2011 ).

Dąbrowski planned to winter in Bydgoszcz and then move through Toruń but because of Kościuszko's defeat at the Battle of Maciejowice he decided instead evacuate Wielkopolska and make his way into central Poland.

Seweryn Elżanowski in response organized a military formation counting several hundred people which took part in combat near Bory Tucholskie after which it moved into Wielkopolska.

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

An area of of forest and lakeland south of Poznań is designated the Wielkopolska National Park ( Wielkopolski Park Narodowy ), established in 1957.

It is the historical capital of the Wielkopolska (" Greater Poland ") region, and is currently the administrative capital of the province called Greater Poland Voivodeship.

Wielkopolska Voivodeship or Wielkopolska Province ( in Polish, województwo wielkopolskie ), also known as Greater Poland Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, or province, in west-central Poland.

The province is named after the region called Greater Poland or Wielkopolska.

Wielkopolska is influenced by oceanic air masses that affect the mildness of the climate.

Koszalin is first mentioned in 1108 in the Chronicle of Greater Poland ( Kronika Wielkopolska ) describing that duke Boleslaw Krzywousty has captured and subjugated multiple Pomeranian cities including Kołobrzeg, Kamień, Wolin and Koszalin Colibregensium, quam Caminensium, Veolinensium, Cosoniensium et munitissimarum alliarum.

Środa Wielkopolska () is a town in central Poland, about southeast of Poznań, with 22, 001 inhabitants ( 2009 ).

The missive is addressed to bishop Andreas of Poznań and to Lukasz Gorka, the local judeophile Starosta, the royal constable of Wielkopolska.

Business activity in the area is supported by such institutions as the Craftsmen's Guild, the Śrem Centre for Support of Small Business, and the County Branch of the Wielkopolska Chamber of Industry and Commerce.

Złotów () is a town in northern Wielkopolska in Poland with a population of 18, 303 inhabitants ( 2011 ).

It is today part of Wielkopolska Province ( Greater Poland Voivodeship ), but was previously in Piła Voivodeship ( 1975 – 1998 ).

The archaeological open air museum Biskupin is an archaeological site and a life-size model of an Iron Age fortified settlement in north-central ( Wielkopolska ) Poland ( Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship ).

Apart from the city of Poznań, Poznań County is also bordered by Oborniki County and Wągrowiec County to the north, Gniezno County and Września County to the east, Środa Wielkopolska County to the south-east, Śrem County and Kościan County to the south, Grodzisk Wielkopolski County and Nowy Tomyśl County to the west, and Szamotuły County to the north-west.

Solaris Bus & Coach S. A. is a Polish bus, coach and trolleybus manufacturer based in Bolechowo-Osiedle and Środa Wielkopolska, near Poznań, Poland.

Opatówek is a village of 3, 800 inhabitants situated 10 km southeast from Kalisz, county ( Powiat ) of Kalisz County in the province of Wielkopolska, Poland.

Gollancz, a family name originating from the Polish town Gołańcz ( Gollantsch or Schwertburg near Wągrowiec, Wielkopolska ), is mainly known as the name of a prominent British Jewish family, including:

Rydzyna is situated in the southern part of the Wielkopolska Province, 10 km south of Leszno, in the Leszno county ( powiat ), on the main Poznań-Wrocław highway E5.

Poznań's committee was headed by Kazimierz Raczyński, a former general, starosta of Wielkopolska and crown official.

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 of 1806 was a military insurrection by Poles in Wielkopolska ( Greater Poland ) against the occupying Prussian forces after the Partitions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth ( 1772 – 1795 ).

The 1846 Wielkopolska Uprising () 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.

The power status of Prussia was dependent on hindering any form of Polish statehood, due to crucial position of Wielkopolska, Silesia and Pomeranian-all areas inhabited either by Polish majority or substantial Polish population ; it didn't support Polish attempts at restoration of Poland during Congress of Vienna, where Prussia tried to gain Duchy of Warsaw or at least its western provinces.

Fighting also start in other towns: Szamotuły, Środa Wielkopolska, Pniewy, Opalenica, Buk, Trzemeszno, Września and Gniezno are liberated.

Later, lengthy wars, epidemics and natural catastrophes caused Śrem to decline, like many other towns in the Wielkopolska region.

While the Uprising was focused in Wielkopolska, it also reached out to other Polish inhabited areas, in Pomerania Natalis Sulerzeski organized Polish armed forces and together with Ignacym Łyskowskim arranged a meeting in Wębrzyn of Polish delegates was organized who created Tymczasowy Komitety Prus Polskich.

These demands included Germany retaining its 1914 eastern borders, including the Polish territories of Wielkopolska and Poznań.

Current Lesser Poland Voivodeship, however, covers only small part of the broader ancient Małopolska region which, together with Greater Poland ( Wielkopolska ) and Silesia ( Śląsk ), formed the early medieval Polish state.

He was born in Środa in the Grand Duchy of Poznań, Kingdom of Prussia ( now Środa Wielkopolska, Poland ) and died in Vienna, Austria.

The central district of Wielkopolska revolted against the nobles and catholic clergy in a mass rebellion.

From left: Ludwig Wolff head of Deutscher Volksverband from Łódź, Otto Ulitz from Katowice, gauleiter Josef Wagner, mayor Rudolf Wiesner from Bielsko-Biała, obergruppenfuhrer Werner Lorenz, senator Erwin Hasbach from Ciechocinek, baron Gero von Gersdorff from Wielkopolska, Weiss from Jarocin.

He was the son of Jan Hieronimowicz Chodkiewicz, Ruthenian rooted castellan of Vilnius and Krystyna Zborowska, daughter of famous Polish aristocratic family from Wielkopolska.

Poland's inhabitants live in the following historic regions of the country: Wielkopolska, Małopolska, Mazovia, Pomerania, Warmia, Mazury, Podlasie, Kujawy and Silesia.

Over a thousand years ago, the Polans of Giecz, Gniezno and Poznań — an influential tribe in Wielkopolska — succeeded in uniting Lechitic tribes under what became the Piast dynasty, thus giving rise to the Polish state.

# September 15-Brochów-elements of the 17th Wielkopolska Uhlan Regiment charged towards the German positions to frighten the enemy infantry.

# September 16-Dembowskie-a platoon from the 4th squadron of the 17th Wielkopolska Uhlan Regiment charged towards a small German outpost located around a foresters ' hut.

# September 23-Krasnobród-1st squadron of the 25th Wielkopolska Uhlan Regiment charged towards the town of Krasnobród.

On February 15, 1282, High Duke of Poland and Wielkopolska Przemysł II and the Duke of Pomerania Mestwin II, signed the Treaty of Kępno which transferred the suzerainty over Gdańsk Pomerania to Przemysł.

), Wielkopolska.

), Wielkopolska.

The Greater Poland Uprising of 1918 – 1919, or Wielkopolska Uprising of 1918 – 1919 ( Polish: powstanie wielkopolskie 1918 – 19 roku ; ) or Posnanian War was a military insurrection of Poles in the Greater Poland region ( also called the Grand Duchy of Poznań or Provinz Posen region ) against Germany.

By 15 January 1919, the rebellious Polish forces managed to take control of most of the Province of Posen, and engaged in heavy fighting with the regular German army and the forces of the Grenzschutz, up until the renewal of the truce between the Entente and Germany on 16 February, which affected the Wielkopolska or Posen Province part of the front line.