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Arciszewski was a General of the Artillery, a poet and writer. Born 1592 in Rogalin (Poznań county), he was educated […]

Dąbrowski was an army general who created the Polish Legions in Italy. He acted as a military commander in as […]

King of Poland, Duke of Lorraine and Barrois, Leszczyński was born 1677 in Lvov. He was made Voivode of Poznań […]

Franciscan and painter. He was born in 1668 in Daszyce in the Czech Republic. In 1686, he joined the Franciscan […]

A matematician, astronomer, philosopher, pedagogue, reformer of education. Born in 1756 in Żnin. He studied a philosophy at Cracow […]

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KALISZ The county seat is situated on the Prosna, about 140 km south-east of Poznań. Zawodzie The district of Zawodzie […]

POZNAŃ The city lies on the Warta river. It is the capital of Wielkopolska Voivodeship and the see of the […]

The military doctrine that held sway in Europe during the interwar years mandated that any area which was expected to […]

POZNAŃ Poznań, the capital town of the region, the Province and the Archdiocese, is situated on the Warta. Poznań is […]