Bogusławski was an actor, stage director, theatrical manager (entrepreneur) and author. He is considered to be the ‘father of the […]
Philologist, industrialist, social and political activist. Born 1813 at Ławki near Trzemeszno. Educated at a junior high school in Trzemeszno […]
An economic and cultural activist. A general. Born in 1788 in Turwia (Turew nowadays) in Kościan county. He started earning […]
A social and political activist. Born in 1829 in Kórnik. Educated in Berlin and Paris. In 1857 he and his […]
A political and cultural activist and publisher. Born in 1796 in Poznań. He studied liberal studies in Berlin and Paris […]
A German scholar, doctor and bacteriologist. He was born in Clausthal-Zellerfeld in 1843, raised in a large family and after […]
Włodzimierz-Bonawentura Krzyżanowski was born on 8th July 1824 in Rożnowo. He attended ‘Maria Magdalene’ Grammar School in Poznań. To avoid […]
Composer, conductor and journalist. Born 1785 in Włoszakowice near Leszno, he was initially taught music by his father Marcin, organist […]
Medical doctor, national and social activist, advocate of the ‘organic labour’ concept. He was born 1800 in Poznań. During his […]
Composer, conductor, organist and music teacher. He was born 1877 at Barczewo in Varmia. He was taught music in Święta-Lipka, […]
Klaudyna Potocka (nee Działyńska) A patriot and social activist. Born in 1801 in Kórnik. She was educated in Konarzewo near […]
Traveller, explorer of Australia and Tasmania. Born 1797 in Głuszyna near Poznań. Took part in the November Insurrection (1830); after […]
POZNAŃ Situated on the Warta River, Poznań is the capital of the region, Province and archdiocese, and an important point […]
In the very centre of the city, a few steps away from the busy and bustling Old Market Square, a […]
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 […]