Major Historical Events

The 4th German Reserve Airborne Unit was stationed at Ławica airport outside Poznań when the Wielkopolska Uprising broke out at […]

During the interwar period (1918-1939), Poznań was the country’s main Germanic studies centre and the power base of the Polish […]

Poland regained its independence in November 1918, after 123 years of subjugation. Wielkopolska was the best organised region in the […]

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

In the very centre of the city, a few steps away from the busy and bustling Old Market Square, a […]

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

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