Major Historical Events

In 1933, Walenty Szwajcer, a teacher at a rural school in Biskupin (Żnin County), started to take an interest in […]

The Nazi authorities set up the Reichsgau Wartheland (Reich Shire Warta Land) as an administrative unit in late October and […]

Ethnically homogenous societies almost never exist in most countries. Ethnic diversity in Wielkopolska, a region located at the crossroads of […]

Amber, the fossilised resin of coniferous trees, has been used to produce jewellery and taken as a medicinal compound for […]

A grad is an enclosed place protected against intruders. Most Polish grads were built on hills, in riverside swamps or […]

The word "pyramid" denotes the tombs of the Egyptian pharaohs. However, the inordinately large kurgans our ancestors left behind thousands […]

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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 […]

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

POZNAŃ Situated on the Warta River, Poznań is the capital of the region, Province and archdiocese, and an important point […]