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Posen (Poznan)
Posen may refer to: Places Europe * Poznań (German: ''Posen''), city in Poland * Grand Duchy of Posen, autonomous province of Prussia, 1815–1848 * Province of Posen, Prussian province, 1848–1918 * Posen (region), the south-western part of the Province of Posen * Posen-West Prussia, German province, 1922–1938 * Reichsgau Posen, occupied in 1939, annexed and directly incorporated into the German Reich United States * Posen, Illinois, a village * Posen, Washington County, Illinois, an unincorporated community * Posen, Michigan Posen is a village in Presque Isle County of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 270 at the 2020 census. The village is in Posen Township. Posen has historically had a strong Polish background. At one point, 78.8% of its inhabita ... * Posen Township, Michigan * Posen Township, Minnesota Other uses * Posen (surname) * SMS ''Posen'', a German dreadnaught, 1908–1922 See also * Posner (other) * Pozen (disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poznań
Poznań ( ) is a city on the Warta, River Warta in west Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business center and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John's Fair, Poznań, Saint John's Fair (''Jarmark Świętojański''), traditional St. Martin's croissant, Saint Martin's croissants and a local dialect. Among its most important heritage sites are the Renaissance in Poland, Renaissance Old Town, Poznań Town Hall, Town Hall and Poznań Cathedral. Poznań is the fifth-largest List of cities and towns in Poland#Cities, city in Poland. As of 2023, the city's population is 540,146, while the Poznań metropolitan area (''Metropolia Poznań'') comprising Poznań County and several other communities is inhabited by over 1.029 million people. It is one of four historical capitals of medieval Poland and the ancient capital of the Greater Poland region, currently the administrative capital of the pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Duchy Of Posen
The Grand Duchy of Posen (; ) was part of the Kingdom of Prussia, created from Prussian Partition, territories annexed by Prussia after the Partitions of Poland, and formally established following the Congress of Vienna in 1815. On 9 February 1849, the Prussian administration renamed the grand duchy the Province of Posen. Its former name was unofficially used afterward for denoting the territory, especially by Polish people, Poles, and today is used by modern historians to refer to different political entities until 1918. Its capital was PoznaÅ„, Posen (). The title of Grand Duke of Posen remained until 1918 to the King of Prussia. History Background Originally part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Kingdom of Poland, this area largely coincided with Greater Poland. The eastern portions of the territory were taken by the Kingdom of Prussia during the Partitions of Poland; during the first partition (1772), Prussia took just the Netze District, the portion along the NoteÄ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Province Of Posen
The Province of Posen (; ) was a Provinces of Prussia, province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1848 to 1920, occupying most of the historical Greater Poland. The province was established following the Greater Poland Uprising (1848), Poznań Uprising of 1848 as a successor to the Grand Duchy of Posen, which in turn was annexed by Prussia in 1815 from Duchy of Warsaw. It became part of the German Empire in 1871. After World War I, Posen was briefly part of the Free State of Prussia within Weimar Germany, but was dissolved in 1920 after the Greater Poland uprising (1918–1919), Greater Poland Uprising broke out and most of its territory was incorporated into the Second Polish Republic. The remaining German territory was re-organized into Posen-West Prussia in 1922. Posen (present-day Poznań, Poland) was the provincial capital. Geography The land is mostly flat, drained by two major drainage basin, watershed systems; the Noteć (German: ''Netze'') in the north and the Warta (''Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Posen (region)
Posen was the southern of two Prussian administrative regions, or ''Regierungsbezirke'' (), of the Grand Duchy of Posen (1815–1849) and its successor, the Province of Posen (1849–1918). The administrative region was bordered on the north by Regierungsbezirk Bromberg, to the west by the Province of Brandenburg, to the south by the Silesia Province, and to the east by Russian Congress Poland. The Posen region was inhabited mainly by Poles practicing Roman Catholicism, although it had a minority of Germans, mostly Protestants. After World War I, most of the territory of this region was ceded to Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai .... Divisions Note: Prussian provinces were subdivided into units called '' Kreise'' (singular ''Kreis'', abbreviated ''Kr.'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reichsgau Posen
The Reichsgau Wartheland (initially Reichsgau Posen, also Warthegau) was a Nazi German ''Reichsgau'' formed from parts of Polish territory annexed in 1939 during World War II. It comprised the region of Greater Poland and adjacent areas. Parts of ''Warthegau'' matched the similarly named pre-Versailles Prussian province of Posen. The name was initially derived from the capital city, Posen (Poznań), and later from the main river, Warthe (Warta). During the Partitions of Poland from 1793, the bulk of the area had been annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia until 1807 as South Prussia. From 1815 to 1849, the territory was within the autonomous Grand Duchy of Posen, which was the Province of Posen until Poland was re-established in 1918–1919 following World War I. The area is currently the Greater Poland Voivodeship. Establishment and administration After the German invaded Poland in September 1939, the German Reich occupied the whole of the Greater Poland area - the erstwhile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Posen, Illinois
Posen is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Posen is the German language name for the western Polish city of Poznań. The population of the village was 5,632 at the 2020 census. Geography Posen is located at (41.628234, -87.685723). According to the 2010 census, Posen has a total area of , all land. History The area that is now Posen was settled by farmers, mainly of Dutch and German origin, in the second half of the 19th century. In 1893 a Chicago-based real estate firm hired 75 agents in the Polish-speaking areas of Germany to sell land to Poles seeking to emigrate to the United States. Over the next few years the village emerged as a place largely inhabited by factory workers, mainly employed at nearby Harvey, who also had room on their lots for gardens. In 1894 the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago established a mission to serve the Polish residents of Posen, which was elevated to parish status as St. Stanislaus the Martyr in 1898 (the church permane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Posen, Washington County, Illinois
Posen is an Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated community in Bolo Township, Washington County, Illinois, Bolo Township, Washington County, Illinois, Washington County, Illinois, United States. Posen is southeast of Nashville, Illinois, Nashville. Since 1901, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, a member of the Diocese of Belleville has been located here. As with many small homestead communities, little documentation of Posen exists online despite historical and local significance. The community was named after Poznań, Poznań, Poland because much like the rest of Washington County, Posen was settled entirely by Poles, some of whom were secular Polish Jews before converting to Roman Catholicism. Having dwindled in population with time, the only remaining buildings apart from the Roman Catholic parish are a handful of residential homes, an old storefront converted into a residential unit, a large graveyard of the parishioners and pioneers, the Bolo Township, Washingto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Posen, Michigan
Posen is a village in Presque Isle County of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 270 at the 2020 census. The village is in Posen Township. Posen has historically had a strong Polish background. At one point, 78.8% of its inhabitants reported to have Polish ancestry. It is home to the Posen Potato Festival, held every year on during the first weekend after Labor Day. The festival includes activities with potato pancakes and polka dancing. Posen has a branch of the Presque Isle District Library. Posen is also the German name for the Polish city of Poznań. Transportation * * North Eastern State Trail Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2020 census As of the census of 2020, there were 270 people, 112 households, and 54 families living in the village. The population density was . There were 144 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 97.0% Whit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Posen Township, Michigan
Posen Township is a civil township of Presque Isle County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 808 at the 2020 census, down from 959, at the 2000 census, which 65.4% (652) of which reported Polish ancestry. Communities *Posen is a village located at along M-65. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (0.62%) is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, 959 people, 387 households, and 260 families resided in the township. The population density was . There were 463 housing units at an average density of 13.1 per square mile (5.1/km). The racial makeup of the township was 98.12% White, 1.25% African American, and 0.63% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.31% of the population. The ancestry make up was 65.4% Polish, 16.9% German, 4.0% American, 3.5% Irish, 3.4% English, 3.3% French, 1.4% French Canadian, 0.9% Norwegian, 0.8% Czech, 0.6% Italian, 0.5% Russia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Posen Township, Minnesota
Posen Township is a township in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 234 at the 2000 census. Posen Township was organized in 1879, and named after Poznań (German: ''Posen''), in Poland. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 36.1 square miles (93.5 km), of which 35.1 square miles (91.0 km) is land and 1.0 square mile (2.5 km) (2.69%) is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 234 people, 87 households, and 74 families residing in the township. The population density was 6.7 people per square mile (2.6/km). There were 90 housing units at an average density of 2.6/sq mi (1.0/km). The racial makeup of the township was 98.72% White, 0.43% Asian, and 0.85% from two or more races. There were 87 households, out of which 33.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 78.2% were married couples living together, 3.4% had a female householde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Posen (surname)
Posen is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Al Posen (1894-1960), American cartoonist * Adam Posen (born 1966), American economist * Ariel Posen, Canadian musician * Barry Posen (born 1952), professor of political science at MIT * Louis Posen (born 1971), American music producer *Mika Posen, Canadian violinist and music instructor * Shelley Posen (active since 1970s), Canadian folklorist and folk musician * Stephen Posen (born 1939), American painter, recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1986 * Zac Posen Zachary E. Posen (; born October 24, 1980) is an American fashion designer. Early life Zachary E. Posen was born and raised in a American Jews, Jewish family in New York City, residing in the SoHo neighborhood of lower Manhattan. He is the son ... (born 1980), American fashion designer See also * Posener * Posner {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
