Posen may refer to:
Places
Europe
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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 ...
(German: ''Posen''), city in Poland
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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 1 ...
, autonomous province of Prussia, 1815–1848
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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 Uprisi ...
, Prussian province, 1848–1918
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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 nor ...
, the south-western part of the Province of Posen
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Posen-West Prussia, German province, 1922–1938
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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 ...
, occupied in 1939, annexed and directly incorporated into the German Reich
United States
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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, -87.685 ...
, a village
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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, Illin ...
, an unincorporated community
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
Other uses
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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 ...
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SMS ''Posen'', a German dreadnaught, 1908–1922
See also
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Posner (disambiguation)
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Pozen (disambiguation)
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Poznań (disambiguation)
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