Poznań

The Province of Posen was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1848 to 1920, occupying most of the historical . The province was established following the 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.
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  • Type: Locality with 539,000 residents
  • Description: province of Prussia (1848–1920)
  • Also known as: Gmina Poznań”, “Posen”, “Posen province”, and “Province of Posen

Places of Interest

Highlights include Poznań Stadium and National Museum.

Stadium
The Stadion Poznań, also called the Municipal Stadium in Poznań and the Bulgarian Street Stadium after the road it is situated on, is an association football in the Grunwald district of , Poland.

Museum
The in Poznań, , abbreviated MNP, is a state-owned cultural institution and one of the largest museums in Poland. It houses a rich collection of Polish painting from the 16th century on, and a collection of foreign painting.

Town hall
is a historic city hall in the city of , Poland, located at the Poznań Old Town in the centre of the Old Market Square. It used to serve as the seat of local government until 1939, and now houses a museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Poznań and Luboń.

is the largest city in , in the west of , and one of the largest metropoles in the whole country. Situated roughly equidistantly between and , it serves as a major economic hub, and a centre for industry and commerce.

Town
is a town in , situated on the Warta River, in the metropolitan area, in the in the . It has 32,848 inhabitants. is situated 7 km southwest of Poznań.

Village
is a in the administrative district of , within , , in west-central Poland. It adjoins to the north and the city of to the south. is situated 6 km northeast of Poznań.

Poznań

Latitude
52.4062° or 52° 24′ 22″ north
Longitude
16.9234° or 16° 55′ 24″ east
Population
539,000
Elevation
80 metres (262 feet)
Open location code
9F4RCW4F+F9
Geo­Names ID
7531836
Wiki­data ID
Q635253
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Poznań” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: بوزنان
  • Arabic: بوزنانيا
  • Armenian: Պլզենի մարզ
  • Asturian: Provincia de Posen
  • Belarusian: Горад Познань
  • Belarusian: Позен
  • Belarusian: правінцыя Позен
  • Bosnian: Poznanj
  • Bulgarian: Позен (провинция)
  • Bulgarian: Позен
  • Bulgarian: Познан
  • Catalan: Província de Posen
  • Cebuano: Poznań (munisipyo)
  • Chinese: 波森省
  • Chinese: 波茲南
  • Crimean Tatar: Pоznan
  • Croatian: Poznanj
  • Czech: Poznaň
  • Czech: Poznaňsko
  • Danish: Posen provinsen
  • Dutch: Posen
  • Esperanto: Grandduklando Posen
  • Esperanto: Provinco Posen
  • Estonian: Poseni provints
  • Finnish: Posenin provinssi
  • French: Posnanie
  • French: Poznań
  • French: Province de Posnanie
  • Georgian: პოზენის პროვინცია
  • Georgian: პოზნანი
  • German: Großherzogtum Posen
  • German: Posen
  • German: Provinz Großherzogtum Posen
  • German: Provinz Posen
  • Greek: Επαρχία του Πόζεν
  • Greek: Πόζναν
  • Hebrew: פוזנן
  • Hebrew: פרובינציית פוזן
  • Hungarian: Posen tartomány
  • Hungarian: Poseni Nagyhercegség tartomány
  • Hungarian: Poseni Nagyhercegség
  • Hungarian: Poznań tartomány
  • Hungarian: Poznańi tartomány
  • Indonesian: Provinsi Posen
  • Italian: Posnania
  • Italian: Provincia di Posen
  • Italian: Provincia di Poznań
  • Japanese: ポーゼン州
  • Japanese: ポーゼン県
  • Japanese: ポーゼン管区
  • Japanese: ポズナン
  • Kashubian: Pòznóń
  • Korean: 포젠주
  • Korean: 포즈난
  • Latin: Posnania
  • Latvian: Poznaņa
  • Lithuanian: Poznanė
  • Lithuanian: Poznanės provincija
  • Low German: Posen
  • Macedonian: Позен
  • Macedonian: Познањ
  • Marathi: पोझ्नान
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Posen
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Provinsen Posen
  • Norwegian: Provinsen Posen
  • Ossetian: Познань
  • Persian: پوزنان
  • Polish: Poznań
  • Polish: Prowincja Poznańska
  • Portuguese: Província de Posen
  • Romanian: Poznań
  • Romanian: Poznania
  • Romanian: Provincia Posen
  • Romanian: Provincia
  • Russian: Позен (прусская провинция)
  • Russian: Позен
  • Russian: Познань
  • Russian: провинция Позен
  • Serbian: Познањ
  • Serbo-Croatian: Poznanj
  • Silesian: Poznańy
  • Slovak: Poznaň
  • Slovenian: Poznanj
  • Slovenian: Provinca Poznanj
  • Slovenian: Provinz Posen
  • Spanish: Provincia de Posen
  • Swedish: Posen
  • Swedish: Provinsen Posen
  • Swedish: Provinz Posen
  • Tibetan: ཕྰོ་ཟོ་ནན།
  • Turkish: Posen
  • Uighur: Poznan
  • Ukrainian: Позен
  • Ukrainian: Познань
  • Ukrainian: Провінція Позен
  • Ukrainian: Провінція Познань
  • Western Frisian: Poznan
  • Western Panjabi: پوزنان
  • Yiddish: פויזן

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