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Poznań, today Poland's fifth largest city, is also one of the country's oldest cities, and was an important political and religious center in the early Polish state of the 10th century. Poznań Cathedral is the oldest church in the country, containing the tombs of the first Polish rulers, Duke Mieszko I and King Bolesław I Chrobry .
The city continued to grow under the joint Lithuanian-Polish Jagiellon dynasty (1386–1572). As the capital of a powerful state, it became a flourishing center of science and the arts. Kraków was a member of the Hanseatic League and many craftsmen settled there, established businesses and formed craftsmen's guilds.
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Poznań (Polish: [ˈpɔznaj̃] or ⓘ) [a] is a city on the River Warta in west Poland, within the Greater Poland region. [7] 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 (Jarmark Świętojański), traditional Saint Martin's croissants and a local dialect.
23 January: Sister city partnership signed between Poznań and Győr, Hungary. [66] Animator International Animated Film Festival begins. December: City hosts 2008 United Nations Climate Change Conference. 2009 6 July: Sister city partnership signed between Poznań and Kutaisi, Georgia. [67] September: Poznań co-hosts the EuroBasket 2009.
St. Peter and St. Paul – patrons of cathedral and city. Poznań diocese is the oldest in Poland so it has right to this same patrons as St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican; shield with white eagle – Coat of Arms of Przemysł I, founder of town on magdeburger law and his son Przemysł II, king of Poland with seat in Poznań
The boundaries of Greater Poland have varied somewhat throughout history. Since the Late Middle Ages , Wielkopolska proper has been split into the Poznań and Kalisz voivodeships . In the wider sense, it also encompassed Sieradz , Łęczyca , Brześć Kujawski and Inowrocław voivodeships, which were situated further east, and the Santok Land ...
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