EURO 2012 IN BED WITH MARADONA POZNAŃ
Population: 556,000 – Established: 8th
Century AD - Area: 261.
85 km2
A BRIEF HISTORY
From its status as former capital of
pre-Christianity Poland to its current
guise of trade, industry and
education hub; Poznań has...
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EURO 2012 IN BED WITH MARADONA POZNAŃ
Population: 556,000 – Established: 8th
Century AD - Area: 261.
85 km2
A BRIEF HISTORY
From its status as former capital of
pre-Christianity Poland to its current
guise of trade, industry and
education hub; Poznań has
undergone many transformations –
drawing new influences from many
different cultures and time periods.
Starting out as a small wooden island
fort on the Warta River, the town’s
expanding population quickly spread
onto the mainland.
The city’s conversion to Christianity
towards the end of the 10
th
Century
coincided with the construction of
Poland’s first ever cathedral; the final
resting place of seven former Polish rulers – Some of which were even buried there despite Kraków
taking over from Poznań as the capital city of the country.
After 125 years of Prussian rule, the Wielkopolska (Greater Poland) Uprisings of 1918 and 1919 saw
Poznań return to Polish control; only to be invaded by the Germans in 1939, and then incorporated
into
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