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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Greater Poland Voivodship
		Greater Poland Voivodship (in Polish województwo wielkopolskie) is an administrative region or voivodship of western-central Poland It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Poznan, Kalisz, Konin, Pila and Leszno voivodships as a result of Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998.
		Greater Poland Uprising of 1848 (Polish: powstanie wielkopolskie 1848 roku) was a military insurrection of the Polish people in the Grand Duchy of Poznań; (or the Greater Poland region) against the occupying Prussian forces, during the Spring of Nations period.
		Poland's principal ports and harbours are Gdańsk, Gdynia, Kołobrzeg, Szczecin, Świnoujście, Ustka, Warsaw, and Wrocław.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Greater-Poland-Voivodship (4312 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Greater Poland Uprising
		Greater Poland Uprising of 1918–1919 (Polish: powstanie wielkopolskie 1918–19 roku) was a military insurrection of the Polish people in the Greater Poland region (also called the Grand Duchy of Poznań) against the German/Prussian forces.
		GostyÅ„ is a town in Greater Poland Voivodship (from 1975 to 1998 in Leszno Voivodship), in GostyÅ„ County.
		Czersk (51Â° 57â€²0â€³N, 21Â° 13â€²60â€³E) is a village in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship, Poland.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Greater-Poland-Uprising (9335 words)

	Poland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is bordered by Germany to the west, the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south, Ukraine and Belarus to the east, and the Baltic Sea, Lithuania, and Russia (in the form of the Kaliningrad Oblast exclave) to the north.
		Poland's first historically documented ruler, Mieszko I, was baptized in 966, adopting Catholic Christianity as the country's new official religion, to which the bulk of the population converted in the course of the next century.
		Poland has a large agricultural sector of private farms, that could be a leading producer of food in the European Union now that Poland is a member.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Poland (3752 words)

	Greater Poland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The region's name may be construed as referring to old Poland, as opposed to the new Poland, Lesser Poland (Polish: Małopolska; Latin: Polonia Minor), a region in southeastern Poland with its capital at Kraków, rather than the whole of Poland as a state and country.
		Greater Poland comprises much of the area drained by the Warta River and its tributaries, including the Noteć River.
		Administratively, the historical area is divided into the voivodships of Greater Poland, and parts of Lubusz, Kuyavia-Pomerania and Łódź.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Greater_Poland (210 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Mieszko I of Poland
		Saint-George is a municipality with 695 inhabitants (as of 2003) in the district of Aubonne in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland.
		Christianization of Poland in 965 by Jan Matejko The Baptism of Poland (Polish: Chrzest Polski) was the event in 966 C.E. that signified the beginning of the Christianization of Poland, commencing with the baptism of Mieszko I, who was the first ruler of the Polish state.
		Casimir I on Jan Matejkos painting Casimir I, the Restorer (Polish: Kazimierz I Odnowiciel) (1015-1058), duke of Poland, was the son of Mieszko II of Poland and Rixa von Lothringen.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Mieszko-I-of-Poland (4872 words)

	Poland - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		The Republic of Poland is a country located in Central Europe, between Germany to the west, the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south, Ukraine and Belarus to the east, and the Baltic Sea, Lithuania, and Russia (in the form of the Kaliningrad Oblast exclave) to the north.
		Poland enjoys a temperate climate, with cold, cloudy, moderately severe winters and mild summers with frequent showers and thunder showers.
		The principal ports and harbours are: Port of Gdańsk, Port of Gdynia, Port of Szczecin, Port of Swinoujscie, Port of Ustka, Port of Kolobrzeg, Gliwice, Warsaw, Wroclaw.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/p/o/l/Poland.html (2985 words)

	Poland
		Poland used to be a communist state and a satellite state of the Soviet Union between 1945 and 1989.
		Poland's golden age occurred in the 16th century during its union with Lithuania in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
		The citizens of Poland elect a parliament, the National Assembly (Polish Zgromadzenie Narodowe), consisting of 460 members of the Lower House (Sejm) and 100 members of the Senate (Senat), chosen by a proportional vote on a provincial basis to serve four-year terms.
	www.askfactmaster.com /Poland (1922 words)

	The Goths in Greater Poland
		Southern and central Poland was occupied by the Przeworsk Culture, which gained its name from the village of Przeworsk, situated in Lesser Poland (Maűopolska), where the first cemeteries typical of this culture were discovered.
		This area is also associated with the Wielbark Culture, whose communities settled in Greater Poland during the same period and exhibit a number of close links with the aforementioned lakelands.
		The woodlands of the Kashubian and Krajeński Lakelands, lying to the north-east of Greater Poland, are where groups of Goths are believed to have established their own settlements.
	www.muzarp.poznan.pl /archweb/gazociag/title5.htm (2268 words)

	Greater poland voivodship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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	LESSER POLAND
		Lesser Poland (Latin Polonia Minor) is an historical and ethnographic region in south-eastern Poland.
		The name "Malopolska" - Lesser Poland - appeared in the 15th century, and is derived from the Latin "Polonia Minor", which indicates that this region joined the Kingdom of Poland after "Wielkopolska," Greater Poland, the cradle of the Polish state.
		The longest valley in the Polish Tatras is the Dolina Suchej Wody Gasienicowej (13km).
	travel.poland.com /texts/en/t-ap-4-1.php (6493 words)

	Wielkopolska Voivodship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Greater Poland Voivodship (Polish: województwo wielkopolskie) is an administrative region or voivodship of western-central Poland.
		It was created January 1, 1999, out of the former Poznań, Kalisz, Konin, Piła and Leszno voivodships pursuant to the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998.
		It is second in area and third in population among Poland's sixteen voivodships, with 29,826 km² and 3.4 million inhabitants.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Greater_Poland_Voivodship (210 words)

	Greater Poland (Wielkopolska)
		Greater Poland (Wielkopolska) is a historical region in western and central Poland, occupying the basins of the Warta, part of the middle Oder and the lower Vistula.
		Greater Poland was the central part of the principality ruled from Gniezno by Duke Mieszko I and King Boleslaus the Brave (Boles³aw Chrobry).
		The Park (the 23rd in Poland) was established to protect one of the biggest bird sanctuaries in Europe.
	poland.gov.pl /?document=301 (3867 words)

	Eastern Greater Poland - Genealogical introduction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Congress of Vienna cut off a part of the latter voivodship and gave it to the autonomous Kingdom of Poland under Russian rule, while the major part of Greater Poland became the Prussian Duchy (later Province) of Poznan.
		The economical development in Eastern Greater Poland proceeded easier during the early 19th century than during the latter when development was curtailed.
		The new administrative division established in 1999 defines the region of Konin and Kalisz as part of the Wielkopolskie (Greater Polish) voivodship.
	www.polishroots.org /genpoland/eastgp.htm (457 words)

	PGSA - Dutch Populace
		At the end of the 17th century the Dutch began to appear in the territory of Greater Poland [Wielkopolska].
		The largest concentrations of "Hollanders" in Greater Poland were regions along rivers, the vicinities of lakes, and swamps.
		It is impossible to forget the historical events in Poland at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century when, under the influence of a number of migratory movements, people deeply conscious of ethnic separateness emigrated farther to the east of Poland, and later to Russia and Siberia.
	www.pgsa.org /Dutch_Populace.htm (1360 words)

	Greater Poland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Greater Poland (sometimes Great Poland; Polish: Wielkopolska, German: Grosspolen, Latin:Polonia Maior) is one of the historical regions of Poland.
		Most of the historicalregion (except some southwestern communities) is included the Greater Poland voivodship (administrativeprovince) created in 1999.
		The name of Greater Poland is mentioned first in Latin form PoloniaMaior in 1257, and in Polish form w Wielkej Polszcze in 1449.
	www.therfcc.org /greater-poland-30523.html (149 words)

	Greater Poland at opensource encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Greater Poland (sometimes Great Poland; Polish: Wielkopolska, German: Grosspolen, Latin: Polonia Maior) is one of the historical regions of Poland.
		It is located in western-central Poland, encompassing much of the area drained by the Warta River) and its tributaries.
		The name of Greater Poland is mentioned first in Latin form Polonia Maior in 1257, and in Polish form w Wielkej Polszcze in 1449.
	www.wiki.tatet.com /Greater_Poland.html (322 words)

	The Holocaust
		The Jews of Poland were subjected to summary massacre by the regular army and by the SS; captured Jewish soldiers were executed as a matter of course.
		The Greater German declaration of war against the Soviet Union in May of 1941 and the subsequent German eastward offensive opened up a new radical phase of Nazi anti-Semitic persecution.
		In response, Greater Germany invaded the Baltic States; Lithuania was annexed by Greater Germany and its Jews promptly deported to the Polish death camps, while Latvia was placed under Greater German military administration so that the Einsatzgrüppen could shoot Latvian Jews without fear of interruption.
	www.ahtg.net /TpA/holocaust.html (1280 words)

	Greater poland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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	Gniezno - TheBestLinks.com - Gnesen, Adalbert of Prague, Germany, Greater Poland, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Situated in the Greater Poland Voivodship (since 1999), previously in Poznan Voivodship.
		Gniezno's Roman Catholic archbishop is traditionally the Primate of Poland (Prymas Polski).
		After the partitions of Poland the see was often combined with others, first with Poznan and then with Warsaw.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Gnesen.html (274 words)

	Lifestyle
		There are fewer cars in Poland than in the West, though enough of them to create traffic jams in all the major cities.
		To stay in Poland and not try bigos made of cabbage is like being in Paris and not seeing the Eiffel Tower.
		Some countries have reciprocal contracts with Poland for free treatment on the national health service for their citizens.
	poland.gov.pl /?document=414 (2145 words)

	Greater Poland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Ljubljana.
		Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Prague.
		Consulate of the Republic of Poland in Kidderminster.
	www.omniknow.com /common/wiki.php?in=en&term=Greater_Poland (1496 words)

	Pila - Gurupedia
		Piła (German Schneidemühl) is a town in northwestern Poland with 77,000 inhabitants (2001).
		Situated in the Greater Poland Voivodship (since 1999), previously capital of Piła Voivodship (1975-1998).
		Piła is the largest town in the northern part of Greater Poland, at now is headtown of a county.
	www.gurupedia.com /p/pi/pila.htm (272 words)

	Poland and the Baltic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In central Poland, a primary division of the Duchy of Mazovia.
		In 1569, Poland was converted from a hereditary to an elective monarchy, and in fact the state was self-described as a rzeczpospolita, a republic.
		The Baltic coast from the island of Rügen in Germany, to the mouth of the Vistula in Gdansk Bay in Poland.
	www.hostkingdom.net /baltic.html (2715 words)

	Greater Poland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Greater Poland (sometimes Great Poland ; Polish: Wielkopolska German: Grosspolen Latin: Polonia Maior) is one of the historical regions Poland.
		Most of the historical region (except southwestern communities) is included the Greater Poland voivodship (administrative province) created in 1999.
		The name of Greater Poland is first in Latin form Polonia Maior in 1257 and in Polish form w Wielkej Polszcze in 1449.
	www.freeglossary.com /Greater_Poland (576 words)

	Courtly Lives -The Runge-Sypniewski Towns/Estates of Dzwierszno Wielkie and Mal~e
		The Runge-Sypniewski estates are in the voivodship of Wielkopolski (Greater Poland); the district Pilski, The Borough L~obzeniza diaconate (after 1617).
		The Gorki family was the Chancellor of the Chamber of Poland in the 15th century.
		Jan Dzil~ynski was born on September 28, 1829,in Kornik, Poznan, Poland; and died on March 30, 1880, in Taze.
	www.angelfire.com /mi4/polcrt/Dzwierszno.html (953 words)

	Romantic Places in Poland/100 of the world's most romantic hotels, inns and places.
		The ancient city of kings and Poland's cultural capital.
		Lakes, forests, and history abound here in the western and central Polish region known as Greater Poland.
		This traditionally prosperous region contains Poland's oldest province and is the historical center of origin of the Polish Nation dating from the 10th century.
	www.romanticplaces.com /search/europe/poland.html (373 words)

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