Kuyavia

E41636

historical region

Kuyavia is a historical region in north-central Poland, known for its fertile plains and early medieval Polish statehood, that suffered severe Nazi repression during World War II.

Aliases (4)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical region →
borders	Greater Poland → Masovia → Pomerania →
conflict	World War II →
country	Poland →
experienced	Germanisation policies under Prussian rule →
hasArchaeologicalSite	Kruszwica stronghold →
hasCulturalTradition	Kuyavian folk costumes → Kuyavian folk dances → Kuyavian folk music →
hasEconomicActivity	agriculture → food processing industry →
hasEthnographicGroup	Kuyavians →
hasHistoricalEvent	early formation of the Polish state →
hasHistoricalPeriod	Middle Ages →
hasMajorCity	Aleksandrów Kujawski → Inowrocław → Kruszwica → Radziejów → Włocławek →
hasSoilType	chernozem-like fertile soils →
hasSubregion	Black Kuyavia → Grey Kuyavia → White Kuyavia →
historicalAffiliation	Kingdom of Poland → Piast Poland → Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth →
historicalCapital	Inowrocław → Kruszwica →
historicalLanguage	Polish →
historicalRegionOf	Poland →
knownFor	agriculture → cereal production → early medieval Polish statehood → fertile plains → sugar beet cultivation →
language	Polish →
locatedIn	Central Europe → north-central Poland →
partOf	Greater Poland historical region → Poland →
partOfCurrentAdministrativeRegion	Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
suffered	Nazi repression during World War II →
traversedBy	Noteć River → Vistula River →
wasOccupiedBy	Nazi Germany →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Kuyavia ("Black Kuyavia") → Kuyavia ("White Kuyavia") → Kuyavia ("Grey Kuyavia") →	hasSubregion
Duchy of Warsaw → Toruń →	historicalRegion
Kuyavia ("Kuyavian folk costumes") →	hasCulturalTradition
Intelligenzaktion →	location
Vistula River →	passesThroughRegion