city of Posen

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city historical city regional capital

The city of Posen, now known as Poznań in western Poland, is a historic regional center on the Warta River noted for its medieval heritage and role as one of Poland’s oldest and most important cities.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Posen (initial administrative center, de facto outside province)	1
Posen, Kingdom of Prussia	1
city of Posen canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ historical city ⓘ regional capital ⓘ
associatedWithRiver	Warta ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Poland ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	long continuous urban history ⓘ one of Poland’s oldest urban centers ⓘ significant historical architecture ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage	German (historical) ⓘ Polish ⓘ
hasFeature	Ostrów Tumski, Poznań ⓘ surface form: cathedral island (Ostrów Tumski) historic market square ⓘ historic old town ⓘ medieval urban layout ⓘ
hasFunction	administrative center ⓘ trade center ⓘ transport hub ⓘ
hasHeritage	medieval heritage ⓘ
historicalNameOf	Poznań NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfImportance	Middle Ages ⓘ Partitions of Poland era ⓘ Piast dynasty era ⓘ
historicalRegion	Greater Poland ⓘ
languageOfName	German ⓘ
locatedIn	Central Europe ⓘ German Empire ⓘ surface form: German Empire (historically) Prussia ⓘ surface form: Prussia (historically) Province of Posen ⓘ surface form: historical Province of Posen western Poland ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Warta River NERFINISHED ⓘ
modernName	Poznań NERFINISHED ⓘ
oneOf	oldest cities in Poland ⓘ
partOf	Greater Poland ⓘ
politicalSignificance	early capital of the Polish state ⓘ
presentDayAdministrativeRole	capital of Greater Poland Voivodeship ⓘ
presentDayNameUsedSince	20th century ⓘ
religiousSignificance	early center of Polish Christianity ⓘ
role	historical political center of Poland ⓘ important regional center ⓘ major cultural center in western Poland ⓘ major economic center in western Poland ⓘ
usedAsNameDuring	German Empire period ⓘ Prussian rule ⓘ Second Polish Republic ⓘ surface form: Second Polish Republic (as German exonym)
wasCapitalOf	Duchy of Greater Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ Grand Duchy of Posen NERFINISHED ⓘ Province of Posen ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Province of Posen → namedAfter → city of Posen ⓘ

August Neidhardt von Gneisenau → deathPlace → city of Posen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Posen, Kingdom of Prussia

Province of Posen-West Prussia → capital → city of Posen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Posen (initial administrative center, de facto outside province)