The earliest traces of humans in today’s Poznań from the period around 8900-8000 BC They were reindeer hunters. Relatively permanent settlements arose at the turn of the fifth and fourth millennium BC About 2200 BC in these regions appeared Indo-European population, while the fifth century came undeniable traces of Slavic settlements, while in the eighth century there appeared Glade, dates from this period also likely to Ostrow Tumski castle, which became the nucleus of today’s city. WX century castle came under the rule of the Piast dynasty, who made him one of the capital (near Gniezno, Ostrów Lednicki Giecz and centers in their country.
Originally, the city lay on the bank Cybina and the right bank of river. On a nearby hill, there stood a pagan temple and then a princely castle. Poznan is also associated with the beginnings of Polish statehood. It is one of the hypothetical positions of baptism of Mieszko I in 966 In 968 his office here put Jordan, the first Polish bishop. Functions of the castle served to 1039, when he was – along with other cities of Wielkopolska and Silesia – burned by Bretislaus I. Although Poznan lost its political significance, but still remained buoyant economic center. Another period of prosperity falls on mouthed when the castle became the capital of Wielkopolska Piast line. Its representatives, and the princes of industry and Boleslaw the Pious in 1253, allocating a city on the left bank of the Magdeburg. The work begun by his father continued to have Industry II – who was the first ruler in 200 years was crowned in Gniezno the Polish king, and he chose as his headquarters Poznan – it became the residence of the former princely castle of his father on Mount Przemysł. After his tragic death in the city’s development came a momentary lull. Even today you can still find remains of city walls.
Lithograph from 1833. Gorka Palace on the right in the middle of the former Jesuit college, left the church in the background Bernardine
Poznan around 1617 years
Another, successful period in the history of Poznań started accession to the throne of Wladyslaw Jagiello. The opening of the route linking Lithuania to Western Europe and the closure of the Gdansk Polish goods meant that Poznan has become an important hub where trade routes crossed. With time, the city developed around a network of competing towns mainly in the clergy and nobility, forming together with Poznan successfully developing conurbation.
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