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Gniezno (pronounce: Media:Gniezno.ogg|
There are archeological traces of human settlement since the late Paleolith . Early Slavonic settlements are on the Lech Hill and the Maiden Hill are dated to 8th century and the ducal stronghold was founded just before AD 800 on the Lech Hill, and sorrounded with some fortified suburbs and open settlements.
According the legends: three brothers Lech, Czech and Rus were penetrating the wilderness to find a place to settle. Sudenly they saw a hill with an old oak and an eagle on top. Lech said: this white eagle I will adopt as am emblem of my people, and around this oak I will build my stronghold, and because of the eagle nest [Polish: gniazdo] I will call it Gniezdno [modern: Gniezno]. The other brothers went further on to find a place for their people. Czech went to the South and Rus went to the East
In 10th century Gniezno became the main city and capital of the early Piast dynasty rulers: Mieszko I and Boleslaw Chrobry, the founders of the Polish State.
It is here that the Gniezno Congress (Meeting at the tomb of Saint Adalbert) took place in the year 1000 AD, during which Boleslaus I the Brave (Boleslaw Chrobry), the first king of Poland, received Otto III, the Emperor of Germany. The two monarchs celebrated the foundation of the Polish ecclesiastical province (archbishopric) in Gniezno, with newly established bishoprics in Kolobrzeg for Pomerania; Wroclaw for SilesiaPlease be advised that the factual accuracy of Wikipedia articles dealing with topics related to the Oder-Neisse Line is often disputed. Silesia ( Polish Slask German Schlesien Czech Slezsko is a historical region in central Europe. Most of it is now with; Krakow for Little PolandLittle Poland or Lesser Poland (Polish Malopolska Latin: Polonia Minor is one of the historical regions of Poland. It is located in the south of Poland around the city of Krakow. Most of Little Poland lies within the boundaries of Lesser Poland Voivodship and already existing since 968Events Births Emperor Kazan of Japan Ethelred II of England Romanus Argyrus, later Romanus III of the Eastern Roman Empire. May 14 Leofric, Earl of Mercia Deaths August 25 Edgiva of Kent 968. bishopric in Poznan for western Greater PolandGreater 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 trib.
150px 19th centuryAlternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical ( 18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801- 1900. Events The Little Ice Age ended panorama of Gniezno
Gniezno cathedral witnessed royal coronations of Boleslaus I the Brave in 1024, his son Mieszko II Lambert in 1025. The cities of Gniezno and nearby Poznan were captured, plundered and destroyed in 1038 by the Czech duke Bretislav, what pushed the next Polish rulers to move the Polish capital to Cracow. The archepiscopal cathedral was reconstucted by the next ruler Boleslaus II of Poland who was crowned king here in 1076.
In the next centuries Gniezno evolved as a regional seat of eastern part of Greater Poland, and in 1238 municipal autonomy was granted by the duke Wladislaw Odonic . Gniezno was again the croronation site in 1295 and 1300.
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