Poznan

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Poznan

Total population

546,859

Air quality index

51Moderate

Land area261.85 km²

Coordinates52.41°, 16.93°

Demographic figures from Statistics Poland (GUS). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Poznań is a city on the River Warta in west Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business center and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John's Fair, traditional Saint Martin's croissants and a local dialect. Among its most important heritage sites are the Renaissance Old Town, Town Hall and Poznań Cathedral.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Adolf Pinner

German chemist (1842–1909)

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Wilhelm Arndt

German historian (1838–1895)

Erich Waetzmann

German physicist (1882-1938)

Adam Napieralski

German publisher (1861-1928)

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Paul Bartsch

German priest

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Gustav Adolf Schmidtsdorff

German politician (1878-1945)

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Anton Calujek

German politician (1889-1962)

Anton Nowacki

Swiss agronomist and university teacher (1839–1925)

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Anton von Taczanowski

politician (1847-1917)

Paweł Strzelecki

Polish explorer and geologist (1797–1873)

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Artur Schweriner

German journalist and author (1882-1941)

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Bernd Funck

German historian of classical antiquity (1945–1996)

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Bernhard Brilling

German historian (1906-1987)

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Bruno Krüger

German prehistorian (1926–2022)

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Otto Lehmann

German zoologist (1865–1951)

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Erich Lübbert

German jurist and entrepreneur (1883-1963)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

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