Poznań

Poznań is located on the Warta River in the Wielkopolskie (Greater Poland) Province of west central Polska (Poland). The old parts of the city are on the left (west) bank, on Tumski Island, and on what used to be two more islands. The river's course and those of its tributaries have been modified for flood control.¹ It has a metropolitan population of 1.019 million,² with 568 thousand in the city proper.³ The Poznań-Ławica Henry K. Wieniawski Airport is one of Polska's busiest.⁴ The tallest building is the 21 story Andersia, for commercial offices and a hotel.⁵ On Tumski Island is a cathedral in which tenth and eleventh century rulers of Polska may have been buried. A number of meteorites have been recovered from the lakes and other craters in the Morasko Meteorite Nature Reserve in the northern part of the city.

External references

Malta Lake, an artificial lake, Poznań, Polska (Poland)

Historical maps

Footnotes

1. Geography section of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pozna%C5%84, accessed 2/20/2014.
2. Large urban zone population as of 2005 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_areas_in_Poland, Eurostat LUZ column, accessed 12/18/2013.
3. Figures for 2007 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_Poland, accessed 12/18/2013.
4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airports_in_Poland, accessed 1/14/2014.
5. Emporis.com, accessed 2/20/2014.
6. Poznań Wikipedia, op. cit., "History" section, which states they are buried there, but cf. the "Late Reign, death and succession" section of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mieszko_I_of_Poland, which states the burial place of the first ruler is unknown, citing Helena Zoll-Adamikowa (1951).
7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morasko_meteorite_nature_reserve, accessed 2/20/2014.