Gniezno
Gniezno | |
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| Royal Capital City of Gniezno Stołeczne Królewskie Miasto Gniezno | |
Lake Jelonek Market Square Franciscan Church Details of the Gniezno Cathedral Museum of the Origins of the Polish State | |
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| Coordinates: 52°32′09″N 17°35′45″E / 52.53583°N 17.59583°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Greater Poland |
| County | Gniezno |
| Gmina | Gniezno (urban gmina) |
| Established | 8th-10th century |
| City rights | 1239 |
| Government | |
| • City mayor | Michał Powałowski (PO) |
| Area | |
• Total | 49 km2 (19 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2021) | |
• Total | 66,769 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 62–200 to 62–210 |
| Area code | +48 61 |
| Car plates | PGN |
| Climate | Dfb |
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| National roads | |
| Website | http://www.Gniezno.eu |
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Gniezno ([ˈɡɲɛznɔ] ⓘ; German: Gnesen; Latin: Gnesna) is a city in central-western Poland, about 50 kilometres (31 miles) east of Poznań. Its population in 2021 was 66,769, making it the sixth-largest city in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. The city is the administrative seat of Gniezno County (powiat).
One of the Piast dynasty's chief cities, it was the first historical capital of Poland in the 10th century and early 11th century, and afterwards remained one of the main cities of the historic region of Greater Poland. Gniezno is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gniezno, the country's oldest archdiocese, founded in 1000, and its archbishop is the primate of Poland, making the city the country's ecclesiastical capital. The Gniezno Cathedral is one of the most historically important churches in Poland, and as such is a designated Historic Monument of Poland. Other sights include the Old Town and the Museum of the Origins of the Polish State.