Gniezno
place · http://data.judaicalink.org/data/ep/1002376
Town in the Wielkopolska province of Poland. In the eleventh century, Gniezno (known in Yiddish and German as Gnesen) was established as the first capital of the Polish state; since the year 1000 it has been the seat of an archbishop. Jews likely lived in the town as early as the twelfth century, where they managed the mint of a local prince. The oldest images of Jews in Polish lands are found on the bronze door of the Gniezno cathedral, dating from the second half of the twelfth century.
Identifiers
- GND
- 116936-1 · 4093630-2
- GeoNames
- 3099112
- VIAF
- 234160645
- Wikidata
- Q51432
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Gniezno
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Gniezno
11 statements
- described at
- https://yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Gniezno
- has abstract
- Town in the Wielkopolska province of Poland. In the eleventh century, Gniezno (known in Yiddish and German as Gnesen) was established as the first capital of the Polish state; since the year 1000 it has been the seat of an archbishop. Jews likely lived in the town as early as the twelfth century, where they managed the mint of a local prince. The oldest images of Jews in Polish lands are found on the bronze door of the Gniezno cathedral, dating from the second half of the twelfth century.
- title
- Gniezno
- alternative label
- Gniezno
- preferred label
- Gniezno
- has related
- crafts
- has related
- guilds
- has related
- piotrkow
- has related
- poland
- has related
- radom
- has related
- zionism and zionist parties
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History
Merged into this page:
data/ep/1052144(2026-10-12)data/ep/1107254(2026-10-12)