Poznań

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 (Jarmark Świętojański), 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.

Polish violin competition

Polish sweetrolls

thumb|170px|right|Girls wearing unmarried women's dresses during a Corpus Christi (feast)|Corpus Christi procession in Jeżyce, a borough of Poznań Bambers, also known as Poznań Bambergians, are Poles who are partly descended from Germans who moved from the area of Bamberg (Upper Franconia, Germany) to villages surrounding Poznań, Poland. They settled in villages which had been destroyed during the Great Northern War and the subsequent epidemic of plague, including: 1719 in Luboń 1730 in Dębiec, Jeżyce, Winiary and Bonin 1746–1747 in Rataje and Wilda 1750–1753 in Jeżyce and Górczyn

impact crater reserve in Poland

Christian relic

name given to various former administrative regions

lake in Poznań, Poland

coat of arms

Kiszczonka () is a traditional soup common in Poznań, known also in some other regions of Poland. It consists of water with cooked black pudding, flour, milk and spices. The soup has about 760 kcal.