Mogilno
Mogilno [ mɔɟilnɔ ] is a city in the Polish province of Kujawy and located on the same lake about 30 km northeast of Gniezno ( Gniezno ). Mogilno is the seat of powiat Mogileński and has about 12,300 inhabitants.
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History
The place dates back to a settlement that in 8/9 Century was built on a hill near the lake. To promote the Christianization of Pomerania, the Polish Duke Casimir I founded ( the Restorer) here in 1065 a Benedictine abbey. 1398 was the place the Magdeburg Law of King Władysław II Jagiello awarded. In the First Partition of Poland also Mogilno came to Prussia, where it remained until 1919. In 1773, the ownership of the monks ended up on the place. 1818 Circle Mogilno, Posen province was established, which was dissolved in 1975, but was re-established in the framework of the administrative reform in 1999.
Benedictine monastery in Mogilno
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the town
- Walter Wreszinski (1880-1935), Egyptologist, professor in Königsberg
- Kurt Lewin (1890-1947), pioneer of psychology, especially social psychology
- Krzysztof Kłosowski ( b. 1975 ), Polish politician
Community
The urban and rural community Mogilno consists of the following villages:
Sister City
- Germany Engelskirchen, Germany since 2012