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19-448: Rogoźno dates back to a Lechitic (proto-Polish) stronghold from the 8th and 9th centuries. Its name is of Medieval Old Polish origin, and comes from the word rogoża , a type of plant. The oldest known mention comes from 1192. From the mid-12th century it was a seat of a castellan and in 1280 it was granted town rights by Przemysł II . King Przemysł II of Poland was murdered in or near Rogoźno in 1296. According to one tradition he

38-645: A dead language; Silesian , which is variously considered a Polish dialect or a language in its own right, is also part of this group. The Sorbian languages of the southern part of the Polabian area, preserved as relics today in Upper and Lower Lusatia , occupy a place between the Lechitic and Czech-Slovak groups. The name Lech or Leszek , Lestko, Leszko, Lestek, and Lechosław is a very popular name in Poland. Lech

57-852: Is an ethnographic group of Polish people that originates from the region of Masovia , located mostly within borders of the Masovian Voivodeship , Poland . They speak the Masovian dialect of Polish . The group originates from the Lechitic tribe of Masovians, first referenced in the historical records by Nestor the Chronicler in the 11th century. In the Polish census of 2021, 97 people declared Mazovian national identity. The name Masovian, in Polish , Mazowszanin , comes from

76-680: The Czech Lands ) and Rus went to the East (to create Rus' ). A variant of this legend, involving only two brothers Lech and Čech, was first written down by Cosmas of Prague of Bohemia . The legend was described by Kronika wielkopolska ("Greater Poland Chronicle"), written in 1273 in Latin, and Chronicle of Dalimil , written in Czech in 1314. Masovians Masovians , also spelled as Mazovians , and historically known as Masurians ,

95-600: The Greater Poland uprising (1918–19) broke out, which goal was to reintegrate the town and region with the reborn state. The town was liberated by Polish insurgents on December 31, 1918. During the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland in September 1939, which started World War II , the town was invaded by Germany and occupied until 1945. Polish residents were subjected to arrests, massacres and expulsions . Some inhabitants of Rogoźno were among Poles massacred by

114-555: The Ottoman Turkish ). In Polish literature Lech was also the name of the legendary founder of Poland. The legend describes three brothers, Lech, Čech, and Rus – who founded three Slavic nations: Poland (also known as Lechia ), Bohemia ( Čechy , now known as the Czech Republic ), and Rus ( Ruthenia ). In this legend Lech was the founder of Gniezno . Three brothers Lech, Czech and Rus were exploring

133-642: The Brave , founded the bishoprics at Wrocław , Kołobrzeg , and Kraków , and an archbishopric at Gniezno . Bolesław carried out successful wars against Bohemia , Moravia , Kievan Rus' and Lusatia , and forced the western Pomeranians to pay Poland a tribute. Shortly before his death Bolesław became the first King of Poland in 1025. The West Slavs included the ancestors of the peoples known later as Poles , Pomeranians , Czechs , Slovaks , Sorbs and Polabians . The northern so-called Lechitic group includes, along with Polish, endangered Pomeranian and Polabian ,

152-480: The Germans in nearby villages of Podlesie Kościelne and Międzylesie . In late 1939, around 900 Poles were expelled from the town and its surroundings. The Germans also established and operated a Nazi prison in the town. The Polish resistance was active in the area, and Poles produced a secret Polish newspaper in nearby Oborniki . The local football team is Wełna Rogoźno  [ pl ] . It competes in

171-535: The closest ancestors of ethnic Poles and of Pomeranians , Lusatians and Polabians . According to Polish legend, Mieszko I inherited the ducal throne from his father who probably ruled over two-thirds of the territory inhabited by eastern Lechite tribes. He united the Lechites east of the Oder ( Polans , Masovians , Pomeranians , Vistulans , Silesians ) into a single country of Poland . His son, Bolesław I

190-649: The historians with the Lendians . Wincenty Kadłubek in Chronica seu originale regum et principum Poloniae (Chronicles of the Kings and Princes of Poland), written between 1190 and 1208, used the names Lechitae (Lechites), lechiticus (lechitic) and Lechia many times to describe all of medieval Poland. Chronicle of Greater Poland 1273 described Casimir I the Restorer as "king of Poles means Lechites". Both

209-523: The lower leagues. Lechites Lechites ( Polish : Lechici , German : Lechiten ), also known as the Lechitic tribes ( Polish : Plemiona lechickie , German : Lechitische Stämme ), is a name given to certain West Slavic tribes who inhabited modern-day Poland and eastern Germany, and were speakers of the Lechitic languages . Distinct from the Czech–Slovak subgroup , they are

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228-480: The name is exclusively associated with Masurians (historically known as Prussian Masurians ), another ethnic group related to Masovians, who inhabit nearby region of Masuria , while the population of Masovia is exclusively referred to as Masovians . The group originate from the Lechitic tribe of Masovians, first referenced in the historical records by Nestor the Chronicler in the 11th century. The tribe inhabited an area in modern region of Masovia , centered on

247-494: The name of the region of Masovia , in Polish known as Mazowsze . The name of the region, comes from its Old Polish names Mazow , and Mazosze , and most likely came from word maz (ancestor word of modern maź and mazać ), which was used to either describe a " muddy region " or a " person covered in mud ". Historically, prior to the World War II , the population was known as Masurians (Polish: Mazurzy ). Currently,

266-859: The names "Poles" and "Lechites" were used in medieval Poland as adequate terms. "Laesir is the Old Norse term for the Ljachar, a people near the Vistula in Poland". Different forms of the name Lechia to designate the Polish state persist in several European languages and in some languages of Central Asia and the Middle East : "Lehia" in Romanian , "Lahestân/لهستان" in Persian (and via borrowing from Persian: "Lehastan" in Armenian , and "Lehistan" in

285-517: The successful Greater Poland uprising of 1806 , it was regained by Poles and included within the short-lived Duchy of Warsaw . The 10th Polish Infantry Regiment was formed in Rogoźno in 1806. In 1815 it was reannexed by Prussia, and from 1871 it was also part of Germany. As Rogasen, the town was subjected to Germanisation policies. In 1906–1907, local Polish school children protested against Germanisation. In November 1918, Poland regained independence and

304-470: The wilderness to find a place to settle. Suddenly they saw a hill with an old oak and an eagle on top. Lech said: this white eagle I will adopt as an emblem of my people, and around this oak I will build my stronghold, and because of the eagle nest (Polish: gniazdo ) I will call it Gniezdno (modern: Gniezno ). The other brothers went further on to find a place for their people. Czech went to the South (to found

323-620: Was a popular male name among members of Piast dynasty like Lestko , Leszek I the White , Leszek II the Black , Leszek, Duke of Masovia , Leszek of Racibórz . The oldest part of Gniezno , in the center of Great Poland , is known as Wzgórze Lecha ("Lech's Hill") as well as Góra Królewska ("Royal Hill"). Lestko (also Lestek, Leszek), mentioned in the Gesta principum Polonorum , completed between 1112 and 1118 by Gallus Anonymus ,

342-683: Was kidnapped while staying at the town, but was so badly wounded in the process that he was unable to continue the journey, and was killed by his captors at Sierniki a few miles to the east. Rogoźno was a royal town of Poland, administratively located in the Poznań County in the Poznań Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province . The town was annexed by Prussia in the Second Partition of Poland in 1793. After

361-486: Was the second legendary duke of Poland and the son of Siemowit , born ca. 870–880. The Res gestae saxonicae sive annalium libri tres chronicle of 10th-century Germany , written by Widukind of Corvey , noted that Mieszko I (son of Siemomysł and grandchild of Lestek), ruled over the tribe called the Licicaviki , who lived in what is now Poland and were known as "Lestkowici" - the tribe of Lestek identified by

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