Strzelno
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Strzelno is a town in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. The town is located 18 km (11.18 mi) south of Inowrocław. According to the June 2005 Census, the population numbered 22,486. It is located in the historic region of Kuyavia. In local baptism records from 1792, the town is spelled as Strzellno.
Norbertine monastery complex with the Holy Trinity Church (right) and Saint Procopius Church (left)
Privilege of Pope Celestine III for the monastery in Strzelno issued in Rome in 1193.
Monastery (back view)
Romanesque Saint Procopius Church
Province of Posen
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The Province of Posen was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1848 to 1920, occupying most of the historical Greater Poland. The province was established following the Poznań Uprising of 1848 as a successor to the Grand Duchy of Posen, which in turn was annexed by Prussia in 1815 from Duchy of Warsaw. It became part of the German Empire in 1871. After World War I, Posen was briefly part of the Free State of Prussia within Weimar Germany, but was dissolved in 1920 when most of its territory was ceded to the Second Polish Republic as a result of the Greater Poland Uprising. The remaining German territory was re-organized into Posen-West Prussia in 1922.
1919 German army permit to enter the Polish territory of Posen, just ceded to Poland.