Posen may refer to:

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Europe

Poznań Poznań () is a city on the River Warta in west-central Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business centre, and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John ...

(German: ''Posen''), city in Poland *

Grand Duchy of Posen The Grand Duchy of Posen (german: Großherzogtum Posen; pl, Wielkie Księstwo Poznańskie) was part of the Kingdom of Prussia, created from territories annexed by Prussia after the Partitions of Poland, and formally established following the ...

, autonomous province of Prussia, 1815–1848 *

Province of Posen The Province of Posen (german: Provinz Posen, pl, Prowincja Poznańska) was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1848 to 1920. Posen was established in 1848 following the Greater Poland Uprising as a successor to the Grand Duchy of Posen, w ...

, Prussian province, 1848–1918 *

Posen (region) Posen was the southern of two Prussian administrative regions, or ''Regierungsbezirke'' ( pl, rejencja), of the Grand Duchy of Posen (1815–49) and its successor, the Province of Posen (1849–1918). The administrative region was bordered ...

, the south-western part of the Province of Posen *

Posen-West Prussia The Frontier March of Posen-West Prussia (german: Grenzmark Posen-Westpreußen, pl, Marchia Graniczna Poznańsko-Zachodniopruska) was a province of Prussia from 1922 to 1938. Posen-West Prussia was established in 1922 as a province of the Free ...

, German province, 1922–1938 *

Reichsgau Posen The ''Reichsgau Wartheland'' (initially ''Reichsgau Posen'', also: ''Warthegau'') was a Nazi German ''Reichsgau'' formed from parts of Polish territory annexed in 1939 during World War II. It comprised the region of Greater Poland and adjacent ...

, occupied in 1939, annexed and directly incorporated into the German Reich

United States

Posen, Illinois Posen is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Posen is the German-language name for the western Polish city of Poznań. The population of the village was 5,632 at the 2020 census. Geography Posen is located at (41.628234, -87.6857 ...

, a village *

Posen, Washington County, Illinois Posen is an unincorporated community in Bolo Township, Washington County, Illinois, United States. Posen is southeast of Nashville. Since 1901, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, a member of the Diocese of Belleville The Diocese of Bellevi ...

, an unincorporated community *

Posen, Michigan Posen is a village in Presque Isle County of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 234 at the 2010 census. The village is in Posen Township. Posen has a strong Polish background as 78.8% of its inhabitants are reported to have Poli ...

Posen Township, Michigan Posen Township is a civil township of Presque Isle County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 959, at the 2000 census, 65.4% (652) of which reported Polish ancestry. Communities * Posen is a village located at along M-65. Geog ...

Posen Township, Minnesota Posen Township is a township in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 234 at the 2000 census. Posen Township was organized in 1879, and named after Poznań (German: ''Posen''), in Poland. Geography According to the ...

Other uses

Posen (surname) Posen is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Al Posen, American cartoonist * Adam Posen (born 1966), American economist * Ariel Posen, Canadian musician * Barry Posen (born 1952), professor of political science at MIT * Louis Pos ...

* SMS ''Posen'', a German dreadnought, 1908–1922

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