The Central Economic Society for the Grand Duchy of Poznań () was a social-economic organization of

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Polish people, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken * Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin ...

landowners in the

Greater Poland Greater Poland, often known by its Polish name Wielkopolska (; ), is a Polish Polish historical regions, historical region of west-central Poland. Its chief and largest city is Poznań followed by Kalisz, the oldest city in Poland. The bound ...

region (at this time called the

Grand Duchy of Poznań The Grand Duchy of Posen (; ) was part of the Kingdom of Prussia, created from territories annexed by Prussia after the Partitions of Poland, and formally established following the Congress of Vienna in 1815. On 9 February 1849, the Prussian a ...

) established at a meeting held 13–17 February 1861 as a result of a merger of several local societies. Its main goal was to promote modern

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methods by organizing meetings, speeches, debates, excursions and competitions and also publishing the newspapers and magazines. Its main publication was ''Ziemianin'' (The Landowner). Its secondary activities were trade of amazing agricultural products and organizations of the agricultural labour force. The society was managed by the Chairman (''Przewodniczący'') and the Central Board (''Zarząd Centralny''), whose main role was to coordinate the work of the central sections and the branch societies with their own managing boards. The society and its 14 branches had 800 members (as of 1914).

Chairmen

* Adolf Łączyński * * Hipolit Cegielski * Włodzimierz Wolniewicz *

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* Zygmunt Szułdrzyński * Stanisław Żółtowski * Tadeusz Jackowski * Tadeusz Szułdrzyński

Famous members and activists

Maksymilian Jackowski Maksymilian Jackowski (11 October 1815 in Slupia, Grand Duchy of Posen – 14 January 1905 in Posen) was a Polish activist, secretary-general of the Central Economic Society (Centralne Towarzystwo Gospodarcze), patron of the agricultural circ ...

(1815–1905) was a Polish activist, secretary-general of the Central Economic Society (Centralne Towarzystwo Gospodarcze), patron of the agricultural circles. *

Władysław Niegolewski Władysław Niegolewski (1819, in Włościejewki – 1885) was a Polish liberal politician and member of Prussian House of Representatives, insurgent in Greater Poland Uprising 1846, Greater Poland Uprising 1848 and January Uprising 1863, cofou ...

(1819–1885) was a Polish liberal politician and member of parliament, insurgent in

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, Greater Poland Uprising 1848 and

January Uprising 1863 The January Uprising was an insurrection principally in Russia's Kingdom of Poland that was aimed at putting an end to Russian occupation of part of Poland and regaining independence. It began on 22 January 1863 and continued until the last in ...

, cofounder of the Central Economic Society (CTG) in 1861 and

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(TCL) in 1880.

The divisions of the Central Board

* Technical-Industrial Division (Wydział Techniczno-Fabryczny), which evolved later into a Brewing Division (?) (Wydział Gorzelniczy), and next into a separate branch society: Towarzystwo Gorzelników * Forestry Division (Wydział Leśny), later changed into a separate Forestry Society (''Towarzystwo Leśne'') * General Division (''Wydział Ogólny'') * Agriculture Division (''Wydział Rolny'') * Stock Raising Division (''Wydział Chowu Inwentarza'') * Labour Affairs division (''Wydział Spraw Robotniczych'')

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Central Economic Society for the Grand Duchy of Poznan Grand Duchy of Posen Polish regional societies Learned societies of Poland 1860s establishments in Poland