Dębiec is a historical southern part of
Poznań
Poznań ( ) is a city on the Warta, River Warta in west Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business center and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John's ...
,
Poland
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.
It was incorporated into the city limits in 1925. The Dębiec area borders with
Luboń in the south,
Åšwierczewo in the west,
, and the
Warta river
The river Warta ( , ; ; ) rises in central Poland and meanders greatly through the Polish Plain in a north-westerly direction to flow into the Oder at Kostrzyn nad OdrÄ… on Poland's border with Germany. About long, it the second-longest rive ...
in the east, extending up to the north to the railway tracks between the Poznań-Górczyn and
Poznań-Główny stations and to Wspólna street where it borders with
Wilda.
In the late 18th Century, a fairly large number of
Bambers settled in what was then a village and assimilated with the local population.
On 19 March 1922 a sports club was registered under the name ''KS Lutnia Dębiec'', which is now known as
Lech Poznań
Kolejowy Klub Sportowy Lech Poznań S.A., commonly referred to as KKS Lech Poznań or simply Lech Poznań (), is a Polish professional football club based in Poznań and currently competing in the Ekstraklasa, the nation's highest division.
...
. After
World War II
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it became the main area of housing for the workers of the
Cegielski factories.
References
Neighbourhoods of Poznań
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