A market settlement with a sandstone church at a ford of the Warta on the road from Kalisz to Kruszwica and Gniezno.
Its stone road post, set up in 1151 by a count Piotr (Piotr Włostowic or Piotr Wszeborowic, scholars differ), is the oldest road marker in Poland; its Latin inscription, as usually read, marks the midpoint of the road from Kalisz to Kruszwica. Not a town; no castle of note (the gród of Kaszuba on the meadows nearby was abandoned in the 12th century).
Who holds it
- Name
- The duke (no castellan here before the 14th century)
- Title
- Lord of the castle and market
- Since
- see lord_1200
- Confidence
- medium
Lord in 1200
The duke (no castellan here before the 14th century)
How things stand that morning
A ducal castle with a market settlement; no town law.
Charter
None. No town law in 1200: the place is a ducal castle (gród) with a market settlement (suburbium) under ducal law.
Council
None: the castellan and the duke's officers judge, collect the market dues and tolls, and keep order.
Communities
The castle household and garrison.
Fairs and markets
None recorded.
Militia
None as a town body; the castle garrison and the knights of the castle district.
Walls and castle
Earth-and-timber castle.
Trade and crafts
The Warta ford on the Kalisz to Kruszwica road; a local market.
Places of note
- The Konin road post (1151): Oldest road marker in Poland.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: en.wikipedia (Konin); the reading of the inscription is the usual one, not checked against a source in this run.
Primary sources for Greater Poland
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- Chronicle of the Poles, by Master Vincent (Wincenty Kadłubek), Wincenty Kadłubek (about 1190 to 1208). Book 4 is a contemporary's account of the fight for the senior throne of Kraków. Read online
- The annals of the Kraków chapter and the other Polish annals (kept from the 11th century; the Kraków chapter annals continued to 1266). Short dated entries that fix the chronology Kadłubek blurs: the deaths of dukes and bishops, Mieszko the Old's captures of Kraków, Prussian raids on Masovia, church consecrations. Read online
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.