The Central Economic Society for the Grand Duchy of Poznań (Polish: Centralne Towarzystwo Gospodarcze dla Wielkiego Księstwa Poznańskiego) was a social-economic organization of Polish

Poland

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 landowners in the Greater Poland

Greater Poland

Greater Poland or Great Poland, often known by its Polish name Wielkopolska is a historical region of west-central Poland. Its chief city is Poznań.The boundaries of Greater Poland have varied somewhat throughout history...

 region (at this time called the Grand Duchy of Poznań

Grand Duchy of Poznan

The Grand Duchy of Posen, or the Grand Duchy of Poznań was part of the Kingdom of Prussia, created from territories annexed by Prussia after the Partitions of Poland, and formally established following the Napoleonic Wars in 1815. Per agreements derived at the Congress of Vienna it was to have...

) established at a meeting held 13-17 February 1971 as a result of a merger of several local societies.

Its main goal was to promote modern agricultural 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 agr224mffffffffficultural 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
• Jan Działyński
• Hipolit Cegielski
  Hipolit Cegielski
  Hipolit Cegielski was a Polish businessman and social and cultural activist. He founded H. Cegielski - Poznań S.A. in 1846.-References:...
  
  
• Włodzimierz Wolniewicz
• Henryk Szuman
• Zygmunt Szułdrzyński
• Stanisław Żółtowski
• Tadeusz Jackowski
• Tadeusz Szułdrzyński

Famous members and activists

• Maksymilian Jackowski
  Maksymilian Jackowski
  Maksymilian Jackowski was a Polish activist, secretary-general of the Central Economic Society , patron of the agricultural circles.-References:...
  
   (1815-1905) was a Polish activist, secretary-general of the Central Economic Society (Centralne Towarzystwo Gospodarcze), patron of the agricultural circles.
• Władysław Niegolewski
  Wladyslaw Niegolewski
  Władysław Niegolewski was a Polish liberal politician and member of parliament, insurgent in Greater Poland Uprising 1846, Greater Poland Uprising 1848 and January Uprising 1863, cofounder of Central Economic Society in 1861 and People's Libraries Society in 1880.- See also :* Central Economic...
  
   (1819-1885) was a Polish liberal politician and member of parliament, insurgent in Greater Poland Uprising 1846, Greater Poland Uprising 1848 and January Uprising 1863, cofounder of the Central Economic Society (CTG) in 1861 and People's Libraries Society
  People's Libraries Society
  People's Libraries Society was an educational society established in 1880 for the Prussian partition of Poland...
  
   (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)