Conference – “The Imperial Route”
Poznań, April 12-13th, 2000
Poznań Archaeological Museum


Conference programme

 

12th April 2000 (Wednesday)

 
11.00 – 11.15 opening of conference:
Bshp. Dr. Stanisław Gądecki
The President of the Town of Poznań – Ryszard Grobelny
11.15 – 11.30 Introduction:
Prof. Lech Krzyżaniak, Prof. Michał Kobusiewicz
11.30 – 12.00 “The imperial route” – an attempt to recreate the path of the pilgrimage of Otto III to Gniezno on the basis of an analysis of the archaeological and written sources – Doc. Dr hab. Wojciech Dzieduszycki, Dr. Maciej Przybył
12.00 – 12.30 The Imperial itinerary and its significance – Prof. Jerzy Strzelczyk
12.30 – 13.00 From Meissen to Głogów, Otto III in Silesia – Prof. Lech Leciejewicz
13.00 – 14.30 break
14.30 – 15.00 The stronghold-territorial organisation of Great Poland in early Piast times and the hypothetical route of Otto III to Gniezno – Prof. Zofia Kurnatowska
15.00 – 15.30 Poznań at the time of the Gniezno Summit in the light of the newest archaeological discoveries – Prof. Hanna Kóčka-Krenz
15.30 – 16.00 Otto III in Gniezno. The ceremonial setting for the visit of the emperor to the capital of the Polane – Prof. Jacek Banaszkiewicz
16.00 – 17.00 discussion
18.00 opening of the exhibition “The Year 1000 – archaeology of the Imperial route”
19.00 social meeting

13th April 2000 (Thursday)
10.00 – 10.30 The Lower Silesian portion of the pilgrimage of Otto III – the role of the “Silesian Bulwarks” in the creation of communication routes in early Piast Poland – Dr. Elżbieta Kowalczyk
10.30 – 11.00 The Silesian segment of the pilgrimage of Otto III to Gniezno in the framework of the reconstruction of settlement (tenth to eleventh centuries) – Dr. Paweł Rzeźnik, Mgr Krzysztof Czapla
11.00 – 11.30 Głogów at about 1000 AD – Mgr Zenon Hendel
11.30 – 12.00 The segment of the Imperial Route in the south of Great Poland in the light of settlement studies (Łoniewo – Czerwona Wieś) – Mgr Elżbieta Wyrwińska, Mgr Marek Wróbel
12.00 – 12.30 The route of the pilgrimage of Otto III from Poznań to Gniezno – Dr. Janusz Górecki
12.30 – 13.30 break
13.30 – 14.00 Means of transport in early Piast Poland (with reference to the example of Ostrów Lednicki) – Mgr Jacek Wrzesiński
14.00 – 14.30 The hypothetical route of the journey of Otto III to Gniezno on the basis of the most recent archaeological excavations – Mgr Tomasz Sawicki
14.30 – 15.00 Between metaphor and reality: path, road, route and archaeology – Dr. Włodzimierz Rączkowski, Mgr Jacek Nowakowski
15.00 – 15.30 discussion
15.30 – 15.45 summary of the conference
16.00 – 18.00 Panel meeting with the participation of German specialists