Legend of Lech and Gniezno How Poland received the Eagle as it's crest Many, many years ago, even many centuries ago, there lived in Polish lands a duke named Lech. It was long, long ago, and some say it was even before the time of Alexander the Great. Be...
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Legend of Lech and Gniezno How Poland received the Eagle as it's crest Many, many years ago, even many centuries ago, there lived in Polish lands a duke named Lech. It was long, long ago, and some say it was even before the time of Alexander the Great. Be that as it may, in the land of Poland there was yet no town of Poznan, nor of Kruszewica, nor were there any large cities in Greater Poland. The country was wild, with few people; men lived together in small communities, greatly fearing the savage Goths who invaded them from the west and the wild Huns who came in from the east. Death and desolation came in the wake of these invaders, and the peaceful, agricultural Slavs were obliged to become warriors, that they might defend their homes and families from destruction. Lech was the first Duke of Poland. He it was who first established a Dukedom on the soil of Poland and assumed the leadership of the western Slavs. He united the tribes, and from the time of his reign, Poland developed an
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