Wielkopolanie wschodni – studenci Królewskiej Akademii Rolniczej w Prószkowie na Górnym Śląsku
Eastern Wielkopolanie – Students of the Royal Agricultural Academy of Prószków in Upper Silesia

Summary/Abstract: In the 19th century, agricultural academies established in different states played a significant role in the development of sciences dealing with rural farming and agricultural education. Among the most prominent centres of this type was the Prussian Royal Agricultural Academy based in Prószków near Opole. Due to its location, the surrounding and high level of education offered, it was a place of studies attended by many Poles, including inhabitants of the former Kalisz Voivodeship. Polish youth formed their own organizations there, such as: Literary-Agricultural Society, Brotherly Aid of Polish Academics in Prószków. Among the graduates of the Academy were members of landed gentry and administrators of large estates, who implemented modern methods of growing crops and raising animals in Polish lands, as well as acted for the development of farmers’ organizations, agricultural education and popularization of the idea of cooperative farming. The graduates of Academy included well-known social activists like Stefan Grabski, a close co-worker of the Rev. Wacław Bliziński, the landowner and subsequent parish priest of Wielgomłyny, the Rev. Norbert Milewski.

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