Piast (disambiguation) explained

Piast may refer to:

Buildings and organisations

• Piast Brewery, a defunct brewery, located in Wrocław
• Piast Canal, a canal that connects the Oder Lagoon with the Baltic Sea
• Piast's Castle, castle in Gliwice
• Piast Coal Mine
  • See also: 1981 strike at the Piast Coal Mine in Bieruń
• Piast Institute, a national research and policy center for Polish and Polish-American affairs based in Hamtramck, Michigan
• Stadion Piast, the stadium of Piast Gliwice

History

• Piast dynasty, the first historical ruling dynasty of Poland
• Piast the Wheelwright, founder of the Piast dynasty
• Silesian Piast dynasty, rulers of the Duchies of Silesia, which resulted from numerous divisions of the original Duchy of Silesia established in 1138 under the Silesian Piasts
• Ziemowit Piast, son of Piast the Wheelwright

Politics

• Chjeno-Piast, an unofficial (yet common) name of a past coalition of Polish political parties formed in 1923
• Piast Concept, a political idea of Polish state based on its initial territories under the Piast dynasty
• Polish People's Party "Piast" (1913–31), a former political party in Poland
• Polish People's Party "Piast" (founded 2006), a political party in Poland

Sports teams

• Piast Cieszyn
• Piast Chęciny
• Piast Gliwice
• Piast Nowa Ruda

Other

• Piast Eagle, coat of arms of Poland
• Piast, a beer brewed by the Okocim Brewery, previously by the Piast Brewery