Żółków [ˈʐuu̯kuf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żerków, within Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 2 kilometres (1 mi) east of Żerków, 13 km (8 mi) north-east of Jarocin, and 60 km (37 mi) south-east of the regional capital Poznań.
Żółków | |
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Village | |
  Żółków | |
| Coordinates: 52°3′45″N 17°35′21″E / 52.06250°N 17.58917°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Greater Poland |
| County | Jarocin |
| Gmina | Żerków |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | PJA |
History
editŻółków was a private village of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Pyzdry County in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Polish Crown.[2]
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), inhabitants of Żółków were among Poles massacred by the Germans on 9 November 1939, in Mędzisko as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warsaw: Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences. 2017. p. 1b.
- ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 199.
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