Krzywiń [ˈkʂɨvʲiɲ] (German: Kriewen) is a town in west-central Poland in the Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, located at the Obra canal.
Krzywiń | |
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 Market square | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Krzywiń | |
| Coordinates: 51°58′N 16°49′E / 51.967°N 16.817°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Greater Poland |
| County | Kościan |
| Gmina | Krzywiń |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.67 km2 (0.64 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 75 m (246 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 67 m (220 ft) |
| Population (2010)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,634 |
| • Density | 980/km2 (2,500/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 64-010 |
| Vehicle registration | PKS |
| Voivodeship roads |  |
History
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Krzywiń was first referred to in scripts as Crivin in 1181. But it was not until 1237 that the area's reputation grew as a prominent marketplace. It was then that it was referred to as a town. Incorporation of the town followed in 1257.[2] It was a private church town, administratively located in the Kościan County in the Poznań Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[3]
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), local prominent Poles were among the victims of a massacre of Poles from the county, perpetrated by the Germans in November 1939 in the forest near Kościan as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[4] In 1943, the German security police carried out expulsions of Poles, who were then placed in a transit camp in Poznań, and afterwards deported to the General Government in the more eastern part of German-occupied Poland, while their houses and farms were handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.[5]
Education
editThere are three schools in Krzywiń. There is a primary school, a junior high school and a high school.
Demographics
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Sports
editThe local football club is Promień Krzywiń.[7] It competes in the lower leagues.
Notable people
edit- Krystyn Szelejewski (d. 1457/1459), Polish nobleman and castellan
References
edit- ^ a b Stan i struktura ludności oraz ruch naturalny w przekroju terytorialnym w 2010 r. (PDF) (in Polish). Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 2011. p. 104. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011.
- ^ From the Polish "Nazwy Miast Wielkopolski" (English: Names of Towns in Greater Poland) by Zofia and Karol Zierhofferowie pp. 82-83; Publisher: "Wydawnictwo Poznańskie" (English: Publishing House of Poznań); Year of Publication: 1987; ISBN 83-210-0680-9
- ^ Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 2017. p. 1a.
- ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. pp. 200–201.
- ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. p. 367. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.
- ^ Dokumentacja Geograficzna (in Polish). Vol. 3/4. Warszawa: Instytut Geografii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 1967. p. 24.
- ^ "Promień Krzywiń - strona klubu" (in Polish). Retrieved 8 January 2023.
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