Markowice, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Markowice [markɔˈvit͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kleszczewo, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south-east of Kleszczewo and 25 km (16 mi) south-east of the regional capital Poznań.

Markowice
Village
Markowice is located in Poland
Markowice
Markowice
Coordinates: 52°18′N 17°14′E / 52.300°N 17.233°E / 52.300; 17.233
Country Poland
VoivodeshipGreater Poland
CountyPoznań
GminaKleszczewo
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationPZ

History

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Markowice was a private village of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Pyzdry County in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province.[2]

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1940, the occupiers carried out expulsions of Poles, whose houses and farms were then handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.[3] Expelled Poles were placed in a transit camp in Łódź and then deported to the General Government in the more eastern part of German-occupied Poland.[3]

Transport

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The A2 motorway runs nearby, north of the village.

References

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  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 197. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.