Miejska Górka [ˈmʲɛi̯ska ˈɡurka] is a town in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland.[2] With 3,190 inhabitants (2010), it lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) north-east of Rawicz and 83 km (52 mi) south of the regional capital Poznań.
Miejska Górka | |
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 Church of Saints Nicholas and Mary Magdalene | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Miejska Górka | |
| Coordinates: 51°39′20″N 16°57′40″E / 51.65556°N 16.96111°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Greater Poland |
| County | Rawicz |
| Gmina | Miejska Górka |
| Town rights | before 1406 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.09 km2 (1.19 sq mi) |
| Population (2010)[1] | |
| • Total | 3,190 |
| • Density | 1,000/km2 (2,700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 63-910 |
| Vehicle registration | PRA |
| National roads |  |
| Voivodeship roads |  |
| Website | http://www.miejska-gorka.pl/ |
History
editMiejska Górka was granted town rights before 1406. It was a private town, administratively located in the Kościan County in the Poznań Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[3]
Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, Miejska Górka was occupied by Germany until 1945. The occupiers operated a subcamp of the Nazi prison in Rawicz, dedicated to prisoners suffering from tuberculosis.[4] On 22 May 1941, the Germans perpetrated a public execution of 25 Poles in the town (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[5] The command of the Miejscowa Organizacja Podziemna Polish resistance organization was operating in Miejska Górka, and eventually became part of the larger Home Army in 1944.[6]
Demographics
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Transport
editThere is a railway station in Miejska Górka, and the national road 36 passes through the town.
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. 105. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011.
- ^ "Miejska Górka w liczbach". polskawliczbach.pl (in Polish). Retrieved June 8, 2022.
- ^ Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 2017. p. 1a.
- ^ Encyklopedia konspiracji Wielkopolskiej 1939–1945 (in Polish). Poznań: Instytut Zachodni. 1998. p. 478. ISBN 83-85003-97-5.
- ^ Encyklopedia konspiracji Wielkopolskiej 1939–1945. p. 146.
- ^ Encyklopedia konspiracji Wielkopolskiej 1939–1945. p. 215.
- ^ Dokumentacja Geograficzna (in Polish). Vol. 3/4. Warszawa: Instytut Geografii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 1967. p. 29.
External links
edit- Municipal website (in Polish)
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