Strzałkowo, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Strzałkowo [stʂau̯ˈkɔvɔ] is a village in Słupca County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Strzałkowo.[1] It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) west of Słupca and 63 km (39 mi) east of the regional capital Poznań.

Strzałkowo
Village
Railway station
Railway station
Strzałkowo is located in Poland
Strzałkowo
Strzałkowo
Coordinates: 52°18′36″N 17°49′5″E / 52.31000°N 17.81806°E / 52.31000; 17.81806
Country Poland
VoivodeshipGreater Poland
CountySłupca
GminaStrzałkowo
Population
4,953
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationPSL
National roads
Websitehttp://www.strzalkowo.pl

History

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Monument to insurgents of the Greater Poland uprising of 1918-1919 and victims of Nazi Germany in World War II

Strzałkowo was a private village of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Pyzdry County[2] in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Polish Crown.[3] It was owned by the Strzałkowski, Węsierski and Korytowski families.[2] In the late 19th century, it had a population of 462.[2]

During World War I, it was the location of a German prisoner-of-war camp for tens of thousands of Allied POWs of various nationalities.[4]

During the World War II German occupation, in November 1940, the occupiers carried out expulsions of Poles from Strzałkowo.[5] Expelled Poles were deported to the Kraków District of the General Government in German-occupied southern Poland, while their farms were handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.[5]

Cuisine

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The officially protected traditional food originating from Strzałkowo is local butter (Masło ze Strzałkowa), as designated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Poland.[6]

Sports

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The local football team is Polanin Strzałkowo.[7] It competes in the lower leagues.

Notable people

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References

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  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ a b c Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XI (in Polish). Warsaw. 1890. p. 449.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "I wojna światowa". slupca.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  5. ^ 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. 209. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.
  6. ^ "Masło ze Strzałkowa". Ministerstwo Rolnictwa i Rozwoju Wsi - Portal Gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  7. ^ "KS Polanin Strzałkowo - Strona oficjalna" (in Polish). Retrieved 3 June 2021.