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 | |
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  Strzałkowo | |
| Coordinates: 52°18′36″N 17°49′5″E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Greater Poland |
| County | Słupca |
| Gmina | Strzałkowo |
| Population | 4,953 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | PSL |
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| Website | http://www.strzalkowo.pl |
History
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
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]
Notable people
- Jerzy Młokosiewicz (1923–1995), Home Army soldier and participant of the Warsaw Uprising during World War II, Polish deputy minister of finance
- Leon Michalski (1915–1979), officer of the Polish Army and the Polish Armed Forces in the West during World War II
- Łukasz Kuropaczewski (born 1981), Polish guitarist
References
- "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XI (in Polish). Warsaw. 1890. p. 449.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - 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.
- "I wojna światowa". slupca.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- 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.
- "Masło ze Strzałkowa". Ministerstwo Rolnictwa i Rozwoju Wsi - Portal Gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- "KS Polanin Strzałkowo - Strona oficjalna" (in Polish). Retrieved 3 June 2021.