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Strzałkowo, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Coordinates: 52°18′36″N 17°49′5″E / 52.31000°N 17.81806°E / 52.31000; 17.81806
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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

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.

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.