Summary
Bojanowo ([bɔjaˈnɔvɔ]) is a town in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, western Poland. It is the seat of Gmina Bojanowo (commune). As of June 2021, it has a population of 2,895.[1]
Bojanowo | |
|---|---|
 Main Square | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Bojanowo | |
| Coordinates: 51°42′N 16°45′E / 51.700°N 16.750°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Greater Poland |
| County | Rawicz |
| Gmina | Bojanowo |
| Established | 14th century |
| Town rights | 1638 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Maciej Dubiel |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.34 km2 (0.90 sq mi) |
| Population (30 June 2021[1]) | |
| • Total | 2,895 |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 63-940 |
| Area code | +48 65 |
| Vehicle registration | PRA |
| Highways |  |
| Voivodeship roads |  |
| Website | bojanowo.pl |
History edit
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1810 | 2,673 | — |
| 1843 | 2,204 | −17.5% |
| 1871 | 2,017 | −8.5% |
| 1880 | 2,207 | +9.4% |
| 1890 | 1,918 | −13.1% |
| 1900 | 2,099 | +9.4% |
| 1910 | 2,290 | +9.1% |
| 1921 | 1,862 | −18.7% |
| 1931 | 2,333 | +25.3% |
| 1939 | 3,025 | +29.7% |
| 1950 | 2,533 | −16.3% |
| 2010 | 2,953 | +16.6% |
| Source: [2][3][4] | ||
As part of the region of Greater Poland, i.e. the cradle of the Polish state, the area formed part of Poland since its establishment in the 10th century. Bojanowo was granted town rights in 1638. It was administratively located in the Poznań Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland. It was annexed by Prussia in the Second Partition of Poland. Following the successful Greater Poland uprising of 1806, it was regained by Poles and included within the short-lived Duchy of Warsaw. After its dissolution in 1815, it was re-annexed by Prussia, within which it was located in the Kreis Rawitsch of Provinz Posen. Following World War I, Poland regained independence and control of the town.
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in December 1939, the occupiers carried out expulsions of Poles, mostly craftsmen, postal workers and intelligentsia with entire families, as well as several local Jews.[5][6] Houses and workshops of the expellees were handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.[5] The Polish resistance movement was present in Bojanowo. In June 1944, the Gestapo arrested both the commander and deputy commander of the local unit of the Home Army, who were then subjected to brutal interrogations, and eventually sent to concentration camps and killed there.[7]
Sports edit
The local football club is Ruch Bojanowo.[8] It competes in the lower leagues.
Notable residents edit
- Julius Frauenstädt (1813-1879), German philosopher
- Gottschalk Eduard Guhrauer (1809–1854), German philologist and biographer
References edit
- ^ a b "Local Data Bank". Statistics Poland. Retrieved 2022-05-29. Data for territorial unit 3022014.
- ^ Wiadomości Statystyczne Głównego Urzędu Statystycznego (in Polish). Vol. X. Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1932. p. 201.
- ^ Dokumentacja Geograficzna (in Polish). Vol. 3/4. Warszawa: Instytut Geografii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 1967. p. 4.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. p. 162. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.
- ^ "History - Jewish community before 1989 - Bojanowo - Virtual Shtetl". Archived from the original on 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
- ^ Encyklopedia konspiracji Wielkopolskiej 1939–1945 (in Polish). Poznań: Instytut Zachodni. 1998. pp. 154–155, 425–426. ISBN 83-85003-97-5.
- ^ "Ruch Bojanowo - strona klubu" (in Polish). Retrieved 7 January 2023.
External links edit
- Bojanowo City Guide
- Virtual Shtetl, Jewish history of the town(in English)
- Official website (in Polish)
- Official website of parish in Bojanowo (in Polish)
- Official website of football club in Bojanowo - Ruch Bojanowo (in Polish)
- Official website of fire department (in Polish)