Krzywiń

Krzywiń
Market Square in Krzywiń
Market Square in Krzywiń
Flag of Krzywiń
Flag
Coat of arms of Krzywiń
Coat of arms
Krzywiń is located in Poland
Krzywiń
Krzywiń
Location within Poland
Coordinates: 51°58′N 16°49′E / 51.967°N 16.817°E / 51.967; 16.817
Country Poland
VoivodeshipGreater Poland
CountyKościan
GminaKrzywiń
Area
 • Total
1.67 km2 (0.64 sq mi)
Highest elevation
75 m (246 ft)
Lowest elevation
67 m (220 ft)
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total
1,634
 • Density978/km2 (2,530/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
64-010
Vehicle registrationPKS
Voivodeship roads

Krzywiń [ˈkʂɨvʲiɲ] (German: Kriewen) is a town in west-central Poland in the Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, located at the Obra canal.[2]

History

Preserved old post mill

Krzywiń was first referred to in scripts as Crivin in 1181. But it was not until 1237 that the area's reputation grew as a prominent marketplace. It was then that it was referred to as a town. Incorporation of the town followed in 1257.[3] It was a private church town, administratively located in the Kościan County in the Poznań Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[4]

Following the German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the town was occupied by Germany until 1945. Local prominent Poles were among the victims of a massacre of Poles from the county, perpetrated by the Germans in November 1939 in the forest near Kościan as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[5] Several Poles who were either born or lived and worked in Krzywiń, including the local police chief, were murdered by the Russians in the Katyn massacre in 1940.[6][7][8][9][10] In 1943, the German security police carried out expulsions of Poles, who were then placed in a transit camp in Poznań, and afterwards deported to the General Government in the more eastern part of German-occupied Poland, while their houses and farms were handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.[11]

Transport

Krzywiń lies on voivodeship road 432.

The nearest railway station is in Leszno.

Demographics

Town hall

Education

There are three schools in Krzywiń. There is a primary school, a junior high school and a high school.

Sports

The local football club is Promień Krzywiń.[13] It competes in the lower leagues.

Notable people

Twin towns – sister cities

Krzywiń is twinned with:[14]

References

  1. 1 2 Stan i struktura ludności oraz ruch naturalny w przekroju terytorialnym w 2010 r. (PDF) (in Polish). Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 2011. p. 104. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011.
  2. ↑ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
  3. ↑ From the Polish "Nazwy Miast Wielkopolski" (English: Names of Towns in Greater Poland) by Zofia and Karol Zierhofferowie pp. 82-83; Publisher: "Wydawnictwo Poznańskie" (English: Publishing House of Poznań); Year of Publication: 1987; ISBN 83-210-0680-9
  4. ↑ Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 2017. p. 1a.
  5. ↑ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. pp. 200–201.
  6. ↑ Tucholski, Jędrzej, ed. (2003). Charków. Księga Cmentarna Polskiego Cmentarza Wojennego (PDF) (in Polish). Warszawa: Rada Ochrony Pamięci Miejsc Walk i Męczeństwa. p. 640. ISBN 83-916663-5-2.
  7. ↑ Tarczyński, Marek, ed. (2000). Katyń. Księga Cmentarna Polskiego Cmentarza Wojennego (PDF) (in Polish). Warszawa: Rada Ochrony Pamięci Miejsc Walk i Męczeństwa. pp. 206, 619. ISBN 83-905590-7-2.
  8. ↑ Jakubowski, Grzegorz, ed. (2006). Miednoje. Księga Cmentarna Polskiego Cmentarza Wojennego (PDF) (in Polish). Vol. 1. Warszawa: Rada Ochrony Pamięci Miejsc Walk i Męczeństwa. p. 223. ISBN 83-89474-06-9.
  9. ↑ Jakubowski, Grzegorz, ed. (2006). Miednoje. Księga Cmentarna Polskiego Cmentarza Wojennego (PDF) (in Polish). Vol. 2. Warszawa: Rada Ochrony Pamięci Miejsc Walk i Męczeństwa. p. 979. ISBN 83-89474-06-9.
  10. ↑ Gurianov, Aleksandr, ed. (2019). Убиты в Калинине, захоронены в Медном. Книга памяти польских военнопленных – узников Осташковского лагеря НКВД, расстрелянных по решению Политбюро ЦК ВКП(б) от 5 марта 1940 года (PDF) (in Russian). Vol. 1. Moscow: Общество «Мемориал». pp. 230, 329. ISBN 978-5-6041921-4-6.
  11. ↑ Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. p. 367. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.
  12. ↑ Dokumentacja Geograficzna (in Polish). Vol. 3/4. Warszawa: Instytut Geografii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 1967. p. 24.
  13. ↑ "Promień Krzywiń - strona klubu" (in Polish). Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  14. ↑ "20 ans de jumelage célébrés au Bény‑Bocage". Ouest‑France (in French). Ouest‑France. 3 December 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
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