Obrzycko ([ɔˈbʐɨt͡skɔ]) is a town in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,262 inhabitants (2010).[1]
Obrzycko | |
|---|---|
 Warta River and Baroque Saints Peter and Paul church | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Obrzycko | |
| Coordinates: 52°42′23″N 16°31′45″E / 52.70639°N 16.52917°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Greater Poland |
| County | Szamotuły |
| Gmina | Obrzycko (urban gmina) |
| First mentioned | 1238 |
| Town rights | 1458-1580, 1638-1934, 1990 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Maciej Bieniek |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.72 km2 (1.44 sq mi) |
| Population (2010)[1] | |
| • Total | 2,262 |
| • Density | 610/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 64-520 |
| Area code | +48 61 |
| Vehicle registration | PSZ |
| Voivodeship road |  |
| Website | http://www.obrzycko.com/ |
Nearby municipalities include Wronki, Ostroróg, and Szamotuły.
History edit
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. It was mentioned as a seat of a castellany in 1238. Obrzycko was a private village of Polish nobility, and later a private town, administratively located in the Poznań County in the Poznań Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province.[2]
In the course of the Second Partition of Poland in 1793, the town was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia. Following the successful Greater Poland uprising of 1806, it was regained by Poles and included within the short-lived Duchy of Warsaw. After the duchy's dissolution, it became part of Prussia again after the Congress of Vienna in 1815, and from 1818 it belonged to the Samter district.
As part of the Prussian Province of Posen, the town became part of Germany in 1871 under the Germanized name Obersitzko. The local population was subjected to Germanisation policies. At the beginning of the 20th century the town had a Protestant and a Catholic church, a synagogue, a furniture factory and a sawmill. According to. the census of 1910, the town had a population of 1,746, of which 1,018 (58.3%) were Germans and 725 (41.5%) were Poles.[3] After World War I, it was involved in the Greater Poland uprising and soon became part of newly reborn Poland.
During the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the town was occupied by the German Wehrmacht. It became part of the Samter district in the newly formed province of Reichsgau Wartheland. In 1942, the occupiers established a subcamp of the Stutthof concentration camp in the town.[4][5] Towards the end of the war, the Red Army captured the area and the town was restored to Poland.
Demographics edit
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1810 | 1,664 | — |
| 1843 | 1,769 | +6.3% |
| 1880 | 1,605 | −9.3% |
| 1890 | 1,544 | −3.8% |
| 1910 | 1,746 | +13.1% |
| 1921 | 1,503 | −13.9% |
| 1931 | 1,776 | +18.2% |
| 2010 | 2,262 | +27.4% |
| Source: [6][7][1] | ||
Notable residents edit
- Abraham Berliner (1833-1915), historian
- O.E. Hasse (1903 -1978), German actor
- Ludwig Chodziesner (1861-1943) Lawyer and father of poet Gertrud Kolmar
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c Stan i struktura ludności oraz ruch naturalny w przekroju terytorialnym w 2010 r. (PDF) (in Polish). Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 2011. p. 106. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011.
- ^ Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 2017. p. 1a.
- ^ Landesamt, Prussia (Kingdom) Statistisches (1912). Gemeindelexikon für die regierungsbezirke Allenstein, Danzig, Marienwerder, Posen, Bromberg und Oppeln: Auf grund der ergebnisse der volkszählung vom. 1. Dezember 1910 und anderer amtlicher quellen bearbeitet vom Königlich Preussischen Statistischen Landesamte (in German). verlag des Königlichen Statistischen Landesamts.
- ^ "Anlage zu § 1. Verzeichnis der Konzentrationslager und ihrer Außenkommandos gemäß § 42 Abs. 2 BEG" (in German). Archived from the original on 23 April 2009. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
- ^ "Obersitz (Obrzycko)" (in German). Retrieved 7 December 2023.
- ^ Wiadomości Statystyczne Głównego Urzędu Statystycznego (in Polish). Vol. X. Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1932. p. 202.
- ^ Dokumentacja Geograficzna (in Polish). Vol. 3/4. Warszawa: Instytut Geografii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 1967. p. 34.
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