Miejska Górka
Church of Saints Nicholas and Mary Magdalene
Church of Saints Nicholas and Mary Magdalene
Coat of arms of Miejska Górka
Coat of arms
Miejska Górka is located in Poland
Miejska Górka
Miejska Górka
Coordinates: 51°39′20″N 16°57′40″E / 51.65556°N 16.96111°E / 51.65556; 16.96111
Country Poland
VoivodeshipGreater Poland
CountyRawicz
GminaMiejska Górka
Town rightsbefore 1406
Area
 • Total3.09 km2 (1.19 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)
 • Total3,128
 • Density1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
63-910
Vehicle registrationPRA
National roads
Voivodeship roads
Websitehttp://www.miejska-gorka.pl/

Miejska Górka [ˈmʲɛi̯ska ˈɡurka] is a town in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland.[1] With 3,121 inhabitants (2005), it lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) north-east of Rawicz and 83 km (52 mi) south of the regional capital Poznań.

History

Miejska Górka was granted town rights before 1406. It was a private town, administratively located in the Kościan County in the Poznań Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[2]

Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, Miejska Górka was occupied by Germany until 1945. The occupiers operated a subcamp of the Nazi prison in Rawicz, dedicated to prisoners suffering from tuberculosis.[3] On 22 May 1941, the Germans perpetrated a public execution of 25 Poles in the town (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[4] The command of the Miejscowa Organizacja Podziemna Polish resistance organization was operating in Miejska Górka, and eventually became part of the larger Home Army in 1944.[5]

Transport

There is a railway station in Miejska Górka, and the national road 36 passes through the town.

References

  1. ↑ "Miejska Górka w liczbach". polskawliczbach.pl (in Polish). Retrieved June 8, 2022.
  2. ↑ Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 2017. p. 1a.
  3. ↑ Encyklopedia konspiracji Wielkopolskiej 1939–1945 (in Polish). Poznań: Instytut Zachodni. 1998. p. 478. ISBN 83-85003-97-5.
  4. ↑ Encyklopedia konspiracji Wielkopolskiej 1939–1945. p. 146.
  5. ↑ Encyklopedia konspiracji Wielkopolskiej 1939–1945. p. 215.


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