Stawiszyn
Town hall
Town hall
Flag of Stawiszyn
Coat of arms of Stawiszyn
Stawiszyn is located in Poland
Stawiszyn
Stawiszyn
Coordinates: 51°55′6″N 18°6′41″E / 51.91833°N 18.11139°E / 51.91833; 18.11139
Country Poland
VoivodeshipGreater Poland
CountyKalisz
GminaStawiszyn
Area
  Total0.99 km2 (0.38 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)
  Total1,554
  Density1,600/km2 (4,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
62-820
Vehicle registrationPKA
ClimateDfb
National road
Websitehttp://www.stawiszyn.pl

Stawiszyn ([staˈvʲiʂɨn]) is a town in Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in central Poland, with 1,569 inhabitants (2006). It is the urban part of the larger Stawiszyn Commune, a mixed urban-rural municipality (gmina miejsko-wiejska). The town has a land area of only 0.99 km², and is the smallest town in geographical area in Poland.

History

Stawiszyn was a royal town of the Kingdom of Poland, administratively located in the Kalisz County in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province.[1] The 1st Polish National Cavalry Brigade was stationed in the town.[2]

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), two local Polish teachers were sent to the Mauthausen concentration camp and murdered there.[3] In 1943, the occupiers renamed the town to Stavensheim in attempt to erase traces of Polish origin.

References

  1. Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 2017. p. 1b.
  2. Gembarzewski, Bronisław (1925). Rodowody pułków polskich i oddziałów równorzędnych od r. 1717 do r. 1831 (in Polish). Warszawa: Towarzystwo Wiedzy Wojskowej. p. 7.
  3. Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. p. 213.
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