Turew
Village
Turew is located in Poland
Turew
Turew
Coordinates: 52°4′N 16°50′E / 52.067°N 16.833°E / 52.067; 16.833
Country Poland
VoivodeshipGreater Poland
CountyKościan
GminaKościan
Elevation
80 m (260 ft)
Population
760

Turew [ˈturɛf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kościan, within Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) east of Kościan and 38 km (24 mi) south of the regional capital Poznań.

There is an 18th-century manor house in Turew, which until the Second World War belonged to the aristocratic Dryja-Chłapowski family. Among the most notable residents of the house was Dezydery Chłapowski, a Napoleonic officer and a baron of the then French Empire.

References

  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.


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