Bojanowo

Bojanowo ([bɔjaˈnɔvɔ]; German: Bojanowo) is a town in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, western Poland. It is the seat of Gmina Bojanowo (commune). As of June 2021, it has a population of 2,895.[1]

Bojanowo
Main Square
Main Square
Flag of Bojanowo
Flag
Coat of arms of Bojanowo
Coat of arms
Bojanowo is located in Poland
Bojanowo
Bojanowo
Coordinates: 51°42′N 16°45′E
Country Poland
VoivodeshipGreater Poland
CountyRawicz
GminaBojanowo
Established14th century
Town rights1638
Government
 • MayorMaciej Dubiel
Area
 • Total2.34 km2 (0.90 sq mi)
Population
 (30 June 2021[1])
 • Total2,895
 • Density1,200/km2 (3,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
63-940
Area code+48 65
Car platesPRA
Highways
Voivodeship roads
Websitebojanowo.pl

History

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. Bojanowo was granted town rights in 1638. It was administratively located in the Poznań Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland. It was annexed by Prussia in the Second Partition of Poland. Following the successful Greater Poland uprising of 1806, it was regained by Poles and included within the short-lived Duchy of Warsaw. After its dissolution in 1815, it was re-annexed by Prussia, within which it was located in the Kreis Rawitsch of Provinz Posen. Following World War I, Poland regained independence and control of the town.

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in December 1939, the occupiers carried out expulsions of Poles, mostly craftsmen, postal workers and intelligentsia with entire families, as well as several local Jews.[2][3] Houses and workshops of the expellees were handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.[2]

Sports

The local football club is Ruch Bojanowo.[4] It competes in the lower leagues.

Notable residents

References
  1. "Local Data Bank". Statistics Poland. Retrieved 2022-05-29. Data for territorial unit 3022014.
  2. Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. p. 162. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.
  3. "History - Jewish community before 1989 - Bojanowo - Virtual Shtetl". Archived from the original on 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
  4. "Ruch Bojanowo - strona klubu" (in Polish). Retrieved 7 January 2023.
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