Otorowo, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Otorowo [ɔtɔˈrɔvɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szamotuły, within Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) south-west of Szamotuły and 37 km (23 mi) north-west of the regional capital Poznań.

See also: Otorowo, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
Otorowo
Village
Baroque Moszczeński Manor House in Otorowo
Baroque Moszczeński Manor House in Otorowo
Otorowo is located in Poland
Otorowo
Otorowo
Coordinates: 52°33′N 16°26′E
Country Poland
VoivodeshipGreater Poland
CountySzamotuły
GminaSzamotuły
First mentioned1284
Population
1,300
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationPSZ
Primary airportPoznań–Ławica Airport
Voivodeship roads

The landmarks of the village are the Gothic All Saints church and the Baroque Moszczeński Manor House which now houses an orphanage.

History
Interior of the Gothic All Saints church

The oldest known mention of the village comes from 1284. Otorowo was a private village of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Poznań County in the Poznań Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Polish Crown.[2]

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the Germans carried out public executions of Polish farmers and craftsmen from Otorowo in Otorowo (on October 12–13, 1939) and in the nearby town of Szamotuły (on December 13, 1939).[3] Poles from Otorowo were also among the victims of large massacres carried out by the Germans in November 1939 in nearby Mędzisko.[4] The massacres were committed as part of the Intelligenzaktion. In late 1939, the Germans carried out expulsions of Poles, who were then held in Wronki, where they were searched and stripped of money and valuable items, and afterwards deported to the Radom District of the General Government (German-occupied central Poland).[5] Later on, a German transit camp for Poles expelled from nearby villages was operated in the village.[6] Two Poles from Otorowo, a pre-war school principal and a policeman, were murdered by the Russians in Katyn and Tver in April–May 1940 in the large Katyn massacre.[7]

Sports

The local football club is LZS Otorowo.[8] It competes in the lower leagues.

Notable people
  • Zbigniew Ryndak (born 1935), Polish writer
  • Władysław Komar (1940–1998), Polish shot putter, actor and cabaretist

References
  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warsaw: Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences. 2017. p. 1a.
  3. Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 193.
  4. Wardzyńska (2009), p. 199-200
  5. Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 161. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.
  6. Wardzyńska (2017), p. 206
  7. "Dęby Pamięci w Otorowie". NSZZ Policjantów - KPP Szamotuły (in Polish). Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  8. "LZS Otorowo - strona klubu" (in Polish). Retrieved 3 July 2021.


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