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Krzywiń

Coordinates: 51°58′N 16°49′E / 51.967°N 16.817°E / 51.967; 16.817
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Krzywiń
Market square
Market square
Flag of Krzywiń
Coat of arms of Krzywiń
Krzywiń is located in Poland
Krzywiń
Krzywiń
Coordinates: 51°58′N 16°49′E / 51.967°N 16.817°E / 51.967; 16.817
Country Poland
VoivodeshipGreater Poland
CountyKościan
GminaKrzywiń
Area
 • Total1.67 km2 (0.64 sq mi)
Highest elevation
75 m (246 ft)
Lowest elevation
67 m (220 ft)
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total1,634
 • Density980/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
64-010
Vehicle registrationPKS
Voivodeship roads

Krzywiń [ˈkʂɨvʲiɲ] (German: Kriewen) is a town in west-central Poland in the Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, located at the Obra canal.

History

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Preserved old post mill

Krzywiń was first referred to in scripts as Crivin in 1181. But it was not until 1237 that the area's reputation grew as a prominent marketplace. It was then that it was referred to as a town. Incorporation of the town followed in 1257.[2] It was a private church town, administratively located in the Kościan County in the Poznań Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[3]

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), local prominent Poles were among the victims of a massacre of Poles from the county, perpetrated by the Germans in November 1939 in the forest near Kościan as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[4] In 1943, the German security police carried out expulsions of Poles, who were then placed in a transit camp in Poznań, and afterwards deported to the General Government in the more eastern part of German-occupied Poland, while their houses and farms were handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.[5]

Education

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There are three schools in Krzywiń. There is a primary school, a junior high school and a high school.

Demographics

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Historical population
YearPop.±%
18711,457—    
18801,583+8.6%
18901,581−0.1%
19001,540−2.6%
19101,860+20.8%
19211,874+0.8%
YearPop.±%
19311,732−7.6%
19391,905+10.0%
19501,442−24.3%
19601,395−3.3%
20101,634+17.1%
Source: [6][1]

Sports

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The local football club is Promień Krzywiń.[7] It competes in the lower leagues.

Notable people

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References

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  1. ^ a b Stan i struktura ludności oraz ruch naturalny w przekroju terytorialnym w 2010 r. (PDF) (in Polish). Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 2011. p. 104. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011.
  2. ^ From the Polish "Nazwy Miast Wielkopolski" (English: Names of Towns in Greater Poland) by Zofia and Karol Zierhofferowie pp. 82-83; Publisher: "Wydawnictwo Poznańskie" (English: Publishing House of Poznań); Year of Publication: 1987; ISBN 83-210-0680-9
  3. ^ Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 2017. p. 1a.
  4. ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. pp. 200–201.
  5. ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. p. 367. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.
  6. ^ Dokumentacja Geograficzna (in Polish). Vol. 3/4. Warszawa: Instytut Geografii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 1967. p. 24.
  7. ^ "Promień Krzywiń - strona klubu" (in Polish). Retrieved 8 January 2023.
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