Krobia

Krobia
Town hall
Town hall
Coat of arms of Krobia
Coat of arms
Krobia is located in Poland
Krobia
Krobia
Location within Poland
Coordinates: 51°47′N 16°59′E / 51.783°N 16.983°E / 51.783; 16.983
Country Poland
VoivodeshipGreater Poland
CountyGostyń
GminaKrobia
Area
 • Total
7.05 km2 (2.72 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)
 • Total
4,219
 • Density598/km2 (1,550/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
63-840
Vehicle registrationPGS
Voivodeship road
Websitehttp://www.krobia.pl

Krobia [ˈkrɔbʲa] is a town in western Poland, in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship. It is the center of the small folklore region of Biskupizna.

History

Corpus Christi solemnity in Krobia in 1964

Within the Kingdom of Poland, Krobia was a private church town, administratively located in the Kościan County in the Poznań Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province.

Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the town was occupied by Germany until 1945 and local Poles were subjected to various crimes. On October 21, 1939, the German Einsatzgruppe VI carried out a public execution of 15 Poles at the main square as part of the Intelligenzaktion. The victims were craftsmen and local officials from Krobia and farmers and landowners from nearby villages. It was one of many massacres of Poles committed by Germany on October 20–23 across the region in attempt to pacify and terrorize the Polish population. In December 1939, the first expulsion of 50 Poles (teachers, local officials and craftsmen with families) was carried out by the German police. Further expulsions were carried out in 1940. Expelled Poles were detained in transit camps in Gostyń and Łódź and then deported to Tarnów and the Lublin region in the General Government in the more-eastern part of German-occupied, while their houses were handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy. Several Poles who were either born or lived and worked in Krobia were murdered by the Russians in the Katyn massacre in 1940.

Demographics

Sights

Transport

Railway station

Voivodeship road 434 bypasses Krobia to the west connecting it to Gostyń to the north and to Rawicz to the south.

Krobia has a station on the Leszno-Krotoszyn railway line.

Sports

The local football club is Krobianka Krobia. It competes in the lower leagues.

References

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  13. ↑ Dokumentacja Geograficzna (in Polish). Vol. 3/4. Warszawa: Instytut Geografii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 1967. p. 23.
  14. ↑ Stan i struktura ludności oraz ruch naturalny w przekroju terytorialnym w 2010 r. (PDF) (in Polish). Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 2011. p. 102. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011.
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