Stawiszyn

Stawiszyn
Town hall
Town hall
Flag of Stawiszyn
Flag
Coat of arms of Stawiszyn
Coat of arms
Stawiszyn is located in Poland
Stawiszyn
Stawiszyn
Location within Poland
Coordinates: 51°55′6″N 18°6′41″E / 51.91833°N 18.11139°E / 51.91833; 18.11139
Country Poland
VoivodeshipGreater Poland
CountyKalisz
GminaStawiszyn
Area
 • Total
0.99 km2 (0.38 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)
 • Total
1,554
 • Density1,600/km2 (4,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
62-820
Vehicle registrationPKA
ClimateDfb
National road
Websitehttp://www.stawiszyn.pl

Stawiszyn ([staˈvʲiʂɨn]) is a town in Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in central Poland, with 1,569 inhabitants (2006). It is the urban part of the larger Stawiszyn Commune, a mixed urban-rural municipality (gmina miejsko-wiejska). The town has a land area of only 0.99 km², and is the smallest town in geographical area in Poland.

History

Stawiszyn was granted town rights before 1291. It was a royal town of the Kingdom of Poland, administratively located in the Kalisz County in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province. The 1st Polish National Cavalry Brigade was stationed in the town.

Following the German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, it was occupied by Germany until 1945. Two local Polish teachers were sent by the German occupiers to the Mauthausen concentration camp and murdered there. The local Polish police chief was murdered by the Russians in the Katyn massacre in 1940. In 1943, the occupiers renamed the town to Stavensheim in attempt to erase traces of Polish origin.

Transport

National road 25 bypasses Stawiszyn to the west. National road connects it to Konin to the north and to Kalisz to the south.

The nearest railway station is in Kalisz.

References

  1. ↑ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office]. Statistics Poland (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
  2. ↑ Krzysztofik, Robert (2007). Lokacje miejskie na obszarze Polski. Dokumentacja geograficzno-historyczna (in Polish). Katowice: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego. pp. 72–73. ISBN 978-83-226-1616-1.
  3. ↑ Magazin für die neue Historie und Geographie. Vol. XVI. Halle. 1782. p. 13.
  4. ↑ Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 2017. p. 1b.
  5. ↑ Gembarzewski, Bronisław (1925). Rodowody pułków polskich i oddziałów równorzędnych od r. 1717 do r. 1831 (in Polish). Warszawa: Towarzystwo Wiedzy Wojskowej. p. 7.
  6. ↑ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. p. 213.
  7. ↑ Jakubowski, Grzegorz, ed. (2006). Miednoje. Księga Cmentarna Polskiego Cmentarza Wojennego (PDF) (in Polish). Vol. 1. Warszawa: Rada Ochrony Pamięci Miejsc Walk i Męczeństwa. p. 319. ISBN 83-89474-06-9.
  8. ↑ Gurianov, Aleksandr, ed. (2019). Убиты в Калинине, захоронены в Медном. Книга памяти польских военнопленных – узников Осташковского лагеря НКВД, расстрелянных по решению Политбюро ЦК ВКП(б) от 5 марта 1940 года (PDF) (in Russian). Vol. 2. Moscow: Общество «Мемориал». p. 593. ISBN 978-5-6041921-5-3.