6-507: Bojanowo ( [bɔjaˈnɔvɔ] ) 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. 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
12-406: Is 59,375, out of which the population of Rawicz is 21,301, that of Miejska Górka is 3,128, that of Bojanowo is 3,014, that of Jutrosin is 1,872, and the rural population is 30,060. Rawicz County is bordered by Gostyń County to the north, Krotoszyn County and Milicz County to the east, Trzebnica County to the south, Góra County to the west, and Leszno County to the north-west. The county
18-809: Is a unit of territorial administration and local government ( powiat ) in Greater Poland Voivodeship , west-central Poland . It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Rawicz , which lies 88 kilometres (55 mi) south of the regional capital Poznań . The county contains three other towns: Miejska Górka , 9 km (6 mi) north-east of Rawicz, Bojanowo , 13 km (8 mi) north-west of Rawicz, and Jutrosin , 22 km (14 mi) east of Rawicz. The county covers an area of 553.23 square kilometres (213.6 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population
24-667: The Lebensraum policy. The Polish resistance movement was present in Bojanowo. In June 1944, the Gestapo arrested both the commander and deputy commander of the local unit of the Home Army , who were then subjected to brutal interrogations, and eventually sent to concentration camps and killed there. The local football club is Ruch Bojanowo. It competes in the lower leagues. Rawicz County Rawicz County ( Polish : powiat rawicki )
30-599: 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 . Houses and workshops of the expellees were handed over to German colonists as part of
36-645: 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
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