Pleszew

Coordinates: 51°53′N 17°47′E / 51.883°N 17.783°E / 51.883; 17.783
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Pleszew ([ˈplɛʂɛf]) is a town in central Poland, in Greater Poland Voivodeship, about 90 km southeast of Poznań. It is the capital of Pleszew County. Population is 16,811 (2022).

History

Guild document from Pleszew from 1630

The oldest permanent human settlements in the present-day Pleszew and its surroundings date back to the 9th century BC.

Greater Poland Province of the Polish Crown. King John I Albert in the privilege of 1493 permitted the organization of two weekly markets and two annual fairs.[1] In the early 16th century, there were nine craft guilds in the town.[1] Pleszew was a local center of Reformation. In the 18th century, one of two main routes connecting Warsaw and Dresden ran through Pleszew and Kings Augustus II the Strong and Augustus III of Poland traveled that route numerous times.[2] The 1st Polish Infantry Regiment was stationed in the town in 1792 before it was relocated to Parczew.[3]

Polish insurgents place the coat of arms of Poland on the town hall in liberated Pleszew, January 1919

During the

"Sokół" Polish Gymnastic Society.[1] In the second half of the 19th century, new industrial factories were established.[1]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19108,049—    
19217,638−5.1%
19318,591+12.5%
19399,994+16.3%
19508,436−15.6%
196011,035+30.8%
201017,530+58.9%
Source: [4][5][6]

In October 1918, a few weeks before Poland regained independence, local Poles began preparations for an uprising, which aim was to reintegrate the town along with the region of

Greater Poland uprising (1918–19), and seven inhabitants were also killed in the Polish–Soviet War in 1919–1920.[7] The Poles took control of the town in January 1919. Within the interwar Second Polish Republic the local insurgent unit was transformed into a full-fledged infantry regiment of the Polish Army.[7] The 70th Infantry Regiment of the Polish Army was stationed in Pleszew since 1921.[8]

On the day of the German

Fall of Communism in the 1980s. Some resistance members were persecuted by the communists in the following years.[18] The devastated gravestone of Polish insurgents was rebuilt in 1947.[7]

In August 1980, workers of the local automatic lathe factory joined the nationwide anti-communist strikes,[19] which led to the foundation of the "Solidarity" organization.

In 1983 the 700th anniversary of Pleszew was celebrated,[1] in reference to the first known historical mention of the town in 1283.

Sights

Among the historic sights of Pleszew are the Market Square (Rynek) with the Town Hall (Ratusz), the Regional Museum [pl], the churches of Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, of Saint Florian and of the Holy Savior, and other historic buildings, including headquarters of historic organizations, townhouses and schools. There also numerous memorials at the sites of killings of Poles carried out by the Germans during the occupation of Poland.

  • High school
    High school
  • Church of the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist
    Church of the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist
  • Memorial stone in the Boreczek forest at the site of a German execution of 7 Poles in 1939
    Memorial stone in the Boreczek forest at the site of a German execution of 7 Poles in 1939
  • Narrow-gauge railway station
    Narrow-gauge railway station
  • Shopping mall
    Shopping mall

Notable people

See also: Category:People from Pleszew County

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland

Twin towns — Sister cities

Pleszew is

twinned
with:

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Skrót dziejów miasta". Pleszew.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Informacja historyczna". Dresden-Warszawa (in Polish). Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  3. ^ Gembarzewski, Bronisław (1925). Rodowody pułków polskich i oddziałów równorzędnych od r. 1717 do r. 1831 (in Polish). Warszawa: Towarzystwo Wiedzy Wojskowej. p. 26.
  4. ^ Wiadomości Statystyczne Głównego Urzędu Statystycznego (in Polish). Vol. X. Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1932. p. 194.
  5. ^ Dokumentacja Geograficzna (in Polish). Vol. 3/4. Warszawa: Instytut Geografii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 1967. p. 38.
  6. ^ Stan i struktura ludności oraz ruch naturalny w przekroju terytorialnym w 2010 r. (PDF) (in Polish). Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 2011. p. 105. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011.
  7. ^ a b c d e "Pleszew (miasto powiatowe)". Instytut Pamięci Narodowej (in Polish). Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  8. ^ Englicht, Józef (1929). Zarys historji wojennej 70-go Pułku Piechoty Wielkopolskiej (in Polish). Warszawa. p. 23.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  9. ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. p. 117.
  10. ISBN 978-83-88693-73-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
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  11. ^ Wardzyńska (2009), p. 201
  12. ^ "Na pleszewskich grobach zapłonął Znicz Pamięci". Pleszew Nasze Miasto (in Polish). Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  13. ISBN 83-85003-97-5
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  14. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4
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  15. ^ Wardzyńska (2017), p. 231, 298
  16. ^ "Straf- bzw. Arbeitserziehungslager Pleschen". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  17. ^ Encyklopedia konspiracji Wielkopolskiej 1939–1945. p. 147.
  18. ^ Encyklopedia konspiracji Wielkopolskiej 1939–1945. pp. 80, 433.
  19. ISSN 1641-9561
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