Powidz, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Coordinates: 52°25′N 17°55′E / 52.417°N 17.917°E / 52.417; 17.917
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See also: Powidz, West Pomeranian Voivodeship
Powidz
Village
Niedzięgiel Lake
Niedzięgiel Lake
UTC+2 (CEST)
Websitehttp://www.powidz.pl

Powidz (pronounced Povitz [ˈpɔvit͡s]) is a village in Słupca County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Powidz.[1] It lies approximately 14 kilometres (9 mi) north of Słupca and 68 km (42 mi) east of the regional capital Poznań.

Powidz gives its name to the protected area called Powidz Landscape Park.

From the summer of 2019, Powidz’ nearby

border wall with Mexico: A bulk fuel storage facility at US$21m, and a “rail extension and railhead” project budgeted at US$14m.[2]

History

Powidz was granted

starosts.[3] In the 15th century, a school was created in Powidz, which was subordinate to the Kraków Academy (present-day Jagiellonian University), the oldest and leading university of Poland.[3] The town suffered in the 17th century as a result of the epidemic and the Swedish invasion.[3]

In 1793, as a result of the

Greater Poland uprising (1918–19), in a successful attempt to re-join Poland, which just regained independence.[3]

During World War II, Powidz was under German occupation from 1939 to 1945. In late 1939 the Germans expelled 80 Poles, farm owners and activists along with their families, to the so-called General Government in the more eastern part of German-occupied Poland, and their houses were handed over to German colonists as part of the Heim ins Reich policy.[5] The Polish resistance was active in Powidz. Józef Izbiński, commander of the local unit of the Union of Armed Struggle, and Ludwik Gruszka and Bolesław Purek, co-founders of the local unit of the Grey Ranks, were arrested by the Germans in 1942 and then sentenced to death and executed in Rawicz the following year.[6]

A Polish Air Force base was built in Powidz after 1953.[3]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ NATO foots bill for massive US combat depot in Poland, Sebastian Sprenger, Defense News, 2019-03-29
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Historia". Powidz.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  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. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4
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  6. ISBN 83-85003-97-5
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