Wapno
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Greater Poland | ||
| Powiat : | Wągrowiec | ||
| Geographic location : | 52 ° 54 ' N , 17 ° 28' E | ||
| Residents : | 1700 () | ||
| Postal code : | 62-120 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 67 | ||
| License plate : | PWA | ||
| Economy and Transport | |||
| Next international airport : | Bydgoszcz | ||
| Gmina | |||
| Gminatype: | Rural community | ||
| Surface: | 44.19 km² | ||
| Residents: | 2985 (Jun. 30, 2019) |
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| Population density : | 68 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Community number ( GUS ): | 3028062 | ||
| Administration (as of 2008) | |||
| Community leader : | Andrzej Bąk | ||
| Address: | ul. Świerczewskiego 1 A 62-120 Wapno |
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| Website : | www.wapno.pl | ||
Wapno [ ˈvapnɔ ] (German 1943–45 Salzhof ) is a village and seat of the rural community of the same name in the Polish Voivodeship of Greater Poland . It is located in the powiat Wągrowiecki about 20 kilometers northeast of the city of Wągrowiec (Wongrowitz) and 10 kilometers south of Kcynia (Exin). The village of Wapno has about 1700 inhabitants.
As a result of the partitions of Poland , the town fell to Prussia and, on the basis of the Treaty of Versailles , came to re-established Poland in 1920 . During the Second World War , Wapno belonged again to the German Empire and the district of Eichenbrück .
Salt mine
A gypsum deposit was discovered under the municipality, first mentioned in 1299, in the 19th century , and mining began in 1828. In 1871 a rock salt deposit was found that had been mined since 1907. In 1911 the Belgian company Solvay bought the mine and after the First World War founded the Solvay works in Poland (Zakłady Solvay w Polsce Szoo.). In the years 1940 to 1944, the rock salt production was increased and the plant expanded.
To protect the salt dome, gypsum mining was stopped and the Salzhof gypsum plant of the Kalkwerk Wappin, Kreyser & Kröger company in Posen (Poznań) was shut down in 1942.
The Wapno rock salt mine was one of the most important salt mines of modern times in Poland, the largest output of which was achieved in the years 1950 to 1965.
In 1966 the deposit was essentially exhausted and mining ceased. There was only inadequate custody and insufficient security of the mining facilities. This led to a devastating water ingress in 1977. The amount of water that had been penetrating for several years increased on August 3, 1977 from 100 to 530 liters per minute. The long foreseeable catastrophe happened on August 5th when 30,000 cubic meters of water flooded into the mine within a good quarter of an hour . It made karst-like washouts of plaster bearing including the salt dome, had the dips in the center of the place result. 324 residents were immediately evacuated and a railway line shut down. The diurnal breaks continued until January 1978. The largest took place on the night of September 29, 1977, when over 1000 residents had to be evacuated and almost the entire town center sank in the mine.
A total of 1,402 residents were left homeless and 53 houses were destroyed.
Gmina
The rural municipality ( gmina wiejska ) Wapno covers an area of 44 square kilometers with 3000 inhabitants. The following localities belong to it:
| Surname | German name (1815-1919) |
German name (1939–45) |
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| Aleksandrovo | Alexandrovo | Alexander |
| Graboszewo | Graboshevo | Grawen |
| Comasin | Klemkenhof | Klemkenhof |
| Podolin | Podolin |
1939–44 Podolin 1944–45 Salzberg |
| Rusiec | Rusiec | Ruschetz |
| Srebrna Góra | Srebnagora |
1939–44 Srebnagora 1944–45 Silberberg |
| Stołężyn | Stolenschin | Hundertwiesen |
| Wapno | Wapno |
1939–45 Wapno 1943–45 Salzhof |
| Wapno-Osiedle | New Wapno |
1939–45 Neu Wapno 1944–45 Neusalzhof |
(The German names come from the Prussian period (1815–1920) or from the time of the German occupation in World War II (1939–45))
traffic
Wapno had a station on the Oleśnica – Chojnice railway line , and another was located in the Rusiec district.
Partner municipality
- Amelinghausen , Lower Saxony
Web links
- Official Homepage (Polish)
- Wapno Municipality (Poland). In: helmut-voelker.de.
Individual evidence
- ^ Wapno - Informacje dodatkowe. In: mapa.szukacz.pl.
- ↑ population. Size and Structure by Territorial Division. As of June 30, 2019. Główny Urząd Statystyczny (GUS) (PDF files; 0.99 MiB), accessed December 24, 2019 .