Kleczew

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Kleczew
Kleczew coat of arms
Kleczew (Poland)
Kleczew
Kleczew
Basic data
State : Poland
Voivodeship : Greater Poland
Powiat : Konin
Area : 6.68  km²
Geographic location : 52 ° 22 '  N , 18 ° 11'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 22 '16 "  N , 18 ° 10' 35"  E
Residents : 4159
(Jun. 30, 2019)
Postal code : 62-540
Telephone code : (+48) 63
License plate : PKN
Economy and Transport
Street : Ext. 264 Konin- Kleczew
Next international airport : Poznan-Ławica
Gmina
Gminatype: Urban and rural municipality
Gmina structure: 47 localities
20 school offices
Surface: 110.12 km²
Residents: 9950
(Jun. 30, 2019)
Population density : 90 inhabitants / km²
Community number  ( GUS ): 3010043
administration
Address: pl. Kościuszki 5
62-540 Kleczew
Website : www.kleczew.pl



Kleczew ( [ˈklɛt͡ʂɛf] ) (German Lehmstädt ) is a city in Poland in the Greater Poland Voivodeship . It is the seat of an urban and rural municipality .

geography

Geographical location

Kleczew is located in the east of the Greater Poland Voivodeship, about 15 kilometers north of Konin .

history

Today's Kleczew received city charter under Magdeburg law on January 12, 1366 . In the 16th century, Germans and Jews moved into the city. In 1648 a fire destroyed large parts of the city. During the Second Partition of Poland , the place came to Prussia in 1793 . In 1807 it became part of the Duchy of Warsaw and in 1815 part of Congress Poland . At the end of the 18th century, cloth production began to develop in Kleczew. During the January uprising there were clashes between insurgents of the city and Russian troops, the worst on June 10, 1863. In 1870 the place lost its city charter. After the First World War , the place became part of the re-established Poland and received city rights again in 1919. At the beginning of the Second World War marched on 12./15. September 1939 the German Wehrmacht in Kleczew and the place became part of the Wartheland . The approximately 1,000 Jews of the city were on 17./18. August deported and later murdered. In January 1945 the Red Army invaded the area and the place became part of Poland again. In 1977 Kleczew became the administrative seat of the Konin lignite mine , the largest in the Konin Voivodeship and later the Greater Poland Voivodeship.

Population development

The following is a graphic representation of the population development.

Culture and sights

Buildings

  • The Church of St. Andrew dates from the second half of the 14th century.
  • The synagogue, built between 1853 and 1868, is currently used as a cinema.
  • The Catholic cemetery was laid out at the beginning of the 19th century and is still in use.
  • The building of the city court was built in 1928/1929. Today it is used as a library.

local community

Kleczew is the seat of a town and country municipality with an area of ​​110.12 km² and about 10,000 inhabitants. The following 20 school authorities (sołec) belong to the municipality:

  • Adamowo
  • Budzisław Górny
  • Budzisław Kościelny ( Büßlau 1943–1945)
  • Izabelin
  • Jabłonka ( Appelfeld 1943–1945)
  • Janowo
  • Kalinowiec ( Miedendorf 1943–1945)
  • Kamionka
  • Marszewo
  • Miłaczew
  • Nieborzyn ( Reichhofen 1943–1945)
  • Przytuki
  • Roztoka
  • Sławoszewek ( Ruhmingen 1943–1945)
  • Sławoszewo
  • Tręby Nowe
  • Wielkopole ( Blachenfeld 1943–1945)
  • Wola Spławiecka
  • Zberzyn
  • Złotków ( Goldenwiek 1943–1945)

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Provincial road 264 runs through the city ( droga wojewódzka 264 ). This opens two kilometers northwest in the Voivodship Road 263 and ends in the south after 15 kilometers in Konin.

Kleczew has no rail connection.

The nearest international airport is Poznan-Ławica Airport , which is about 80 kilometers to the west.

literature

  • Anetta Głowacka-Penczyńska, Tomasz Kawski, Witold Mędykowski. Tuvia Horev (Ed.): The First to be Destroyed: The Jewish Community of Kleczew and the Beginning of the Final Solution . Academic Studies Press, Boston, 2015, ISBN 9781618112842

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 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 .
  2. ↑ a b Website of the city, Historia ( Memento of the original from April 29, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed May 18, 2009 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kleczew.pl
  3. ↑ a b Encyclopaedia of Jewish Communities in Poland, Volume I, Kleczew , Jerusalem 1976, p. 245 ( WebCite ( Memento from May 17, 2009 on WebCite ))
  4. ↑ For 1808, 1827, 1857, 1897, 1921: Encyclopaedia of Jewish Communities in Poland, Volume I, Kleczew , Jerusalem 1976, p. 245, Online ( WebCite ( Memento of May 17, 2009 on WebCite ))
    For June 2008: Główny Urząd Statystyczny, "LUDNOŚĆ - STAN I STRUKTURA W PRZEKROJU TERYTORIALNYM" ( WebCite ( Memento from January 29, 2009 on WebCite ))