Miejska Górka

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Miejska Górka
Coat of arms of Miejska Górka
Miejska Górka (Poland)
Miejska Górka
Miejska Górka
Basic data
State : Poland
Voivodeship : Greater Poland
Powiat : Rawicz
Area : 3.14  km²
Geographic location : 51 ° 39 '  N , 16 ° 57'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 39 '18 "  N , 16 ° 57' 16"  E
Residents : 3232
(Jun. 30, 2019)
Postal code : 63-910
Telephone code : (+48) 65
License plate : PRE
Gmina
Gminatype: Urban and rural municipality
Gmina structure: 21 localities
17 school authorities
Surface: 103.62 km²
Residents: 9288
(Jun. 30, 2019)
Population density : 90 inhabitants / km²
Community number  ( GUS ): 3022033
Administration (as of 2015)
Mayor : Karol Skrzypczak
Address: Rynek 33
63-910 Miejska Górka
Website : www.miejska-gorka.pl



Miejska Górka ( German Görchen ) is a town and seat of a municipality in Poland and is located in the Powiat Rawicki of the Greater Poland Voivodeship .

history

Görchen south of the city of Poznan and northeast of the city of Rawitsch on a map of the province of Poznan from 1905 (areas marked in yellow indicate areas with a predominantly Polish- speaking population at the time ).

The first written mention of today's Miejska Górka comes from the 13th century. In 1428 the place received city rights according to Magdeburg law . During the second partition of Poland , Miejska Górka became part of Prussia in 1793 . From 1807 to 1815 the city was then part of the Duchy of Warsaw before falling back to Prussia. After the First World War , the city became part of the re-established Poland . Until then, the city was in the Rawitsch district of the Poznan province . When the German Wehrmacht attacked Poland in September 1939, the city was occupied. The occupation and affiliation to the Reichsgau Wartheland , Rawitsch district lasted until the invasion of the Red Army in 1945. Then Miejska Górka became part of Poland again.

Attractions

  • The Church of Saints Nicholas and Mary Magdalene was built in 1450 or 1455. After the destruction by the Swedes in 1655, the church received a new altar. In 1787 a fire destroyed the church and it had to be rebuilt.
  • The monastery was built between 1739 and 1742.

local community

The urban and rural community of Miejska Górka includes 17 districts ( sołectwo , German names until 1945 ) with a school authority:

  • Dąbrowa
  • Dłoń
  • Gostkowo ( Gostkowo )
  • Karolinki ( Chocicza )
  • Kołaczkowice
  • Konary ( Konary (or also Korngut) )
  • Niemarzyn ( Niemarzyn )
  • Oczkowice ( Oczkowice )
  • Piaski-Zalesie
  • Roszkowo ( Roszkowo )
  • Roszkówko ( Roszkowko )
  • Rozstępniewo
  • Rzyczkowo ( Rzyczkowo )
  • Sobiałkowo
  • Topólka
  • Woszczkowo ( Woszczkowo )
  • Zakrzewo ( Zakrzewo , 1939–1945 Buschdorf )

Other localities in the municipality are Annopol, Jagodnia, Melanowo and Zmysłowo.

literature

  • Heinrich Wuttke : City book of the country Posen. Codex diplomaticus: General history of the cities in the region of Poznan. Historical news from 149 individual cities . Leipzig 1864, pp. 318-319.

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. Website of the city, Władze Gminy Miejska Górka ( Memento of the original from February 16, 2015 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 February 16, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.miejska-gorka.pl
  3. ^ Website of the city, Początki miasta ( Memento of the original from March 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been 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 June 6, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.miejska-gorka.pl
  4. Szukacz.pl, Miejska Górka - Informacje dodatkowe , accessed on June 6, 2010
  5. ^ Website of the city, Wiek XIX ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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 June 6, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.miejska-gorka.pl
  6. a b website of the parish św. Mikołaja i Marii Magdaleny, Historia Kościoła ( Memento of the original dated August 24, 2010 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 June 6, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.parafiamiejskagorka.ddl2.pl
  7. a b Website of the city, Zabytki ( Memento of the original from February 17, 2010 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 June 6, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.miejska-gorka.pl
  8. The Genealogical Place Directory