Bojanowo
Bojanowo | |||
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Bojanowo | |||
Coordinates: 51°42′N 16°45′E / 51.700°N 16.750°E | |||
Country |
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Voivodeship | Greater Poland | ||
County | Rawicz | ||
Gmina | Bojanowo | ||
Established | 14th century | ||
Town rights | 1638 | ||
Government | |||
• Mayor | Maciej Dubiel | ||
Area | |||
• Total | 2.34 km2 (0.90 sq mi) | ||
Population (2006) | |||
• Total | 3,014 | ||
• Density | 1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi) | ||
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | ||
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) | ||
Postal code | 63-940 | ||
Area code(s) | +48 65 | ||
Car plates | PRA | ||
Website | http://www.gminabojanowo.pl/ |
Bojanowo ([bɔjaˈnɔvɔ]; also 1943–1945: Schmückert) is a town in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland. During the Partitions of Poland, the town was in the Kreis Rawitsch, Provinz Posen.
History
Between 1941 and 1942 there was a slave labour camp for Jews in Golina Wielka, near Bojanowo and more than a dozen people died from starvation or were killed there.[1]
Notable residents
- Julius Frauenstädt (1813-1879), German philosopher
- Gottschalk Eduard Guhrauer (1809–1854), German philologist and biographer
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bojanowo. |
- Bojanowo City Guide
- Virtual Shtetl, Jewish history of the town(in English)
- Official website (in Polish)
- Official website of parish in Bojanowo (in Polish)
- Official website of football club in Bojanowo - Ruch Bojanowo (in Polish)
- Official website of fire department (in Polish)
Coordinates: 51°42′N 16°45′E / 51.700°N 16.750°E
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