Zakrzewo, Złotów County

Zakrzewo
Village
Zakrzewo
Coordinates: 53°24′39″N 17°9′18″E / 53.41083°N 17.15500°E / 53.41083; 17.15500
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Greater Poland
County Złotów
Gmina Zakrzewo
Population 1,620

Zakrzewo ([zaˈkʂɛvɔ], German: Zakrzewo, 1935-45: Buschdorf)[1] is a village in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Zakrzewo.[2] It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north-east of Złotów and 114 km (71 mi) north of the regional capital Poznań. The village has a population of 1,620.

Before 1945 the area was part of Grenzmark Posen-West Prussia Germany, although Zakrzewo had a very strong and active Polish minority, headed by the parson of a local parish, Bolesław Domański. In 1935 the Nazi government changed the village's name to Buschdorf as part of a drive to Germanize Slavic-sounding placenames. For more on the history of the multi-ethnic historical area, see Złotów County.

A Blues Express festival is organized in Zakrzewo every July by the local culture centre.

Notable residents

References

  1. ↑ verwaltungsgeschichte.de (in German)
  2. ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.


Coordinates: 53°24′39″N 17°9′18″E / 53.41083°N 17.15500°E / 53.41083; 17.15500

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