Golina
Golina [ɡɔˈlʲina] (German: Gohlen am Warthe) is a town in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 4,366 inhabitants (2004). Golina is located 12 kilometers west from Konin, Wielkopolskie Voivodeship.
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 Saint James church | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Golina | |
| Coordinates: 52°15′48″N 18°6′43″E | |
| Country |  |
| Voivodeship | Greater Poland |
| County | Konin |
| Gmina | Golina |
| First mentioned | 12th century |
| Town rights | 14th century |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.57 km2 (1.38 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 4,330 |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi) |
| Postal code | 62-590 |
History
The town was mentioned in the Gesta principum Polonorum, the oldest Polish chronicle from the early 12th century.[1] It was granted town rights in the 14th century. It was a private town of Poland located in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province. In 1793 Golina was annexed by Prussia as a result of the Second Partition of Poland.[2] Regained by Poles in 1807, as part of the short-lived Polish Duchy of Warsaw, in 1815 it became part of Congress Poland, later forcibly integrated with Imperial Russia. As part of anti-Polish repressions after the unsuccessful January Uprising, Golina was deprived of its town rights in 1870, which it regained in 1921, after Poland regained independence.[2] During the occupation of Poland (World War II) the Germans expelled most of its populace to the General Government.[2]
References
- Monumenta Poloniae Historica, Tom I, Akademia Umiejętności w Krakowie, Lwów 1864, p. 453 (in Polish)
- "Golina". Encyklopedia PWN (in Polish). Retrieved 28 February 2020.