Bojanowo (; ''german: Bojanowo'') is a town in
Rawicz County
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,
Greater Poland Voivodeship
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, western
Poland
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. It is the seat of
Gmina Bojanowo (commune). As of June 2021, it has a population of 2,895.
History
As part of the region of
Greater Poland
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, i.e. the cradle of the Polish state, the area formed part of Poland since its establishment in the 10th century. Bojanowo was granted
town rights
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in 1638. It was administratively located in the
Poznań Voivodeship
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in the
Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland. It was annexed by
Prussia
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in the
Second Partition of Poland
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. Following the successful
Greater Poland uprising of 1806, it was regained by Poles and included within the short-lived
Duchy of Warsaw
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. After its dissolution in 1815, it was re-annexed by Prussia, within which it was located in the
Kreis Rawitsch
Kreis Rawitsch ( pl, Powiat Rawicz, rawicki) was a district in Posen (region), Regierungsbezirk Posen, in the Prussian province of Posen, which existed from 1887 to 1920, with its capital at Rawicz, Rawitsch. Today, the territory of this district l ...
of
Provinz Posen. Following
World War I
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, Poland regained independence and control of the town.
During the
German occupation of Poland
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(
World War II
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), in December 1939, the occupiers carried out
expulsions of Poles, mostly craftsmen, postal workers and
intelligentsia
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with entire families, as well as several local
Jews
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.
Houses and workshops of the expellees were handed over to
German
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colonists as part of the ''
Lebensraum
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'' policy.
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Sports
The local football
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club is Ruch Bojanowo. It competes in the lower leagues.
Notable residents
* Julius Frauenstädt
Christian Martin Julius Frauenstädt (April 17, 1813, Bojanowo, Posen – January 13, 1879, Berlin) was a German student of philosophy. He was educated at the house of his uncle at Neisse, and converted from Judaism to Christianity in 1833. S ...
(1813-1879), German philosopher
* Gottschalk Eduard Guhrauer (1809–1854), German philologist and biographer
References
External links
Bojanowo City Guide
Virtual Shtetl, Jewish history of the town
Official website
Official website of parish in Bojanowo
Official website of football club in Bojanowo - Ruch Bojanowo
Official website of fire department
Cities and towns in Greater Poland Voivodeship
Rawicz County
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