Borzęciczki is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

in the administrative district of

Gmina Koźmin Wielkopolski __NOTOC__ Gmina Koźmin Wielkopolski is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Koźmin Wielkopolski, which lies approximately north of Krotosz ...

, within Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately west of

Koźmin Wielkopolski Koźmin Wielkopolski (, german: Koschmin) is a town in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 6,678 inhabitants according to the 2010 census. It is the seat of the Koźmin Wielkopolski urban-rural gmina, which has a population ...

, north of Krotoszyn, and south-east of the regional capital

Poznań Poznań () is a city on the River Warta in west-central Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business centre, and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John ...

. Borzęciczki is the location of a boarding school for children with special needs established in 1960 at the late-19th-century palace. It is called ''Specjalny Ośrodek Szkolno – Wychowawczy im Janusza Korczaka w Borzęciczkach'', and managed by the Ministry of National Education. The school was named after

Janusz Korczak Janusz Korczak, the pen name of Henryk Goldszmit (22 July 1878 or 1879 – 7 August 1942), was a Polish Jewish educator, children's author and pedagogue known as ''Pan Doktor'' ("Mr. Doctor") or ''Stary Doktor'' ("Old Doctor"). After spending ma ...

, and in 2002 decorated with his

monumental sculpture The term monumental sculpture is often used in art history and criticism, but not always consistently. It combines two concepts, one of function, and one of size, and may include an element of a third more subjective concept. It is often used for ...

, moved from the

Okopowa Street Jewish Cemetery The Warsaw Jewish Cemetery is one of the largest Jewish cemetery, Jewish cemeteries in Europe and in the world. Located on Warsaw, Warsaw's Okopowa Street and abutting the Christians, Christian Powązki Cemetery, the Jewish necropolis was establis ...

cenotaph after being replaced with a bronze cast.

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Villages in Krotoszyn County {{Krotoszyn-geo-stub