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Gmina Turek is a rural
gmina
The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' , from German ''Gemeinde'' meaning ''commune'') is the principal unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,477 gminas throughout the country, encompassing over 4 ...
(administrative district) in
Turek County
Turek is a town in central Poland with 31,282 inhabitants . It is the capital of Turek County in the Greater Poland Voivodeship.
History
Turek is first mentioned in the historical record 1136, when it was listed as belonging to the archbishop ...
,
Greater Poland Voivodeship
Greater Poland Voivodeship ( pl, Województwo wielkopolskie; ), also known as Wielkopolska Voivodeship, Wielkopolska Province, or Greater Poland Province, is a voivodeship, or province, in west-central Poland. It was created on 1 January 1999 o ...
, in west-central
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
. Its seat is the town of
Turek
Turek is a town in central Poland with 31,282 inhabitants . It is the capital of Turek County in the Greater Poland Voivodeship.
History
Turek is first mentioned in the historical record 1136, when it was listed as belonging to the archbishop ...
, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,605.
Massacre during Second World War
During the German
Invasion of Poland
The invasion of Poland (1 September – 6 October 1939) was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union which marked the beginning of World War II. The German invasion began on 1 September 1939, one week aft ...
in 1939, German soldiers conducted a massacre in the area. 24 Poles were mass murdered on 7 September 1939.
[Szymon Datner "55 dni Wehrmachtu w Polsce" page 279] The victims were mostly farmers and refugees and elderly people(up to 80 years old).
Villages
Gmina Turek contains the villages and settlements of
Albertów,
Budy SÅ‚odkowskie,
Chlebów,
Cisew,
Cisew Mały,
Dzierżązna,
Grabieniec,
Kaczki Åšrednie,
Kalinowa,
Korytków,
Kowale Księże,
Obrębizna,
Obrzębin,
Pęcherzew,
Słodków,
Słodków-Kolonia,
Szadów Księży,
Szadów Pański,
Szadowskie Góry,
Turkowice,
Warenka,
Wietchinin,
WrzÄ…ca and
Żuki.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Turek is bordered by the town of
Turek
Turek is a town in central Poland with 31,282 inhabitants . It is the capital of Turek County in the Greater Poland Voivodeship.
History
Turek is first mentioned in the historical record 1136, when it was listed as belonging to the archbishop ...
and by the gminas of
Brudzew,
Dobra,
Kawęczyn,
Malanów,
Przykona,
Tuliszków
Tuliszków is a town in Turek County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in central Poland, with 3,406 inhabitants (2004).
History
The oldest mention of Tuliszków in 1320 originates from the Chronicle of Kacper Niesiecki, written three centuries later ...
and
Władysławów.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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Turek
Turek is a town in central Poland with 31,282 inhabitants . It is the capital of Turek County in the Greater Poland Voivodeship.
History
Turek is first mentioned in the historical record 1136, when it was listed as belonging to the archbishop ...
Turek County
Massacres in Poland
Germany–Poland relations
Nazi war crimes in Poland