Kowalewo-Opactwo is a village in the administrative district of

Gmina Słupca __NOTOC__ Gmina Słupca is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Słupca County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Słupca, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina. The gmina cove ...

, within

Słupca County __NOTOC__ Słupca County ( pl, powiat słupecki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Greater Poland Voivodeship, west-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local govern ...

, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.

History

As part of the region of

Greater Poland Greater Poland, often known by its Polish name Wielkopolska (; german: Großpolen, sv, Storpolen, la, Polonia Maior), is a Polish historical regions, historical region of west-central Poland. Its chief and largest city is Poznań followed ...

, i.e. the cradle of the Polish state, the area formed part of Poland since its establishment in the 10th century. Kowalewo was a private church village, administratively located in the Konin County in the

Kalisz Voivodeship Kalisz Voivodeship may also refer to: *Kalisz Voivodeship (1314–1793) *Kalisz Voivodeship (1816–1837) The Kalisz Voivodeship was a voivodeship of the Congress Poland, that existed from 1816 to 1837. Its capital was Kalisz. It was established o ...

in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland. During the German occupation of Poland ( World War II), in 1940, the German gendarmerie carried out expulsions of Poles, who were then placed in a transit camp in Łódź, and afterwards deported to the

General Government The General Government (german: Generalgouvernement, pl, Generalne Gubernatorstwo, uk, Генеральна губернія), also referred to as the General Governorate for the Occupied Polish Region (german: Generalgouvernement für die be ...

in the more eastern part of German-occupied Poland, while their houses and farms were handed over to

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colonists as part of the '' Lebensraum'' policy.

Transport

The Polish A2 motorway runs nearby, south of the village.

Notable people

Eugeniusz Grzeszczak Eugeniusz Tomasz Grzeszczak (born 29 December 1954 in Kowalewo-Opactwo) is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 5,181 votes in 37 Konin district as a candidate from the Polish People's Party The Polis ...

(born 1954), Polish parliamentarian

References

Villages in Słupca County {{Słupca-geo-stub