Miłosław (german: Liebenstädt) is a town in

Września County Września County ( pl, powiat wrzesiński) 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 government ...

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 ...

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 populou ...

, with 3,627 inhabitants. A

battle A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force ...

between Polish insurgents and Prussian forces took place there during the Greater Poland Uprising of 1848 in the

Prussian Partition The Prussian Partition ( pl, Zabór pruski), or Prussian Poland, is the former territories of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth acquired during the Partitions of Poland, in the late 18th century by the Kingdom of Prussia. The Prussian acquis ...

of Poland.

Sights

The landmarks of Miłosław include the Church of Saint James from 1620, the palace of the Mielżyński and Kościelski noble families with an adjacent park, the monument to the Polish insurgents fallen in the Battle of Miłosław in 1848, and the oldest monument of Polish national poet

Juliusz Słowacki Juliusz Słowacki (; french: Jules Slowacki; 4 September 1809 – 3 April 1849) was a Polish Romantic poet. He is considered one of the " Three Bards" of Polish literature — a major figure in the Polish Romantic period, and the father of m ...

, unveiled in 1899.

Gallery

Miłosław, Greater Poland, church of Saint James.jpg, Church of Saint James from 1620 Pałac wybudowany dla Józefa Mielżyńskiego.JPG, Palace Miłosław ul. Zamkowa 13, szkoła.jpg, Primary school IMG 20171227 101638518 HDR.jpg, Gmina office

References

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