Rosnówko, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Village in Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland
52°18′02″N 16°46′13.8″E / 52.30056°N 16.770500°E / 52.30056; 16.770500Country PolandVoivodeshipGreater PolandCountyPoznańGminaKomornikiTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Vehicle registrationPOZ, PZVoivodeship road

Rosnówko [rɔsˈnufkɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Komorniki, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south-west of Komorniki and 16 km (10 mi) south-west of the regional capital Poznań. It is situated on the shores of Rosnowskie Duże Lake.

History

Rosnówko was a private village of Polish nobility, including the Chomęcki and Gajewski families,[2] administratively located in the Poznań County in the Poznań Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[3]

During World War II, in January 1945, a German-perpetrated death march of prisoners of various nationalities from the dissolved camp in Żabikowo to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp passed through the village.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom IX (in Polish). Warszawa. 1888. pp. 758–759.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 2017. p. 1a.
  4. ^ "Ewakuacja piesza". Muzeum Martyrologiczne w Żabikowie (in Polish). Retrieved 9 December 2023.


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