Obrzycko

Obrzycko [ɔˈbʐɨt͡skɔ] (German: Obersitzko) is a town in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,172 inhabitants (2004).

Obrzycko
Town Hall on Market Square
Coat of arms
Obrzycko
Coordinates: 52°42′23″N 16°31′45″E
Country Poland
VoivodeshipGreater Poland
CountySzamotuły
GminaObrzycko (urban gmina)
Established13th century
Town rights1458-1580, 1638-1934, 1990
Government
 • MayorMaciej Bieniek
Area
 • Total3.72 km2 (1.44 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)
 • Total2,170
 • Density580/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
64-520
Area code(s)+48 61
Car platesPSZ
Websitehttp://www.obrzycko.com/

Nearby municipalities include Wronki, Ostroróg, and Szamotuły.

History

In the course of the Partitions of Poland in the late 18th century, the town was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia. During the Napoleonic era, it was part of the Duchy of Warsaw, a French client state. With the defeat of Napoleon, it became part of Prussia again after the Congress of Vienna in 1815, and from 1818 it belonged to the Samter district.

As part of the Prussian Province of Posen, the town became part of Germany in 1871. At the beginning of the 20th century Obersitzko had a Protestant and a Catholic church, a synagogue, a furniture factory and a sawmill. According to. the census of 1910, the town had a population of 1,746, of which 1,018 (58.3%) were Germans and 725 (41.5%) were Poles.[1] After World War I, it was involved in the Greater Poland uprising and soon became part of the Second Polish Republic.

In September 1939, the town was occupied by the German Wehrmacht. It became part of the Samter district in Reichsgau Wartheland. Towards the end of World War II, the Red Army captured the area and the town was restored to Poland.

Notable residents

See also

The Jewish Cemetery in Obrzycko

References
  1. Landesamt, Prussia (Kingdom) Statistisches (1912). Gemeindelexikon für die regierungsbezirke Allenstein, Danzig, Marienwerder, Posen, Bromberg und Oppeln: Auf grund der ergebnisse der volkszählung vom. 1. Dezember 1910 und anderer amtlicher quellen bearbeitet vom Königlich Preussischen Statistischen Landesamte (in German). verlag des Königlichen Statistischen Landesamts.


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