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Mosina

Coordinates:52°14′48″N16°50′42″E/ 52.24667°N 16.84500°E/52.24667; 16.84500
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Mosina
Town hall
Town hall
Flag of Mosina
Flag
Coat of arms of Mosina
Coat of arms
Mosina is located in Poland
Mosina
Mosina
Coordinates:52°14′48″N16°50′42″E/ 52.24667°N 16.84500°E/52.24667; 16.84500
CountryPoland
VoivodeshipGreater Poland
CountyPoznań
GminaMosina
First mentioned1247
Town rightsbefore 1302
Area
• Total13.58 km2(5.24 sq mi)
Population
(2023)
• Total12,150
• Density890/km2(2,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1(CET)
• Summer (DST)UTC+2(CEST)
Postal code
62-050
Vehicle registrationPZ, PO
ClimateCfb
Primary airportPoznań–Ławica Airport
Websitehttp://www.mosina.pl

Mosina[mɔˈɕina]is a town inPoznań County,Greater Poland Voivodeship,Poland,21 km south ofPoznań,with 12,107 inhabitants (2004). TheMosiński Canalruns east and west through the town, and joins theWarta Riverjust to the east.

History

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Saint Nicholas church

The oldest known mention of Mosina comes from 1247, while in 1302 it was mentioned as a town. Its name is of Polish origin and comes from the Old Polish wordmoszyna.For centuries, Mosina was aroyal townof theKingdom of Poland,administratively located in the Poznań County in thePoznań Voivodeshipin theGreater Poland Province.[1]It was annexed byPrussiain theSecond Partition of Polandin 1793. After the successfulGreater Poland uprising of 1806,it was regained by Poles and included within the short-livedDuchy of Warsaw,and after the duchy's dissolution the town was re-annexed by Prussia in 1815.

During the PolishGreater Poland uprisingand the EuropeanSpring of Nations,on May 3, 1848, Polish lawyer Jakub Krotowski-Krauthofer declared Polish independence in Mosina.[2]Thesmall Polish republiccentered in Mosina was eventually crushed by the Prussians after their victory over the Polish insurgents at the Battle ofRogalinseveral days later.[2]Jakub Krotowski-Krauthofer was captured inKonarzewoand then brutally treated, before being released in 1849 by amnesty.[2]Poland eventually regained independence afterWorld War IIin 1918, and Mosina was then reintegrated with Poland. In the interbellum it administratively belonged to thePoznań Voivodeship.

Following the joint German-Sovietinvasion of Poland,which startedWorld War IIin September 1939, the town wasoccupied by Germanyuntil 1945 and localPoleswere subjected toextensive genocidal policies.On October 20, 1939, the GermanEinsatzgruppe VIcarried out a public execution of 15 Poles in the town as part of theIntelligenzaktion.[3]Among the victims were teachers, doctors, merchants and craftsmen from Mosina and nearby villages.[4]It was one of many massacres of Poles committed that day by Germany across the region in attempt to pacify and terrorize the Polish population.[5]Poles from Mosina were also murdered by the German police andSelbstschutzin the nearby town ofMurowana Goślinain September and November 1939.[4]In 1939–1941, the occupiers carried outexpulsions of Poles,whose houses, shops and workshops were then handed over toGermancolonists as part of theLebensraumpolicy.[6]In 1943, manyPolish children were kidnappedand imprisoned by the Germans in a camp for Polish children inŁódź,which was nicknamed "littleAuschwitz"due to its conditions.[7]Many children died in the camp.[8]

Sports

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The localfootballclub is KS 1920 Mosina.[9]It competes in the lower leagues.

Notable residents

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References

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  1. ^Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany(in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut HistoriiPolskiej Akademii Nauk.2017. p. 1a.
  2. ^abcMarcin Tomczak."Rzeczpospolita Mosińska – państwo, które przetrwało 5 dni".Histmag.org(in Polish).Retrieved13 March2021.
  3. ^Wardzyńska, Maria (2009).Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion(in Polish). Warszawa:IPN.p. 193.
  4. ^abWardzyńska (2009), p. 194
  5. ^Grochowina, Sylwia (2017).Cultural policy of the Nazi occupying forces in the Reich district Gdańsk–West Prussia, the Reich district Wartheland, and the Reich district of Katowice in the years 1939–1945.Toruń.p. 87.ISBN978-83-88693-73-1.{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^Wardzyńska, Maria (2017).Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945(in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. pp. 151, 192, 286.ISBN978-83-8098-174-4.
  7. ^Ledniowski, Krzysztof; Gola, Beata (2020). "Niemiecki obóz dla małoletnich Polaków w Łodzi przy ul. Przemysłowej". In Kostkiewicz, Janina (ed.).Zbrodnia bez kary... Eksterminacja i cierpienie polskich dzieci pod okupacją niemiecką (1939–1945)(in Polish).Kraków:Uniwersytet Jagielloński,Biblioteka Jagiellońska.pp. 147, 158.
  8. ^Ledniowski, Gola, p. 159
  9. ^"Klub Sportowy 1920 Mosina - strona klubu"(in Polish).Retrieved13 March2021.
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