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Szamocin
Coordinates: 53°1′49″N17°7′14″E / 53.03028°N 17.12056°E / 53.03028; 17.12056
Country Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Voivodeship Greater Poland
County Chodzież
Gmina Szamocin
First mentioned1364
Town rights1748
Government
 • MayorEugeniusz Wiktor Kucner
Area
 • Total4.67 km2 (1.80 sq mi)
Population
 (2010) [1]
 • Total4,291
 • Density920/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
64-820
Area code +48 67
Vehicle registration PCH
Website http://www.szamocin24.pl

Szamocin [ʂaˈmɔt͡ɕin] (German : Samotschin, 1943-45: Fritzenstadt) is a town in Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland.

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History

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Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary Help of Christians

Szamoczino in the Piast-ruled Kingdom of Poland was first mentioned in a 1364 deed, although it surely existed earlier and was probably founded in the 12th century. It was a private village of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Kcynia County in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province. [2] It received town privileges from the hands of King Augustus III of Poland in 1748.

In the First partition of Poland in 1772 the town was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia. After the successful Greater Poland uprising of 1806, it was regained by Poles and included within the short-lived Duchy of Warsaw. It was re-annexed by Prussia in 1815, whereafter it was governed within the Kreis Kolmar in Posen, part of the Grand Duchy of Posen. During the Industrial Revolution, the town evolved to a centre of the weaving industry. From 1871 it was part of Germany. After World War I, in 1918, Poland regained independence, and the Greater Poland Uprising broke out, which goal was to reintegrate the region with the reborn Polish state. On January 13, 1919, the town was captured by Polish insurgents led by Maksymilian Bartsch, but was lost to Germany on the same day. [3] The insurgents made an unsuccessful attempt to recapture the town, [3] however in accordance to the Treaty of Versailles it was still reintegrated with the newly established Second Polish Republic in 1921.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
18712,122—    
18802,167+2.1%
18902,029−6.4%
19001,967−3.1%
19101,971+0.2%
19211,548−21.5%
19311,937+25.1%
19392,100+8.4%
19502,325+10.7%
19602,769+19.1%
20104,291+55.0%
Source: [4] [5] [1]

After the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II, in September 1939, it was captured by Germany, and already on September 17, the Germans murdered two Polish boy scouts in the town. [6] Inhabitants of Szamocin were also among 41 Poles murdered in the nearby village of Morzewo on November 7, 1939. [7] On December 10–12, 1939, the Germans expelled hundreds of Polish and Jewish inhabitants from the town to the General Government. [8] In 1943, the German administration renamed the town Fritzenstadt, to erase traces of Polish origin. After the German occupation ended in 1945, the original Polish name was restored.

Sports

The local football club is Sokół Szamocin. [9] It competes in the lower leagues.

Notable people

Nearby municipalities

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Szamocin is twinned with:

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References

  1. 1 2 Stan i struktura ludności oraz ruch naturalny w przekroju terytorialnym w 2010 r. (PDF) (in Polish). Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 2011. p. 102. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011.
  2. ↑ Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 2017. p. 1b.
  3. 1 2 "13 stycznia 1919". Instytut Pamięci Narodowej (in Polish). Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  4. ↑ Wiadomości Statystyczne Głównego Urzędu Statystycznego (in Polish). Vol. X. Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1932. p. 201.
  5. ↑ Dokumentacja Geograficzna (in Polish). Vol. 3/4. Warszawa: Instytut Geografii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 1967. p. 50.
  6. ↑ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. p. 116.
  7. ↑ Wardzyńska (2009), p. 200
  8. ↑ Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. p. 157. ISBN   978-83-8098-174-4.
  9. ↑ "Klub Sportowy Sokół Szamocin" (in Polish). Retrieved 3 October 2020.
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