Miejska Górka
Town in Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland
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Miejska Górka [ˈmʲɛi̯ska ˈɡurka] is a town in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland.[2] It is the seat of Gmina Miejska Górka.
Miejska Górka | |
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Church of Saints Nicholas and Mary Magdalene | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Miejska Górka Location within Poland | |
| Coordinates: 51°39′20″N 16°57′40″E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Greater Poland |
| County | Rawicz |
| Gmina | Miejska Górka |
| Town rights | before 1406 |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.09 km2 (1.19 sq mi) |
| Population (2010)[1] | |
• Total | 3,190 |
| • Density | 1,030/km2 (2,670/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 63-910 |
| Vehicle registration | PRA |
| National roads |  |
| Voivodeship roads |  |
| Website | https://www.miejska-gorka.pl/ |
History
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Miejska Górka was granted town rights before 1406. It was a private town, administratively located in the Kościan County in the Poznań Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[3]
Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, Miejska Górka was occupied by Germany until 1945. The occupiers operated a subcamp of the Nazi prison in Rawicz, dedicated to prisoners suffering from tuberculosis.[4] On 22 May 1941, the Germans perpetrated a public execution of 25 Poles in the town (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[5] The command of the Miejscowa Organizacja Podziemna Polish resistance organization was operating in Miejska Górka, and eventually became part of the larger Home Army in 1944.[6]
Demographics
Transport
Miejska Górka lies on national road 36.
The nearest railway station is in Rawicz.
