Stawiszyn
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Stawiszyn | |
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 Town hall | |
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  Stawiszyn | |
| Coordinates: 51°55′6″N 18°6′41″E / 51.91833°N 18.11139°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Greater Poland |
| County | Kalisz |
| Gmina | Stawiszyn |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.99 km2 (0.38 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
• Total | 1,554 |
| • Density | 1,600/km2 (4,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 62-820 |
| Vehicle registration | PKA |
| Climate | Dfb |
| National road |  |
| Website | http://www.stawiszyn.pl |
Stawiszyn ([staˈvʲiʂɨn]) is a town in Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in central Poland,[1] with 1,569 inhabitants (2006). It is the urban part of the larger Stawiszyn Commune, a mixed urban-rural municipality (gmina miejsko-wiejska). The town has a land area of only 0.99 km², and is the smallest town in geographical area in Poland.
Stawiszyn was granted town rights before 1291.[2] It was a royal town of the Kingdom of Poland,[3] administratively located in the Kalisz County in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province.[4] The 1st Polish National Cavalry Brigade was stationed in the town.[5]
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), two local Polish teachers were sent to the Mauthausen concentration camp and murdered there.[6] In 1943, the occupiers renamed the town to Stavensheim in attempt to erase traces of Polish origin.
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