Żółków, Greater Poland Voivodeship

See also: Żółków, Subcarpathian Voivodeship

Żółków
Village
Żółków
Coordinates: 52°3′45″N 17°35′21″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Greater Poland
County	Jarocin
Gmina	Żerków
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	PJA

Żółków [ˈʐuu̯kuf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żerków, within Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 2 kilometres (1 mi) east of Żerków, 13 km (8 mi) north-east of Jarocin, and 60 km (37 mi) south-east of the regional capital Poznań.

History

Żółków was a private village of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Pyzdry County in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Polish Crown.[2]

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), inhabitants of Żółków were among Poles massacred by the Germans on 9 November 1939, in Mędzisko as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[3]

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warsaw: Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences. 2017. p. 1b.
3. Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 199.