Miejska Górka

Miejska Górka
Church of Saints Nicholas and Mary Magdalene
Coat of arms
Miejska Górka
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 km^2 (1.19 sq mi)
Population  (2010)[1]
• Total	3,190
• Density	1,000/km^2 (2,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	63-910
Vehicle registration	PRA
National roads
Voivodeship roads
Website	http://www.miejska-gorka.pl/

Miejska Górka [ˈmʲɛi̯ska ˈɡurka] is a town in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland.[2] With 3,190 inhabitants (2010), it lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) north-east of Rawicz and 83 km (52 mi) south of the regional capital Poznań.

History

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

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1871 1,761 —     1880 1,792 +1.8% 1890 2,012 +12.3% 1900 2,233 +11.0% 1910 2,682 +20.1% 1921 2,545 −5.1%	Year Pop. ±% 1931 2,644 +3.9% 1939 3,008 +13.8% 1950 2,774 −7.8% 1960 3,024 +9.0% 2010 3,190 +5.5%
Source: [7][1]

Transport

There is a railway station in Miejska Górka, and the national road 36 passes through the town.

References

1. Stan i struktura ludności oraz ruch naturalny w przekroju terytorialnym w 2010 r. (PDF) (in Polish). Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 2011. p. 105. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011.
2. "Miejska Górka w liczbach". polskawliczbach.pl (in Polish). Retrieved June 8, 2022.
3. Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 2017. p. 1a.
4. Encyklopedia konspiracji Wielkopolskiej 1939–1945 (in Polish). Poznań: Instytut Zachodni. 1998. p. 478. ISBN 83-85003-97-5.
5. Encyklopedia konspiracji Wielkopolskiej 1939–1945. p. 146.
6. Encyklopedia konspiracji Wielkopolskiej 1939–1945. p. 215.
7. Dokumentacja Geograficzna (in Polish). Vol. 3/4. Warszawa: Instytut Geografii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 1967. p. 29.

External links

• Municipal website (in Polish)