Rosnówko, Greater Poland Voivodeship

See also: Rosnówko, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Rosnówko
Village
Rosnowskie Duże Lake
Rosnówko
Coordinates: 52°18′02″N 16°46′13.8″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Greater Poland
County	Poznań
Gmina	Komorniki
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	POZ, PZ
Voivodeship road

Rosnówko [rɔsˈnufkɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Komorniki, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south-west of Komorniki and 16 km (10 mi) south-west of the regional capital Poznań. It is situated on the shores of Rosnowskie Duże Lake.

History

Rosnówko was a private village of Polish nobility, including the Chomęcki and Gajewski families,[2] administratively located in the Poznań County in the Poznań Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[3]

During World War II, in January 1945, a German-perpetrated death march of prisoners of various nationalities from the dissolved camp in Żabikowo to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp passed through the village.[4]

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom IX (in Polish). Warszawa. 1888. pp. 758–759.
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. "Ewakuacja piesza". Muzeum Martyrologiczne w Żabikowie (in Polish). Retrieved 9 December 2023.