Krerowo [krɛˈrɔvɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kleszczewo, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 23 km (14 mi) south-east of the regional capital Poznań.
Krerowo | |
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Village | |
 Palace in Krerowo | |
  Krerowo | |
| Coordinates: 52°17′N 17°11′E / 52.283°N 17.183°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Greater Poland |
| County | Poznań |
| Gmina | Kleszczewo |
| Population | 274 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | PZ |
History
editKrerowo was a private church village, administratively located in the Pyzdry County in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province.[2]
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), a local teacher was among the victims of a massacre of Poles committed by the Germans in nearby Środa Wielkopolska on 20 October 1939 as part of the genocidal Intelligenzaktion campaign.[3] In 1940–1941, the occupiers carried out expulsions of Poles, whose houses and farms were then handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.[4] Poles expelled in 1940 were placed in a transit camp in Łódź and then deported to the General Government in the more eastern part of German-occupied Poland, whereas Poles expelled in 1941 were enslaved as forced labour and sent either to Germany or to new German colonists in the county.[4]
Sights
editThe landmarks of Krerowo are the local palace and the Gothic Saint John the Baptist church. There is also a monument of Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz from 1935.
Transport
editThe A2 motorway runs nearby, north of the village.
References
edit- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 195.
- ^ a b Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. pp. 197, 285. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.
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