Zbrudzewo

Village in Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland
52°7′N 17°2′E / 52.117°N 17.033°E / 52.117; 17.033Country PolandVoivodeshipGreater PolandCountyŚremGminaŚremElevation
80 m (260 ft)Population
560Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Vehicle registrationPSE

Zbrudzewo [zbruˈd͡zɛvɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Śrem, within Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) north of Śrem and 33 km (21 mi) south of the regional capital Poznań.

History

The village dates back to the Middle Ages, and it surely existed before 1388.[2] In the past it was a possession of the nearby town of Śrem,[2] and was administratively located in the Pyzdry County in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Polish Crown.[3] The Zbrudzewski noble family hailed from the village.[2]

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), on November 8, 1939, the Germans murdered 12 Poles from Śrem at the local shooting range (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[4][5] There is a memorial at the site.

Notable people

  • Jerzy Skrzydlewski [pl] (1896–1940), Polish lieutenant colonel, victim of the Katyn massacre

References

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ a b c Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XIV, Warsaw, 1893, p. 532 (in Polish)
  3. ^ Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany, Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, 2017, p. 1b (in Polish)
  4. ^ Maria Wardzyńska, Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warsaw, 2009, p. 200 (in Polish)
  5. ^ "Historia miasta". Śrem. Miejski Portal Informacyjny (in Polish). Retrieved 16 August 2020.


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