Jastrzębsko Stare

Village in Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland
52°18′N 16°4′E / 52.300°N 16.067°E / 52.300; 16.067Country PolandVoivodeshipGreater PolandCountyNowy TomyślGminaNowy TomyślPopulation
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Jastrzębsko Stare [jasˈtʂɛmpskɔ ˈstarɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowy Tomyśl, within Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) west of Nowy Tomyśl and 59 km (37 mi) west of the regional capital Poznań.

History

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.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ "Ewakuacja piesza". Muzeum Martyrologiczne w Żabikowie (in Polish). Retrieved 9 December 2023.


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