Żółków, Greater Poland Voivodeship
Żółków [ˈʐuu̯kuf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żerków, within Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately 2 kilometres (1 mi) east of Żerków, 13 km (8 mi) north-east of Jarocin, and 60 km (37 mi) south-east of the regional capital Poznań.
History
Żółków was a private village of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Pyzdry County in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Polish Crown.
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), inhabitants of Żółków were among Poles massacred by the Germans on 9 November 1939, in Mędzisko as part of the Intelligenzaktion.
References
- ^ "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. 199.
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