Jeziorki, Poznań County

Village in Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland
52°18′45″N 16°35′36″E / 52.31250°N 16.59333°E / 52.31250; 16.59333Country PolandVoivodeshipGreater PolandCountyPoznańGminaStęszewTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Vehicle registrationPZ, POZPrimary airportPoznań–Ławica Airport

Jeziorki [jɛˈʑɔrki] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stęszew, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) north-west of Stęszew and 25 km (16 mi) south-west of the regional capital Poznań.

History

Jeziorki was a private church village, administratively located in the Poznań County in the Poznań Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[2]

During World War II, on 20 January 1945, Jeziorki was the first stop of a German-perpetrated death march of prisoners of various nationalities from the dissolved camp in Żabikowo to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 2017. p. 1a.
  3. ^ "Ewakuacja piesza". Muzeum Martyrologiczne w Żabikowie (in Polish). Retrieved 30 November 2023.


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