Małachowo-Wierzbiczany

Village in Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland

52°26′06″N 17°44′47″E / 52.43500°N 17.74639°E / 52.43500; 17.74639Country

PolandVoivodeshipGreater PolandCountyGnieznoGminaWitkowoTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Małachowo-Wierzbiczany [mawaˈxɔvɔ vjɛʐbiˈt͡ʂanɨ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Witkowo, within Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.^[1]

History

Małachowo-Wierzbiczany, historically also known as Małachowo-Wierzbięcice, was a private village of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Gniezno County in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Polish Crown.^[2]

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1940, the Germans expelled several Polish inhabitants to the General Government, and their farms were then handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.^[3]

Notable people

Roch Morcinek [pl] (1903–1968), Polish historian and military officer, prisoner of war of the Oflag II-C during World War II

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, Instytut Historii Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, 2017, p. 1b (in Polish)
^ Maria Wardzyńska, Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945, IPN, Warsaw, 2017, pp. 244–245 (in Polish)