Baranów, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Baranów ( German 1939-1943 Baranov, 1943-1945 Rundstätt ) is a village and seat of the rural community in Poland in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. The village has about 1,500, the town 7300 inhabitants. The community is located about 147 km south-east of Poznań, the capital of the Greater Poland Voivodeship. In terms of size it is the smallest municipality in the district, as measured by the number of inhabitants, the second largest after the capital Kępno.

History

Earliest evidence of human presence in today's municipal area are finds from the Bronze and Early Iron Age. These are traces of settlements and cemeteries.

Through archaeological studies have shown that there has been in the early Middle Ages, two castles in the immediate vicinity of the river Janica. Achieved in 1426 before the settlement town rights and was then fair and market town. 1532 City Council and Mayor are first mentioned in. In the course of the Second Partition of Poland Baranów fell to Prussia, under whose rule a railway line was built, but was not connected to the Baranów. This decreased the economic importance of the place, the 1907 city rights were deprived by the Prussian administration.

Community

For the rural community Baranów 10 districts include ( German name from 1939 to 1945 ) with a mayor's office:

  • Baranów (1939-1943 Baranov, 1943-1945 Rundstätt )
  • Donaborów (1939-1943 Donaborow, 1943-1945 Ambach )
  • Grębanin (1939-1945 Grembanin )
  • Jankowy (1939-1943 Jankow, 1943-1945 Stieg field)
  • Joanka (1939-1945 Johanka )
  • Łęka Mroczeńska (1939-1945 Lenka mroczenska )
  • Marianka Mroczeńska (1939-1945 Marianka mroczenska )
  • Mroczeń (1939-1943 Mroczeń, 1943-1945 Moor contactor)
  • Słupia pod Kępnem (1939-1943 Slupia, Luben 1943-1945 )
  • Żurawiniec (1939-1945 Zurawiniec )

Other villages in the municipality are Feliksów and Młynarka.

Culture and sights

Structures

  • The wooden church in Grebanin, whose oldest part dates from 1615
  • The wooden church in Baranów of St. Andrzej and Wawrzyniec of 1732
  • The wooden church in Donaborów from the 18th century
  • The Church in Slupia at Kepno, built in the years 1869-1870,

Economy and infrastructure

Agriculture, wood processing, food processing industry and many small furniture factories are the determining factors of the economic community.

Partner community

Baranów has a twin town in Germany, the community Ihlow since 1997. Officially, the partnership was sealed on 14 July 1997. Since found since 1993. However, contacts with Ihlow are several mutual visits of delegations instead. The partnership between the two communities was also one of the triggers for the partnership between the district and the district of Aurich Kepno, the Baranów belongs.

Voivodeship (Poland) Powiat Vehicle registration plates of Poland Gmina Bronze Age Aurich (district)
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