Grabów nad Prosną
Grabów nad Prosną [' grabuf nad ' prɔsnɔ ] ( German Grabow, 1940-1945 Altwerder ) is a city in western Poland and the seat of the rural commune ( gmina wiejska ). It is situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship, about 110 km south-east of Poznan on the banks of Prosna and belongs to the powiat Ostrzeszowski to.
History
In the Middle Ages Grabów Krongut was. The first written mention of the village as a possession of the Polish rulers carried out in 1264, the first mention of the castle 1366th The former castle of Grabów is the headquarters of the Polish noble family of Zaremba.
On August 20, 1416 King Władysław II Jagiello Grabów was named town. As a royal domain, and seat of a Starostei the city developed quite tranquil, with cloth-making, beer brewing and trade formed their economic bases.
In the course of the Second Partition of Poland was first Grabów 1793-1807 Prussian, from 1807 to 1815 and again from 1815 Polish Prussian again. The city was on the border to Russia.
1918 Grabów returned back along with the rest of Great Poland to Poland. In September 1939, the city was occupied during the Polish campaign the Wehrmacht. The occupation lasted until the invasion of the Red Army at the end of the Second World War.
Gmina
The urban and rural community consists of the following localities:
Partner community
Grabów maintains since 2006 a partnership with the community Emlichheim, located on the border with the Netherlands. Between the two communities since 2002 in regular contact.