Kobylin

Kobylin [ kɔbɨlin ] is a town in Poland, in Wielkopolska. It is the seat of the homonymous urban and rural community in the powiat Krotoszynski.

  • 4.1 traffic
  • 4.2 Education

History

The first written mention of the village comes from the name Kobylin August 15, 1289 when the archbishop Jakub Świnka the church in the village visited. The next recorded mention of the February 6, 1303 notes the award of the town charter. The city was founded by Neumarkt law. The name of the city, which was to be built next to the village, was set at Venetia, but the name Kobylin prevailed also for the city. On December 21, 1430 the city charter was confirmed by Władysław II Jagiello according to Magdeburg law. As a result of the Counter Reformation, there was about 1630 by a mass exodus from Silesia to a significant influx of Protestants, which contributed to a significant expansion Kobylin. 1793, in the Second Partition of Poland, the city became part of Prussia. The connection to the rail network is 1888th After the First World War Kobylin was part of the revived Poland. In September 1939, the city was occupied by the German Wehrmacht during the Polish campaign. The city's name was changed on May 18, 1943 in coupling Städt. In 1945, at the end of the Second World War, the area was occupied by the Red Army and subsequently part of the People's Republic of Poland.

Religions

As a result of mass Zuzuges of Protestants was posted on March 4, 1632 the Protestant church dedicated " To the little ship of Christ" and thus founded the Protestant parish Kobylin. A second church replaced in 1692 the previous church. The third church with projecting tower was built as a timber-framed building with double galleries. In January 1945, the parish orphan with leaving almost all Germans. The following year, the nave was demolished.

Population Development

Below the graph of population development.

Culture and sights

Structures:

  • The Gothic parish church from 1512
  • The monastery church of the Cistercian monks from the 16th/17th. century
  • A baroque wooden watch tower as a remnant of the Evangelical Church Kobylin
  • The Town Hall from the 19th century

Community

The city is the seat of a Kobylin urban and rural municipality with an area of ​​112.37 km ² with about 8,000 inhabitants. The 20 districts with a mayor's office ( sołectwo ) are:

  • Berdychów
  • Długołęka
  • Fijałów
  • Górka
  • Kuklinów
  • Łagiewniki
  • Nepomucenów
  • Raszewy
  • Rębiechów
  • Rojew
  • Rzemiechów
  • Smolice
  • Sroki
  • Starkowiec
  • Starygród
  • Stary Kobylin
  • Wyganów
  • Zalesie Małe
  • Zalesie Wielkie
  • Zdziętawy

Other towns are Biała Róża, Kuklinów settlement, Lipowiec and Targoszyce.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

By Kobylin leads in east-west direction the country road 36 ( droga Krajowa 36). In the west, it leads after 30 kilometers by Rawicz and crosses while the national road 5 After about 15 kilometers towards the east it crosses in Krotoszyn the provincial road 15

The town lies on the railway line from Krotoszyn to Leszno.

The nearest international airport is 70 km south to Nicolaus Copernicus Airport Wroclaw.

Education

In the city there is a pre-and a primary school. There is also a middle school and a vocational school ( zasadnicza SzkoĹ zawodowa )

Personalities who are associated with the city

Others

The emigrants in Karl May's story Satan and Iscariot of 1893 come from Kobylin.

Footnotes

  • Gmina in the Greater Poland Voivodeship
  • Place of Greater Poland Voivodeship
  • Gmina Kobylin
Voivodeship (Poland) Vehicle registration plates of Poland Magdeburg rights
481679
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