Książ Wielkopolski

Książ Wielkopolski ( German Xion, 1940-43 Tiefenbach, Schonz 1943-45 ) is a town with 2,700 inhabitants in Poland.

It is located 14 km east of Srem and belongs to the powiat Sremski in the Greater Poland Voivodeship.

History

The first mention of the town was in 1193, when it Mieszko III. the Benedictine monastery in Wroclaw left. In 1273 was Xion's seat of a Castellan.

Probably 1407 Xion became a town. In the following centuries Xion remained a farming community town and was owned by four Polish noble families. The city received the privilege for four years markets. 1793, the city came to Prussia. Since 1818, the town belonged to the circle Schrimm and came with him to Poland in 1920.

In April 1848 Xion was the site of a Polish uprising under Florian Dabrowski in Prussia at the battle of 29 April 1848, the town was partially burned down. In the 19th century in Xion created some ceramic enterprises, and the pottery became the main occupation of the citizens.

Xion's the end of the 19th century had 962 inhabitants, the place had a Protestant and a Catholic church and a synagogue.

After the German occupation forced deportations were carried out by Jewish citizens and on October 20, 1939 executions in the city. The local German occupation authorities gave the city the German name Tiefenbach, until the name was changed by the Home Office in Berlin in 1943 in Schonz.

Since 1945 Książ, which at the time had 1,699 inhabitants heard back to Poland.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Heinrich Hirsch Graetz (1817-1891), German - Jewish historian
  • Samuel Kristeller (1820-1900), gynecologist
  • Karl Friedrich Scheithauer (1873-1962), inventor of a Stenografiesystems and writer

Gmina

The urban and rural municipality covers an area of 148 km ² with a population of 8,530. It is rural. It includes the following locations:

References

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