Oborniki

Oborniki [ɔbɔrˈɲikʲi] (German: Obornik) is a town in Poland, in Greater Poland Voivodeship, about 30 km north of Poznań. It is the capital of Oborniki County and of Gmina Oborniki. Its population is 18,176 (2005).

For the town in Lower Silesia, see Oborniki Śląskie.
Oborniki
Market Square (Rynek) in Oborniki
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Oborniki
Oborniki
Coordinates: 52°39′N 16°49′E
Country Poland
Voivodeship Greater Poland
CountyOborniki County
GminaGmina Oborniki
Town rights13th century
Area
 • Total14.08 km2 (5.44 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)
 • Total17,850
 • Density1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
64-600
Area code(s)+48 61
License platesPOB
Websiteoborniki.pl

History
Market Square in Oborniki in 2003

Oborniki was granted town rights before 1292.[1] Duke Bolesław the Pious founded a Franciscan monastery in Oborniki in the 13th century.[2] It was a royal town of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, administratively located in the Poznań County in the Poznań Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Polish Crown.[3] It was frequently visited by King Władysław II Jagiełło.[2] As a result of the Second Partition of Poland in 1793, it was annexed by Prussia. In 1807 it became part of the short-lived Polish Duchy of Warsaw. In 1815 it was annexed by Prussia for the second time. The townspeople fought in the struggles for liberation of Poland, including the November Uprising, Greater Poland uprising (1848), January Uprising and the victorious post-World War I Greater Poland Uprising, as a result of which the town was integrated with the reestablished Polish state in 1919.

After the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the town was occupied by Germany until 1945. The first expelled Poles were former insurgents of the Greater Poland Uprising, and the expulsions were carried out in early December 1939.[4] The expellees were held for several days in a transit camp in the nearby village of Kowanówko, where they were robbed of money and valuables, and then they were deported in freight trains to Sokołów Podlaski in the General Government (German-occupied central Poland).[4] In 1940, a transit camp for Poles expelled from various villages in the county was operated in the town.[5] Some of the Poles expelled in 1940 from the nearby Chodzież and Szamotuły counties were enslaved as forced labour in the town's vicinity.[6] In August 1944, the Germans carried out mass arrests of local members of the Home Army, the leading Polish underground resistance organization.[7]

Sights

Among the historic landmarks of Oborniki are:[2]

  • the Market Square filled with historic townhouses
  • the Church of the Assumption, dating back to the 15th century
  • the timber-framed Holy Cross church
  • the Gothic Revival Saint Joseph Church

Sports

The local football team is Sparta Oborniki. It competes in the lower leagues.

International relations
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland

Oborniki is twinned with:

  • Holy Cross Church
  • Church of the Assumption
  • Saint Joseph church
  • Hydroelectric power plant
Panorama of the city

References
  1. Robert Krzysztofik, Lokacje miejskie na obszarze Polski. Dokumentacja geograficzno-historyczna, Katowice 2007, p. 56-57
  2. "Śladami historii". UM Oborniki (in Polish). Retrieved August 10, 2019.
  3. Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 2017. p. 1a.
  4. Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. p. 154. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.
  5. Wardzyńska, p. 198
  6. Wardzyńska, p. 201, 206
  7. Ptakowska-Sysło, Agnieszka (2011). "Konspiracja chodzieska 1939–1944". Biuletyn Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej (in Polish). No. 5–6 (126–127). IPN. p. 67. ISSN 1641-9561.
  8. "Herk-de-stad". UM Oborniki (in Polish). Retrieved August 10, 2019.
  9. "Kobuleti". UM Oborniki (in Polish). Retrieved August 10, 2019.
  10. "Lüchow". UM Oborniki (in Polish). Retrieved August 11, 2019.


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