Małachowo-Wierzbiczany

Małachowo-Wierzbiczany [mawaˈxɔvɔ vjɛʐbiˈt͡ʂanɨ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Witkowo, within Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[1]

Małachowo-Wierzbiczany
Village
Małachowo-Wierzbiczany is located in Poland
Małachowo-Wierzbiczany
Małachowo-Wierzbiczany
Coordinates: 52°26′06″N 17°44′47″E / 52.43500°N 17.74639°E / 52.43500; 17.74639
Country Poland
VoivodeshipGreater Poland
CountyGniezno
GminaWitkowo
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

History edit

Małachowo-Wierzbiczany, historically also known as Małachowo-Wierzbięcice, was a private village of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Gniezno County in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Polish Crown.[2]

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1940, the Germans expelled several Polish inhabitants to the General Government, and their farms were then handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.[3]

Notable people edit

  • Roch Morcinek [pl] (1903–1968), Polish historian and military officer, prisoner of war of the Oflag II-C during World War II

References edit

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany, Instytut Historii Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, 2017, p. 1b (in Polish)
  3. ^ Maria Wardzyńska, Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945, IPN, Warsaw, 2017, pp. 244–245 (in Polish)