Miłosław

Miłosław
Town
Panorama of Miłosław from the Miłosław Palace
Panorama of Miłosław from the Miłosław Palace
Coat of arms of Miłosław
Coat of arms
Miłosław is located in Poland
Miłosław
Miłosław
Coordinates: 52°12′24″N 17°28′59″E / 52.20667°N 17.48306°E / 52.20667; 17.48306
Country Poland
VoivodeshipGreater Poland
CountyWrześnia
GminaMiłosław
First mentioned1314
Town rights1397
Government
 • MayorHubert Gruszczyński
Area
 • Total
4.07 km2 (1.57 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)
 • Total
3,627
 • Density890/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
62-320
Vehicle registrationPWR
National roads
Voivodeship roads
Websitehttp://www.miloslaw.info.pl

Miłosław [mʲiˈwɔswaf] is a town in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,627 inhabitants.[1]

History

19th-century view of the palace

Miłosław was a private town, administratively located in the Pyzdry County in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[2]

Following the Second Partition of Poland, in 1793, it was annexed by Prussia. After the successful Greater Poland uprising of 1806, it was regained by Poles and included within the Duchy of Warsaw, and after its dissolution, it was re-annexed by Prussia in 1815. A battle between Polish insurgents and Prussian forces took place there during the Greater Poland Uprising of 1848. Following World War I, Poland regained independence and control of the town.

Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the town was occupied by Germany until 1945. The Polish resistance movement was present in Miłosław. Polish underground press was distributed in the town.[3] In 1943, Paweł Mielcarek, commander of the local unit of the Home Army escaped German arrest to Warsaw, where he continued his underground activities and took part in the Warsaw Uprising.[4]

Sights

The landmarks of Miłosław include the Church of Saint James from 1620, the palace of the Mielżyński and Kościelski noble families with the adjacent Miloslaw Park, the monument to the Polish insurgents fallen in the Battle of Miłosław in 1848, the oldest monument of Polish national poet Juliusz Słowacki, unveiled in 1899 and the school building on Castle Street.

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19212,499—    
19312,452−1.9%
20103,581+46.0%
Source: [5][6]
  • Church of Saint James from 1620
    Church of Saint James from 1620
  • Palace
    Palace
  • Primary school
    Primary school
  • Gmina office
    Gmina office

References

  1. ^ "Size and structure of population and vital statistics by territorial division in 2012 (as of December 31)" (PDF) (in Polish and English). Główny Urząd Statystyczny (Central Statistical Office). May 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  2. ^ Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 2017. p. 1b.
  3. ^ Encyklopedia konspiracji Wielkopolskiej 1939–1945 (in Polish). Poznań: Instytut Zachodni. 1998. p. 132. ISBN 83-85003-97-5.
  4. ^ Encyklopedia konspiracji Wielkopolskiej 1939–1945. p. 353.
  5. ^ Wiadomości Statystyczne Głównego Urzędu Statystycznego (in Polish). Vol. X. Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1932. p. 201.
  6. ^ Stan i struktura ludności oraz ruch naturalny w przekroju terytorialnym w 2010 r. (PDF) (in Polish). Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 2011. p. 107. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011.