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Jeziorki, Poznań County

Coordinates: 52°18′45″N 16°35′36″E / 52.31250°N 16.59333°E / 52.31250; 16.59333
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Jeziorki
Village
Palace in Jeziorki
Palace in Jeziorki
Jeziorki is located in Poland
Jeziorki
Jeziorki
Coordinates: 52°18′45″N 16°35′36″E / 52.31250°N 16.59333°E / 52.31250; 16.59333
Country Poland
VoivodeshipGreater Poland
CountyPoznań
GminaStęszew
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationPZ, POZ
Primary airportPoznań–Ławica Airport

Jeziorki [jɛˈʑɔrki] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stęszew, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[1]

History

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Jeziorki was a private church village, administratively located in the Poznań County in the Poznań Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[2]

During World War II, on 20 January 1945, Jeziorki was the first stop of a German-perpetrated death march of prisoners of various nationalities from the dissolved camp in Żabikowo to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
  2. ^ Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 2017. p. 1a.
  3. ^ "Ewakuacja piesza". Muzeum Martyrologiczne w Żabikowie (in Polish). Retrieved 30 November 2023.