Strzelno

Strzelno [ˈstʂɛlnɔ] (German: Strelno) is a town in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. The town is located 18 km (11.18 mi) south of Inowrocław. According to the June 2005 Census, the population numbered 12,486. It is located in the historic region of Kuyavia.

For other places with the same name, see Strzelno (disambiguation).
Strzelno
Norbertine monastery complex with the Holy Trinity Church (right) and Saint Procopius Church (left)
Coat of arms
Strzelno
Strzelno
Coordinates: 52°37′46″N 18°10′12″E
Country Poland
VoivodeshipKuyavian-Pomeranian
CountyMogilno
GminaStrzelno
Area
 • Total4.46 km2 (1.72 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)
 • Total6,054
 • Density1,400/km2 (3,500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
88-320
Vehicle registrationCMG
Websitehttp://www.strzelno.pl

History
Privilege of Pope Celestine III for the monastery in Strzelno issued in Rome in 1193.

Establishment of the town is connected to Piotr Włostowic, a 12th-century Polish noble and voivode of Polish monarch Bolesław III Wrymouth. He is considered the founder of the Church of St. Cross. In the 1180s, in what was then the village Strzelno, a Norbertine nuns convent was founded. The monastery church originally bore the name church of St. Trinity, in later years the name was extended to St. Trinity and the Blessed Virgin Mary. Strzelno received town rights in 1231.

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the Polish population was subjected to mass arrests, deportations, murder and expulsions. Many Poles, including activists and teachers, were either murdered or deported to Nazi concentration camps during the Intelligenzaktion. In 1939, the families of the victims, as well as owners of larger houses, shops, workshops and barbershops were expelled to the General Government, and their property was handed over to Germans as part of the Lebensraum policy.[1] In 1940 the Gestapo carried out massacres of around 200 Poles in the nearby Kurzebiela forest.[2]

Landmarks

The Norbertine monastery complex with the Romanesque Saint Procopius Church and the Romanesque-Gothic-Baroque Holy Trinity Church is listed as a Historic Monument of Poland.[3] The 12th-century church of Saint Procopius, in the shape of a Romanesque rotunda, is considered to be one of the best preserved original churches in Poland. There is a museum in the monastery.

  • Monastery (back view)
  • Romanesque Saint Procopius Church
  • Baroque facade of the Holy Trinity Church
  • One of the Romanesque columns of virtues in the Holy Trinity Church

Sports

Notable people

Born in Strzelno:

References
  1. Maria Wardzyńska, Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945, IPN, Warszawa, 2017, p. 169 (in Polish)
  2. Maria Wardzyńska, Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warszawa, 2009, p. 182 (in Polish)
  3. Rozporządzenie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 20 kwietnia 2018 r. w sprawie uznania za pomnik historii "Strzelno - zespół dawnego klasztoru Norbertanek", Dz. U. z 2018 r. poz. 981



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