Lwówek | |
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 Market Square in Lwówek | |
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  Lwówek | |
| Coordinates:52°27′N16°11′E / 52.450°N 16.183°E /52.450; 16.183 | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Greater Poland |
| County | Nowy Tomyśl |
| Gmina | Lwówek |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.15 km2 (1.22 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 100 m (330 ft) |
| Population (2010)[1] | |
• Total | 2,961 |
| • Density | 940/km2 (2,430/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 64-310 |
| Vehicle registration | PNT |
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| Website | www |
Lwówek[ˈlvuvɛk] is a town inNowy Tomyśl County,Greater Poland Voivodeship, in westernPoland,[2] with 2,961 inhabitants (2010).[1]
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Town rights were granted by KingWładysław II Jagiełło. The town was known as Lwów, before the name was changed to the current Lwówek in the mid-15th century for distinction from the larger city ofLwów. Lwówek was aprivate town, administratively located in the Poznań County in thePoznań Voivodeship in theGreater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[3]
540 Jews lived in the town in 1871.[4]
Following the joint German-Sovietinvasion of Poland, which startedWorld War II in September 1939, Lwówek wasoccupied by Germany until 1945. The firstexpulsions of Poles were carried out in December 1939.[5] The Poles were sent to a transit camp inMłyniewo, and afterwards deported to theGeneral Government in the more-eastern part of German-occupied Poland, while their houses, workshops, etc. were handed over toGerman colonists as part of theLebensraum policy.[5] ThePolish resistance was active in Lwówek. The commander of the Lwówek-Pniewy unit of theUnion of Armed Struggle, was arrested by theGestapo on 14 October 1942 and subjected to brutal interrogations during which he died a week later.[6] Under German occupation, the town was renamed toNeustadt bei Pinne in 1939 and then toKirschneustadt in 1943.
Landmarks of Lwówek include theBaroque palace, theGothic Church of the Assumption, the Baroque Holy Cross church and theRynek (Market Square) filled with colourful historic townhouses.
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