Bojanowo

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Bojanowo

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Bojanowo
Coordinates: 51°42′N 16°45′E / 51.700°N 16.750°E / 51.700; 16.750
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Greater Poland
County Rawicz
Gmina Bojanowo
Established 14th century
Town rights 1638
Government
  Mayor Józef Zuter
Area
  Total 2.34 km2 (0.90 sq mi)
Population (2006)
  Total 3,014
  Density 1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 63-940
Area code(s) +48 65
Car plates PRA
Website http://www.gminabojanowo.pl/

Bojanowo ([bɔjaˈnɔvɔ]; also 1943–1945: Schmückert) is a town in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland. During the Partitions of Poland, the town was in the Kreis Rawitsch, Provinz Posen.

History

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Between 1941 and 1942 there was a slave labour camp for Jews in Golina Wielka, near Bojanowo and more than a dozen people died from starvation or were killed there.[1]

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Coordinates: 51°42′N 16°45′E / 51.700°N 16.750°E / 51.700; 16.750



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