Marchwacz
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Marchwacz
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = MARCHWACZ - pozostało po Niemojowskich 06 - panoramio.jpg
| image_caption = Niemojowski Palace in Marchwacz
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
| subdivision_name1 = Greater Poland
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Kalisz
| subdivision_type3 = Gmina
| subdivision_name3 = Szczytniki
| coordinates = {{coord|51|44|N|18|18|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}
| pushpin_map = Poland
| pushpin_label_position = right
| elevation_m =
| population_total =
| timezone = CET
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = CEST
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| registration_plate = PKA
| blank1_name_sec2 = National roads
| blank1_info_sec2 = File:DK12-PL.svg
}}
Marchwacz {{IPAc-pl|'|m|a|r|h|f|a|cz}} is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szczytniki, within Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in central Poland.{{TERYT}} It lies approximately {{convert|16|km|mi|0}} east of Kalisz and {{convert|121|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south-east of the regional capital Poznań.
History
File:MARCHWACZ - pozostało po Niemojowskich 11 - panoramio.jpg
As part of the region of Greater Poland, i.e. the cradle of the Polish state, the area formed part of Poland since its establishment in the 10th century. Marchwacz was a private church village, administratively located in the Kalisz County in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.{{cite book|author= |title=Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany|year=2017|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk|page=1b}}
In 1827, it had a population of 126.{{cite book|author= |title=Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom VI|year=1885|language=pl|location=Warszawa|page=104}} According to the 1921 census, the village with the adjacent manor farm had a population of 424, entirely Polish by nationality and Roman Catholic by confession.{{cite book|author=|title=Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej|volume=II|year=1925|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=Główny Urząd Statystyczny|page=16}}
Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the village was occupied by Germany. Shortly before their withdrawal, on January 21–22, 1945, German troops committed a massacre of 57 Polish inhabitants of Marchwacz, six other Poles, and twelve captured Soviet prisoners of war (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).{{cite web|url=https://www.poznan.uw.gov.pl/wydarzenia-archiwalne/71-rocznica-mordu-na-mieszkancach-marchwacza|title=71. rocznica mordu na mieszkańcach Marchwacza|website=Wielkopolski Urząd Wojewódzki w Poznaniu|author=Anna Czuchra|date=30 January 2016|access-date=12 November 2023|language=pl}}
Notable people
- Bonawentura Niemojowski (1787–1835), Polish lawyer, politician and writer
References
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{{Gmina Szczytniki}}
{{Massacres of Poles}}
Category:Populated riverside places in Poland
Category:Villages in Kalisz County
Category:Sites of World War II massacres of Poles
Category:Sites of Nazi war crimes in Poland
Category:World War II prisoner of war massacres by Nazi Germany