Republic of Mosina
{{short description|19th century short-lived state proclaimed in town of Mosina}}
{{Infobox country
|native_name = {{native name|pl|Rzeczpospolita Mosińska}}
|conventional_long_name = Republic of Mosina
|common_name =
|image_map =
|image_map_caption =
|government_type = Republic
|year_start = 1848
|date_start = 3 May
|event_start = Declaration of independence
|event1 = Battle of Rogalin
|date_event1 = 8 May 1848
|year_end = 1848
|date_end = 9 May
|event_end = Capitulation in Bardo
|official_languages = Polish
|capital = Mosina
|title_leader = Head of State
|leader1 = Jakub Krotowski-Krauthofer
|year_leader1 = 1848
|p1 = Kingdom of Prussia
|flag_p1 = Flag of the Kingdom of Prussia (1803-1892).svg
|s1 = Kingdom of Prussia
|flag_s1 = Flag of the Kingdom of Prussia (1803-1892).svg
|today = Poland}}
Republic of Mosina ({{langx|pl|Rzeczpospolita Mosińska}}) was a short-lived microstate centred around the city of Mosina, which existed for five or six days in May 1848. The country was proclaimed on 3 May 1848, during the Greater Poland uprising, out of the insurrection-controlled lands of Grand Duchy of Posen, Kingdom of Prussia, with Jakub Krotowski-Krauthofer as its head of state. The republic ceased to exist five or six days later, on 8 or 9 May 1848 after the defeat of rebel forces.{{Cite web | url = http://regionwielkopolska.pl/ciekawostki-99/rzeczpospolita-mosinska.html | title = Rzeczpospolita Mosińska - Ciekawostki - Region Wielkopolska • miejsca które warto odwiedzić | website = regionwielkopolska.pl | date = 25 July 2011 | language = pl | access-date = 2019-04-26}}{{cite web|url=https://www.mosina.pl/aktualnosci/rzeczpospolita-mosinska-co-znaczy|website=moscina.pl|title=Rzeczpospolita Mosińska - co znaczy}}
The state was meant to be a temporary entity, that later would be reformed into an independent Polish state, that rebels had aimed to recreate. The capital of the country was Mosina and official language was Polish.
History
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In March 1848, during Greater Poland uprising, the insurrectionist forces had formed the National Commity in rebel-controlled city of Mosina, in Grand Duchy of Posen, Kingdom of Prussia, with Wojciech Rost, Antoni Adamski, Stanisław Stefanowicz, Jan Kordylewski and Antoni Ruszkiewicz as its members. On 3 May 1848, the leader of insurgent forces, Jakub Krauthofer-Krotowski had declared the formation of the independent Republic of Mosina in the area around the cities Mosina and Kórnik and made himself a head of state. The state was meant to be a temporary entity, that later would be reformed into an independent Polish state, that rebels had aimed to recreate. Mosina was decided to be the capital of the state. Following the declaration of the country's independence, Krotowski-Krauthofer had replaced Prussian government officials in the area with Polish ones, including appointing Wojciech Rost as the new mayor of Mosina.
The republic ceased to exist five days later, on 8 May 1848, after the rebels defeat in the battle of Rogalin, or a day later, on 9 May, after the clash in Trzebaw and following rebel capitulation in Bardo ending the uprising.{{cite web|url=https://histmag.org/Rzeczpospolita-Mosinska-panstwo-ktore-przetrwalo-5-dni-14387|title=Rzeczpospolita Mosińska – państwo, które przetrwało 5 dni|website=histmag.org}} Following the capitulation, Krauthofer-Krotowski was imprisoned in Konatrzewo.
References
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Bibliography
- [http://www.zolnierzewolnosci.pl/portal/pl/Krotki_sen_o_Polsce_Joanna_Nowaczyk_1.html Krótki sen o Polsce] by Joanna Nowaczyk. Żołnierze Wolności [access date: 2019-04-26].
- [https://historia.wprost.pl/10033452/Nieznana-karta-Wiosny-Ludow-Polska-miala-przez-5-dni-wlasna-niepodlegla-stolice.htm.html Nieznana karta Wiosny Ludów. Polska miała przez 5 dni własną, niepodległą stolicę] by Marcin Tomczak. histmag.org. [access date: 2019-04-26].
- Jakub Krotowski-Krauthofer in *Wielkopolski Słownik Biograficzny by Zdzisław Grot. Warsaw/Poznań. 1981.
Category:States and territories established in 1848
Category:States and territories disestablished in 1848
Category:Former unrecognized countries