Skoki
{{other places|Skoki (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Skoki
| image_skyline = Skoki, Wągrowiec County, Poland. Church of St. Nicholas.jpg
| image_caption = Church of Saint Nicholas from 1737
| image_flag = POL Skoki flag (do 2020).svg
| image_shield = POL Skoki COA.svg
| pushpin_map = Poland
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
| subdivision_name1 = Greater Poland
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Wągrowiec
| subdivision_type3 = Gmina
| subdivision_name3 = Skoki
| area_total_km2 = 11.2
| population_as_of = 2010
| population_total = 4003
| population_density_km2 = auto
| coordinates = {{coord|52|40|N|17|9|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}
| timezone = CET
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = CEST
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| registration_plate = PWA
| blank_name_sec2 = Primary airport
| blank_info_sec2 = Poznań–Ławica Airport
| website = http://gmina-skoki.pl
}}
Skoki {{IPAc-pl|'|s|k|o|k|J|i}} ({{langx|de|Schokken}}[http://www.historyandtheheadlines.abc-clio.com/ContentPages/ContentPage.aspx?entryId=1145110¤tSection=1130224&productid=3 ABC-CLIO SCHOOLS History and the Headlines: Campioni, Inigo (1878–1944)]) is a town in Poland, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Wągrowiec County,{{TERYT}} with 4,003 inhabitants (2010). It is located about 40 km north of Poznań. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Skoki.
History
Established in 1367, it has always been a town with handicraft, in particular cloth weaving up to the 19th century.[http://www.wiw.pl/geografia/miasta/termin.asp?et=m_00649 About Skoki Wielkopolskie] It was a private town of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Gniezno 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}} The town's coat of arms comes from the Lubicz coat of arms of local Polish nobility.
During the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which began World War II in September 1939, the town was invaded and then occupied by Germany until 1945. It was annexed directly into Nazi Germany and made part of the newly formed province of Reichsgau Wartheland. In September 1940, the Germans established the Oflag XXI-A prisoner-of-war camp for French officers, however, in 1941 it was relocated to Babruysk.{{cite book|last1=Megargee|first1=Geoffrey P.|last2=Overmans|first2=Rüdiger|last3=Vogt|first3=Wolfgang|year=2022|title=The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume IV|publisher=Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum|pages=278−279|isbn=978-0-253-06089-1}} In Skoki the occupiers then founded the Oflag XXI-C POW camp for Polish officers in March 1942, which in 1943 was relocated to Ostrzeszów.
Demographics
{{Historical populations|align=left|cols=2|1843|1227|1871|1330|1880|1386|1890|1374|1900|1284|1910|1378|1921|1431|1931|1788|1939|1870|1950|1536|1960|2499|2010|4003
|source={{cite book|author=|title=Wiadomości Statystyczne Głównego Urzędu Statystycznego|volume=X|year=1932|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=Główny Urząd Statystyczny|page=202}}{{cite book|author=|title=Dokumentacja Geograficzna|volume=3/4|year=1967|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=Instytut Geografii Polskiej Akademii Nauk|page=46}}{{cite book|author=|url=https://stat.gov.pl/cps/rde/xbcr/gus/PUBL_l_ludnosc_stan_struktura_31_12_2010.pdf|title=Stan i struktura ludności oraz ruch naturalny w przekroju terytorialnym w 2010 r.|year=2011|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=Główny Urząd Statystyczny|page=107|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113152513/https://stat.gov.pl/cps/rde/xbcr/gus/PUBL_l_ludnosc_stan_struktura_31_12_2010.pdf|archive-date=13 November 2011}}
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Sights
In the town, there is a palace which is now part of the University of Fine Arts in Poznań, and a church which lies on the Wooden Churches Trail around Puszcza Zielonka.
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Sports
The local football club is Wełna Skoki.{{cite web|url=https://kswelnaskoki.futbolowo.pl|title=Wełna Skoki - strona klubu|accessdate=20 March 2021|language=pl}} It competes in the lower leagues.
References
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{{Gmina Skoki}}
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