Sompolno
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Sompolno
| image_skyline = Sompolno - ratusz.jpg
| image_caption = Town Hall
| image_shield = POL Sompolno COA.svg
| pushpin_map = Poland
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
| subdivision_name1 = Greater Poland
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Konin
| subdivision_type3 = Gmina
| subdivision_name3 = Sompolno
| area_total_km2 = 6.21
| population_as_of = 2016
| population_total = 3614
| population_density_km2 = auto
| coordinates = {{coord|52|24|40|N|18|30|10|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}
| timezone = CET
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = CEST
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 62-610
| registration_plate = PKN
| blank_name_sec2 = Voivodeship roads
| website = http://www.sompolno.pl
}}
Sompolno {{IPAc-pl|s|o|m|'|p|o|l|n|o}} is a town in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in central Poland,{{TERYT}} with 3,614 inhabitants (2016).
History
In the 10th century, the area became part of the emerging Polish state under its first historic ruler Mieszko I. In 1242, Duke Casimir I of Kuyavia from the Piast dynasty stayed in Sompolno, and issued a privilege for the Sulejów Abbey there.{{cite book|author=|title=Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XV Część II|year=1902|language=pl|location=Warszawa|page=611}} Sompolno was granted town rights in 1477.{{cite book|last=Krzysztofik|first=Robert|title=Lokacje miejskie na obszarze Polski. Dokumentacja geograficzno-historyczna|year=2007|location=Katowice|publisher=Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego|language=pl|pages=70–71|isbn=978-83-226-1616-1}} It was a royal town, administratively located in the Brześć Kujawski Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland. A route connecting Warsaw with Poznań and Dresden ran through the town in the 18th century and King Augustus III of Poland often traveled that route.{{cite web|url=http://www.dresden-warszawa.eu/pl/prolog/informacja-historyczna/|title=Informacja historyczna|website=Dresden-Warszawa|access-date=27 November 2023|language=pl}}
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), Sompolno was renamed to Deutscheck between 1939 and 1943 and then later to Deutscheneck between 1943 and 1945Vgl. Weblink „Anordnung über Ortsnamenänderung im Reichsgau Wartheland“ - Landkreis Konin in an attempt to erase traces of Polish origin.
Sports
The local football club is GKS Sompolno. It competes in the lower leagues.
Gallery
File:Sompolno, kościół Marii Magdaleny.jpg|Church of St. Mary Magdalene
File:Sompolno, Saint Jerome chapel.jpg|Saint Jerome chapel, 17th century
File:Pomnik przyrody Ignacewo-Sompolno (10).JPG|Heritage tree Sorbus torminalis
File:Pomnik przyrody Ignacewo-Sompolno (4).JPG|Heritage tree
References
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{{Gmina Sompolno}}
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Category:Cities and towns in Greater Poland Voivodeship
Category:Populated riverside places in Poland
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