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Mogilno [mɔˈɡilnɔ] is a town in central Poland, situated in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Bydgoszcz Voivodeship (1975-1998).
[edit] History
Mogilno belongs to one of the oldest settlements along the border of the Greater Poland and Kuyavia historical regions. Since the turn of the 8th and 9th century until the 10th centurym an early-mediaeval settlement existed there, at the long narrow headland surrounded by waters of Mogilno Lake from the west and south and marshes from the east. In 1065, a Benedictine abbey Kloster Mogilno with German monks was founded there by Bolesław II Śmiały. North of the abbey developed a city, which in 1398 was granted a city charter, and which was the abbey's property until 1773. After the first Partition in 1772 the city became a part of the Kingdom of Prussia, and in 1920 it returned to Poland. Since 1898 until his death in 1910 a parish priest in Mogilno was Piotr Wawrzyniak.
[edit] Massacre during Second World War
During the German Invasion of Poland in 1939, German forces incited by members of German minority killed 39 Poles and one Jew in the town. The victims were picked out by local Germans for execution. The oldest victim was 75, the youngest 17.[1].
[edit] Sights
Mogilno Lake in winter in Mogilno
- The former Benedictine abbey; church dates back to 11th century, rebuild in 13th and 1st half of 16th centuries in late-Gothic style, and also later in 2nd half of 18th century in late-Baroque. Facade is from end of 18th century. The church still retained many Romanesque parts, as pillars, parts of walls in the nave, and particularly well preserved are apse and two crypts. The three-winged abbey with garth dates from the 14th century, and was rebuild in the 18th.
- Late-Gothic church of St. James dating back to ca. 1511
- Centre of the city with houses from 19th century
- Cemetery with a monument to Piotr Wawrzyniak (and a second monument to him at park)
[edit] Major corporations
- ^ Szymon Datner "55 dni Wehrmachtu w Polsce" page 346
[edit] External links
Coordinates: 52°39′N 17°57′E / 52.65°N 17.95°E / 52.65; 17.95
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