Zakrzewo (Zakrzewo)
Zakrzewo (, Zakrzewo) is a village in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in northwestern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Zakrzewo. It lies approximately 10 km north-east of Złotów and 114 km north of the regional capital Poznań. The village has a population of 1,620.
A Blues Express festival is organized in Zakrzewo every July by the local culture centre.
although Zakrzewo had a very strong and active Polish community, headed by the parson of a local parish, Bolesław Domański. According to the census of 1900, Zakrzewo had a population of 1,124, of which 78.1% were Poles. In 1935, the Nazi government changed the village's name to Buschdorf as part of a drive to Germanize Slavic-sounding placenames. For more on the history of the multi-ethnic historical area, see Złotów County.
A Blues Express festival is organized in Zakrzewo every July by the local culture centre.
although Zakrzewo had a very strong and active Polish community, headed by the parson of a local parish, Bolesław Domański. According to the census of 1900, Zakrzewo had a population of 1,124, of which 78.1% were Poles. In 1935, the Nazi government changed the village's name to Buschdorf as part of a drive to Germanize Slavic-sounding placenames. For more on the history of the multi-ethnic historical area, see Złotów County.
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Poland has a temperate transitional climate and its territory traverses the Central European Plain, extending from Baltic Sea in the north to Sudeten and Carpathian Mountains in the south. The longest Polish river is the Vistula, and Poland's highest point is Mount Rysy, situated in the Tatra mountain range of the Carpathians. The country is bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukraine to the east, Slovakia and the Czech Republic to the south, and Germany to the west. It also shares maritime boundaries with Denmark and Sweden.
Currency / Language
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| PLN | Polish złoty | zÅ‚ | 2 |
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| PL | Polish language |