Krzywiń () is a town in west-central Poland in the Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, located at the Obra canal.
History
Krzywiń was first referred to in scripts as Crivin in 1181. But it was not until 1237 that the area's reputation grew as a prominent marketplace. It was then that it was referred to as a town. Incorporation of the town followed in 1257.From the Polish "Nazwy Miast Wielkopolski" (English: Names of Towns in Greater Poland) by Zofia and Karol Zierhofferowie pp. 82-83; Publisher: "Wydawnictwo Poznańskie" (English: Publishing House of Poznań); Year of Publication: 1987; It was a private church town, administratively located in the Kościan County in the Poznań Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.
Following the German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the town was occupied by Germany until 1945. Local prominent Poles were among the victims of a massacre of Poles from the county, perpetrated by the Germans in November 1939 in the forest near Kościan as part of the Intelligenzaktion. Several Poles who were either born or lived and worked in Krzywiń, including the local police chief, were murdered by the Russians in the Katyn massacre in 1940. In 1943, the German security police carried out expulsions of Poles, who were then placed in a transit camp in Poznań, and afterwards deported to the General Government in the more eastern part of German-occupied Poland, while their houses and farms were handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.
Transport Krzywiń lies on voivodeship road 432.
The nearest railway station is in Leszno.
Demographics
Education There are three schools in Krzywiń. There is a primary school, a junior high school and a high school.
Sports The local football club is Promień Krzywiń. It competes in the lower leagues.
Notable people
Krystyn Szelejewski (d. 1457/1459), Polish nobleman and castellan
Twin towns – sister cities
Krzywiń is twinned with: Souleuvre en Bocage, France since 1997
References
External links
http://www.krzywin.pl/