Żabikowo, Luboń

Żabikowo (German: Poggenburg) is a formerly independent village^[1] and now one of 3 city districts of Luboń, however without an admistrative function.^[2]

History[]

The oldest known mention of Żabikowo dates back to 1283.^[1] In 1870, a College of Agriculture (Wyższa Szkoła Rolnicza) was established in Żabikowo, as a Polish college, and was forced to close in 1876 as a result of Anti-Polish policies of the German authorities.^[1]

During the Nazi occupation in World War II the Germans established a forced labour camp for Jews called Poggenburg.^[3] In 1943–1945 Żabikowo was also the site of a Nazi prison camp, which replaced the Fort VII camp in western Poznań, and in which over 20,000 people were imprisoned.^[3] The prisoners were mainly members of the Polish resistance movement,^[1] but also Luxembourgers, Dutch, Hungarians, Slovaks, Americans, Soviet prisoners of war and deserters from the Wehrmacht.^[3] Prisoners were subjected to inhuman living conditions, torture and executions.^[3] There is now a museum and a monument entitled Nigdy wojny ("Never War") by Józef Gosławski, as well other monuments to various people imprisoned and murdered in the camp.

It was given town rights and incorporated into the newly created town of Luboń on 13 November 1954.

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Coordinates: 52°20′51″N 16°51′47″E / 52.34750°N 16.86306°E / 52.34750; 16.86306

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