Jaraczewo, Jarocin County

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Jaraczewo
Town
Manor in Jaraczewo
Manor in Jaraczewo
Jaraczewo is located in Poland
Jaraczewo
Jaraczewo
Coordinates: 51°58′5″N 17°17′48″E / 51.96806°N 17.29667°E / 51.96806; 17.29667Coordinates: 51°58′5″N 17°17′48″E / 51.96806°N 17.29667°E / 51.96806; 17.29667
CountryPoland Poland
VoivodeshipGreater Poland
CountyJarocin
GminaJaraczewo
Town rights1519
Population
1,392
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationPJA

Jaraczewo [jaraˈt͡ʂɛvɔ] (German: Jaratschewo, 1939-45: Obragrund) is a town in Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Jaraczewo.[1] It lies approximately 14 kilometres (9 mi) west of Jarocin and 55 km (34 mi) south-east of the regional capital Poznań.

The town has a population of 1,392.

History[]

Monument at the place of the American airplane crash in 1945

Jaraczewo was granted town rights in 1519 by Polish King Sigismund I the Old. The name comes from the Old Polish male name Jaracz. Jaraczewo was a private town of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Pyzdry County in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Polish Crown.[2] The Jaraczewski noble family hailed from the town.

Under German occupation during World War II it was renamed Obragrund to erase traces of Polish origin. On February 9, 1945 American B-17G crashed near the town trying to make its way to Soviet controlled territory, after in air collision during bombing mission in Germany.[3]

Sports[]

The local football team is GKS Jaraczewo.[4] It competes in the lower leagues.

References[]

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 2017. p. 1b.
  3. ^ http://www.americanairmuseum.com/place/127247
  4. ^ "GKS Jaraczewo - strona klubu" (in Polish). Retrieved 26 December 2020.


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