Nowe Kramsko

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Nowe Kramsko
Village
Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in Nowe Kramsko
Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in Nowe Kramsko
Nowe Kramsko is located in Poland
Nowe Kramsko
Nowe Kramsko
Coordinates: 52°8′N 15°46′E / 52.133°N 15.767°E / 52.133; 15.767
CountryPoland Poland
VoivodeshipLubusz
CountyZielona Góra County
GminaBabimost
Population
(approx.)
854
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
66-111
Area code(s)+48 68
Vehicle registrationFZI

Nowe Kramsko [ˈnɔvɛ ˈkramskɔ] (German: Neu Kramzig) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Babimost, within Zielona Góra County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south-west of Babimost and 28 km (17 mi) north-east of Zielona Góra.

The village has an approximate population of 854.

The Zielona Góra Airport is located in Nowe Kramsko.

History[]

Nowe Kramsko was founded in the 13th century. In 1314 it was granted to the Cistercians, who remained owners until the Partitions of Poland, when it was annexed by Prussia. Briefly regained by Poles in 1807 as part of the short-lived Duchy of Warsaw, in 1815 it was annexed by Prussia again.[2] Despite the Germanisation policies pursued by the Prussian authorities towards the local population, Polish associations were founded in the village: the Association of Industrialists and Farmers (Towarzystwo Przemysłowców i Rolników) in 1895 and the Catholic Association of Polish Workers (Katolickie Towarzystwo Robotników Polskich) in 1904.[2] On February 2–3, 1919, during the Greater Poland Uprising, the village was the site of the  [pl], won by the Polish insurgents against Germany.

Sights[]

Among the historic sights of Nowe Kramsko are the church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary with the church cemetery, an old wooden windmill and a manor house, which currently houses a library. There is also a memorial stone dedicated to the Greater Poland insurgents of 1918–19.

Notable people[]

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References[]

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Historia / Babimost". Powiat Zielonogórski - Starostwo Powiatowe w Zielonej Górze (in Polish). Retrieved 10 October 2019.


Coordinates: 52°8′N 15°46′E / 52.133°N 15.767°E / 52.133; 15.767

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