Rawicz County
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Rawicz County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Greater Poland Voivodeship, west-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in ...
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Greater Poland Voivodeship
Greater Poland Voivodeship ( ) is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship, or province, in west-central Poland. The province is named after the region called Greater Poland (''Wielkopolska'' ). The modern province includes most of this historic re ...
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Poland
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Orla
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Places
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*Orla, Texas, USA
*Orla, Jharkhand, India
*Orla, Podlaskie Voivodeship (north-east Poland), a village
**Gmina Orla, a commune centred on the village
* Orla, Krotoszyn County in Greater Poland Voivodes ...
and
Radęca
Radęca (or Rdęca) is a river in western Poland, a tributary of the Orla. It meets the Orla at Jutrosin
Jutrosin () is a town in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 1,947 inhabitants (2014).
Jutrosin was a
private town
Private towns in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth were privately owned towns within the lands owned by magnates, bishops, knights and princes, among others.
Amongst the most well-known former private magnate towns are Białystok, Zamość, R ...
administratively located in the Pyzdry County in the
Kalisz Voivodeship Kalisz Voivodeship may also refer to:
*Kalisz Voivodeship (1314–1793)
* Kalisz Voivodeship (1816–1837)
*Kalisz Voivodeship (1975–1998)
The Kalisz Voivodeship was a voivodeship (province) of the Polish People's Republic from 1975 to 1989, an ...
German occupation of Poland
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World War II
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), a branch of the Nazi prison in
Rawicz
Rawicz (; ) is a town in west-central Poland with 21,398 inhabitants as of 2004. It is situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship (since 1999); previously it was in Leszno Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is the capital of Rawicz County.
History
The ...
was based in Jutrosin.
Gallery
File:Jutrosin (apteka).JPG, Centre of town
File:Jutrosin panorama.JPG, Panorama
File:Jutrosin - kościół krzyża.JPG, The Holy Cross Church
File:Jutrosin church (4).JPG, Church of St Elizabeth
File:Jutrosin church (9).JPG, Church of St Elizabeth, Interior
File:Jutrosin church (13).JPG, Church of St Elizabeth,
stained glass
Stained glass refers to coloured glass as a material or art and architectural works created from it. Although it is traditionally made in flat panels and used as windows, the creations of modern stained glass artists also include three-dimensio ...
by
Józef Mehoffer
Józef Mehoffer (19 March 1869 – 8 July 1946) was a Polish painter and decorative artist, one of the leading artists of the Young Poland movement and one of the most revered Polish artists of his time.
Life
Mehoffer was born in Ropczyce ...
Notable residents
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Edmund Elend
Edmund Elend (11 March 1881 in Jutrosin, Kreis Rawitsch, Province of Posen – 13 January 1933 in Tempelhof) was a German merchant and department store owner.
Life
Edmund Elend was born into a Jewish family on 11 March 1881 in Jutrosin in the R ...
(1881–1933), merchant and department store owner
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Michael Friedländer
Michael Friedländer (29 April 1833 – 10 December 1910) was an Orientalist and principal of Jews' College, London. He is best known for his English translation of Maimonides' '' Guide to the Perplexed'', which was the most popular such trans ...
(1833–1910), Orientalist
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Krystyna Łybacka
Krystyna Maria Łybacka (; 10 February 1946 – 20 April 2020) was a Polish political figure who served in the country's national Parliament (Sejm), since 1991 to 2014 and from October 2001 to May 2004, and was a member of the cabinet, with the ...
(1946–2020), politician
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Alfred Trzebinski
Alfred Trzebinski (29 August 1902 – 8 October 1946) was an Schutzstaffel, SS-physician at the Auschwitz concentration camp, Auschwitz, Majdanek and Neuengamme concentration camp, Neuengamme concentration camps in Nazi Germany. He was sentenced t ...
(1902–1946), SS-physician at the Auschwitz, Majdanek and Neuengamme concentration camps executed for war crimes