Sompolno is a town in

Konin County __NOTOC__ Konin County ( pl, powiat koniński) 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 governme ...

Greater Poland Voivodeship Greater Poland Voivodeship ( pl, Województwo wielkopolskie; ), also known as Wielkopolska Voivodeship, Wielkopolska Province, or Greater Poland Province, is a voivodeship, or province A province is almost always an administrative division ...

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, with 3,700 inhabitants (2004).

History

In the 10th century, the area became part of the emerging Polish state under its first historic ruler

Mieszko I Mieszko I (; – 25 May 992) was the first ruler of Poland and the founder of the first independent Polish state, the Duchy of Poland. His reign stretched from 960 to his death and he was a member of the Piast dynasty, a son of Siemomysł and a ...

. In 1242, Duke

Casimir I of Kuyavia Casimir I of Kuyavia ( pl, Kazimierz I kujawski) (c. 1211 – 14 December 1267) was a Polish prince and a member of the House of Piast. He was Duke of Kujawy after 1233, ruler over Ląd from 1239-1261, ruler over Wyszogród after 1242, Duke of S ...

from the

Piast dynasty The House of Piast was the first historical ruling dynasty of Poland. The first documented Polish monarch was Duke Mieszko I (c. 930–992). The Piasts' royal rule in Poland ended in 1370 with the death of king Casimir III the Great. Branc ...

stayed in Sompolno, and issued a

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for the Sulejów Abbey there. Sompolno was granted

town rights Town privileges or borough rights were important features of European towns during most of the second millennium. The city law customary in Central Europe probably dates back to Italian models, which in turn were oriented towards the traditio ...

in 1477. It was a royal town, administratively located in the

Brześć Kujawski Voivodeship The Brześć Kujawski Voivodeship ( la, Palatinatus Brestensis, pl, Województwo brzesko-kujawskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Kingdom of Poland (later Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth), from the 14th century ...

in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland. During the

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(

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), Sompolno was renamed to ''Deutscheck'' between 1939–1943 and then later to ''Deutscheneck'' between 1943–1945Vgl. Weblink „''Anordnung über Ortsnamenänderung im Reichsgau Wartheland''“ -

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in attempt to erase traces of Polish origin.

Sports

The local football club is GKS Sompolno. It competes in the lower leagues.

Gallery

File:Sompolno, kościół Marii Magdaleny.jpg, Church of St. Mary Magdalene File:Sompolno, Saint Jerome chapel.jpg, Saint Jerome chapel, 17th century File:Pomnik przyrody Ignacewo-Sompolno (10).JPG, Heritage tree ''

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'' File:Pomnik przyrody Ignacewo-Sompolno (4).JPG, Heritage tree

References

Cities and towns in Greater Poland Voivodeship Konin County {{GreaterPoland-geo-stub