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Praszka

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Praszka
Church of the Assumption in Praszka
Church of the Assumption in Praszka
Flag of Praszka
Flag
Coat of arms of Praszka
Coat of arms
Praszka is located in Poland
Praszka
Praszka
Praszka is located in Opole Voivodeship
Praszka
Praszka
Coordinates: 51°3′N 18°27′E / 51.050°N 18.450°E / 51.050; 18.450
Country Poland
VoivodeshipOpole
CountyOlesno
GminaPraszka
First mentioned1260
Town rights1392
Government
 • MayorMateusz Konwerski
Area
 • Total9.45 km2 (3.65 sq mi)
Population
 (2019-06-30[1])
 • Total7,655
 • Density810/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
46-320
Area code+48 34
Car platesOOL
Websitehttp://praszka.pl

Praszka [ˈpraʂka] (German: Praschkau) is a town in Olesno County, Opole Voivodeship, Poland, with 7,655 inhabitants (2019).

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History

19th-century volunteer fire department in Praszka

The oldest known mention of the settlement dates back to 1260.[2] It was granted town rights in 1392 by Polish King Władysław II Jagiełło and new privileges in 1542 and 1620.[2] It was annexed by Prussia in the Second Partition of Poland in 1793.[2] In 1807 regained by the Poles as part of the short-lived Duchy of Warsaw, in 1815 it became part of Congress Poland,[2] later forcibly integrated with Imperial Russia. During the January Uprising weapons for Polish insurgents were smuggled through the town and on April 11, 1863, a Polish unit commanded by Józef Oxiński fought the Battle of Praszka against the Russians nearby.[2] As part of Russian reprisals after the uprising, Praszka was stripped of its town rights in 1870. During World War I the town was occupied by Germany.[2] It became again part of Poland after the county regained its independence in 1918, and town rights were restored in 1919.[2]

During the joint German–Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II, in September 1939, it was invaded by Germany, and the Einsatzgruppe II entered the town to commit various atrocities against the populace.[3] The Germans robbed, conscripted labor, forced into a ghetto, and then murdered almost all of the town's Jewish population, about one-third of the total population. Most were deported to the Chełmno extermination camp where they were immediately gassed. Others were murdered in the town or at the Jewish cemetery.[4] Only about 10 of Plaszka's pre-war Jewish population of around 1000 is thought to have survived the war. In 1943, the Germans expelled 252 Poles and deported them to forced labour to Germany.[5] More than 30% of the town's population died.[2] The German occupation ended in 1945.

Culture

There is a museum in Praszka, dedicated to the history of the town and its surroundings.[6]

Sports

The local football team is Motor Praszka [pl]. It competes in the lower leagues.

Notable people

Twin towns – sister cities

See twin towns of Gmina Praszka.

References

  1. ^ "Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial division in 2019. As of 30th June". stat.gov.pl. Statistics Poland. 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Rys historyczny". Urząd Miejski w Praszce (in Polish). Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  3. ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. p. 58.
  4. ^ Megargee, Geoffrey (2012). Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos. Bloomington, Indiana: University of Indiana Press. p. Volume II, pp. 96–97. ISBN 978-0-253-35599-7.
  5. ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. p. 356. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.
  6. ^ "Muzeum w Praszce" (in Polish). Retrieved 6 November 2022.

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