Iwno, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Village in Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland

52°24′N 17°16′E / 52.400°N 17.267°E / 52.400; 17.267Country

PolandVoivodeship

Greater PolandCountyPoznańGminaKostrzynPopulation

730Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Vehicle registrationPOZ, PZPrimary airportPoznań–Ławica AirportHighways

Iwno [ˈivnɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kostrzyn, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) east of Kostrzyn and 24 km (15 mi) east of the regional capital Poznań.

History

As part of the region of Greater Poland, i.e. the cradle of the Polish state, the area formed part of Poland since its establishment in the 10th century. It was a private village of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Poznań County in the Poznań Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province.^[2] The last owners of the village and palace, until 1939, were the Mielżyński family. Afterwards, Iwno was converted into a premier horse farm and riding school.

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the local school principal and the local estate administrator were among the victims of a massacre of Poles committed by the Germans in nearby Kostrzyn on 20 October 1939, as part of the genocidal Intelligenzaktion campaign.^[3]^[4]

Sights

The landmarks of Iwno are the Mielżyński Palace and the Baroque Our Lady of the Scapular church.

Notable people

Katarzyna Tomicka (c.1517–1551), Polish noblewoman, sister-in-law of Queen consort of Poland Barbara Radziwiłł
Józef Kiszkurno (1895–1981), Polish Olympic shooter

References

^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
^ Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warsaw: Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences. 2017. p. 1a.
^ Rubiś, Daniel (2011). "Początki okupacji niemieckiej w Wielkopolsce na przykładzie Kostrzyna". Biuletyn Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej (in Polish). No. 5–6 (126–127). IPN. p. 60. ISSN 1641-9561.
^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 194.