Zduny

Town in Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland

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51°38′47″N 17°22′40″E / 51.64639°N 17.37778°E / 51.64639; 17.37778Country

PolandVoivodeshipGreater PolandCountyKrotoszynGminaZdunyArea

• Total6.12 km² (2.36 sq mi)Highest elevation

1,579 m (5,180 ft)Lowest elevation

11,912 m (39,081 ft)Population

(2011)

• Total4,551 • Density740/km² (1,900/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

63-760

Area code(+48) 62Vehicle registrationPKRClimateOceanic climateWebsitehttp://www.zduny.pl

Zduny ([ˈzdunɨ]) is a town in west-central Poland, in Krotoszyn County in the Greater Poland Voivodeship, with 4,551 inhabitants as of 2011.^[1]

Location

Zduny lies in western part of Kalisz Upland, about 7 kilometres (4 mi) from Krotoszyn and about 39 km (24 mi) from Ostrów Wielkopolski. The town has two major outside connections:

national road 15: Trzebnica-Zduny-Krotoszyn-Gniezno-Inowrocław-Toruń-Brodnica-Ostróda,
rail line Wrocław-Oleśnica-Zduny-Krotoszyn-Gniezno

History

Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the town was occupied by Germany until 1945. In 1943, the occupiers renamed it Treustädt in attempt to erase traces of Polish origin.

From 1975 to 1998, it was administratively located in the Kalisz Voivodeship.

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1810	3,251	—
1843	3,406	+4.8%
1871	3,346	−1.8%
1880	3,323	−0.7%
1890	3,477	+4.6%
1900	3,514	+1.1%
1910	3,431	−2.4%

Year	Pop.	±%
1921	2,825	−17.7%
1931	3,403	+20.5%
1939	3,437	+1.0%
1950	2,649	−22.9%
1960	3,287	+24.1%
2010	4,514	+37.3%

Source: ^[2]^[3]^[4]

Notable residents

Richard Friedrich Johannes Pfeiffer (1858–1945), German physician and bacteriologist

References

^ "GUS - Bank Danych Lokalnych". bdl.stat.gov.pl. Retrieved 2021-09-16.
^ Wiadomości Statystyczne Głównego Urzędu Statystycznego (in Polish). Vol. X. Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1932. p. 199.
^ Dokumentacja Geograficzna (in Polish). Vol. 3/4. Warszawa: Instytut Geografii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 1967. p. 60.
^ Stan i struktura ludności oraz ruch naturalny w przekroju terytorialnym w 2010 r. (PDF) (in Polish). Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 2011. p. 104. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011.