Strzałkowo [stʂau̯ˈkɔvɔ] is a village in Słupca County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Strzałkowo.[1] It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) west of Słupca and 63 km (39 mi) east of the regional capital Poznań.
Strzałkowo was a private village of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Pyzdry County[2] in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Polish Crown.[3] It was owned by the Strzałkowski, Węsierski and Korytowski families.[2] In the late 19th century, it had a population of 462.[2]
During World War I, it was the location of a German prisoner-of-war camp for tens of thousands of Allied POWs of various nationalities.[4]
During the World War II German occupation, in November 1940, the occupiers carried out expulsions of Poles from Strzałkowo.[5] Expelled Poles were deported to the Kraków District of the General Government in German-occupied southern Poland, while their farms were handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.[5]
The officially protected traditional food originating from Strzałkowo is local butter (Masło ze Strzałkowa), as designated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Poland.[6]
The local football team is Polanin Strzałkowo.[7] It competes in the lower leagues.
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