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Also known as Boczkow

Boczków (German 1939-1945 Maternhof) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowe Skalmierzyce, within Ostrów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.

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Boczków
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Village
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Boczków, pomnik Jana Mertki (1).jpg
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Jan Mertka monument in Boczków
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Country
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Voivodeship
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Greater Poland
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County
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Ostrów
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Gmina
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Nowe Skalmierzyce
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Poland
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right
Settlement.elevation_m
135
Settlement.population_total
400
Settlement.timezone
CET
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+1

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Boczków (German 1939-1945 Maternhof) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowe Skalmierzyce, within Ostrów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.

The village dates back to the Late Middle Ages. It was part of the Kingdom of Poland until the late-18th century Partitions of Poland, when it was annexed by Prussia. On December 27, 1918, was killed in Boczków as the first fallen participant of the Greater Poland Uprising, aimed at reuniting the region with the just re-established Polish state. In response, the Polish insurgents captured the village, which became the first fully liberated village of the region during the uprising. There is a monument dedicated to Jan Mertka in Boczków. He is buried in Ostrów Wielkopolski.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Boczków” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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