Kargowa
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Though located in the Lubusz Voivodeship, Kargowa is part of the Greater Poland historic region.
History
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After the successful Polish Greater Poland uprising of 1806, Kargowa was regained by the Poles and became part of the short-lived Polish Duchy of Warsaw. In 1815 it was annexed by Prussia for the second time. After Poland regained independence, Kargowa was captured by Polish insurgents in 1919; however, the Treaty of Versailles granted the town to Germany.
During the final stages of World War II in 1945, a German-perpetrated death march of Jewish women from a just dissolved subcamp of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp in Sława passed through the town.[3] The town finally returned to Poland after the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II in 1945.
Notable people
- Karl von Hänisch, military general
- Maciej Kozłowski, actor
- Carl Gottfried Drange, one of Angela Merkel's maternal ancestors was a master miller here
Twin towns – sister cities
See twin towns of Gmina Kargowa.
Gallery
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Town center
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Monument to the Heroes of the Greater Poland uprising
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Maximilian Kolbe church
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Post office
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References
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External links
- Jewish Community in Kargowa on Virtual Shtetl