Opalenica
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Opalenica |
| image_skyline | Kostel sv. Matouše a radnice v Opalenici. Vpravo škola. Opalenica (01).jpg |
| image_caption | Town center |
| image_flag | Flag of Opalenica commune.gif |
| image_shield | POL Opalenica COA.svg |
| pushpin_map | Poland |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | |
| subdivision_type1 | Voivodeship |
| subdivision_name1 | Greater Poland |
| subdivision_type2 | County |
| subdivision_name2 | Nowy Tomyśl |
| subdivision_type3 | Gmina |
| subdivision_name3 | Opalenica |
| area_total_km2 | 6.42 |
| population_as_of | 2024 |
| population_total | 9262 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| coordinates | |
| postal_code_type | Postal code |
| postal_code | 64-330 |
| timezone | CET |
| utc_offset | +1 |
| timezone_DST | CEST |
| utc_offset_DST | +2 |
| registration_plate | PNT |
| :: |
| name = Opalenica | image_skyline = Kostel sv. Matouše a radnice v Opalenici. Vpravo škola. Opalenica (01).jpg | image_caption = Town center | image_flag = Flag of Opalenica commune.gif | image_shield = POL Opalenica COA.svg | pushpin_map = Poland | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = | subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship | subdivision_name1 = Greater Poland | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Nowy Tomyśl | subdivision_type3 = Gmina | subdivision_name3 = Opalenica | area_total_km2 = 6.42 | population_as_of = 2024 | population_total = 9262 | population_density_km2 = auto | coordinates = | elevation_m = | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 64-330 | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 | registration_plate = PNT Opalenica is a town in Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in western Poland, with 9,262 inhabitants (as of 2024).
History
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The Opaliński noble family originated here as lords of the area and a branch of the Bniński family of Łodzia coat of arms. Opalenica was granted town rights in 1400. Opalenica was a private town, administratively located in the Kościan County in the Poznań Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the first expulsions of 183 Poles were carried out in December 1939. The Poles were sent to a transit camp in Młyniewo, and afterwards deported to the General Government in the more-eastern part of German-occupied Poland, while their houses, workshops, etc. were handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy. In 1943, the occupiers renamed the town to Oppenbach in attempt to erase traces of Polish origin. In January 1945, a German-perpetrated death march of prisoners of various nationalities from the dissolved camp in Żabikowo to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp passed through the town.
There was a narrow-gauge railway in Opalenica, but it closed and was then dismantled to make way for the A2 motorway.
The Portugal National Football Team was based here during the 2012 European Championships held in Poland and Ukraine.
Gallery
File:58797 Opalenica kosciol sw jozefa 4.JPG|Saint Joseph church File:58795 Opalenica kosciol sw mat 3.JPG|Saint Matthew church
References
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- "Gdzie mieszkają piłkarze na Euro 2012? Portugalia w Opalenicy, Dania w Kołobrzegu".
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