Ciświca

Ciświca
—  Village  —
Ciświca
Coordinates: 51°57′N 17°30′E / 51.95°N 17.5°E / 51.95; 17.5
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Greater Poland
County	Jarocin
Gmina	Jarocin

Ciświca [t​͡ɕiɕˈfit​͡sa] (German: Ciswica, Schoberdorf) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jarocin, within Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 2 kilometres (1 mi) south of Jarocin and 64 km (40 mi) south-east of the regional capital Poznań.

History

Following the invasion of Poland and the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939, Ciświca was occupied by the German Wehrmacht. Administered within Reichsgau Wartheland as part of the district or county (kreis) of Jarotschin, it was renamed Schoberdorf. After the arrival of the Red Army in January 1945 and the end of the war, it became a part of the People's Republic of Poland.

References

1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01. http://www.stat.gov.pl/broker/access/prefile/listPreFiles.jspa. 

Coordinates: 51°57′00″N 17°30′00″E / 51.9500°N 17.5000°E / 51.9500; 17.5000