Krzyż Wielkopolski

Infobox Settlement
name = Krzyż Wielkopolski
imagesize = 250px
image_shield = POL Krzyż Wielkopolski COA.svg
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pushpin_label_position = bottom
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Greater Poland
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Czarnków-Trzcianka
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Krzyż Wielkopolski
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Jolanta Korbik
established_title = Established
established_date = 18th century
established_title3 = Town rights
established_date3 = 1936
area_total_km2 = 5.83
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 6283
population_density_km2 = auto
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 52 | latm = 52 | lats = 45 | latNS = N | longd = 16 | longm = 0 | longs = 30 | longEW = E
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 64-761
area_code = +48 67
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = PCT
website = http://www.krzyz.pl Krzyż Wielkopolski [IPA-pl|'|k|sz|y|sz|-|w|j|e|l|k|o|'|p|o|l|s|k|i] (German: "Kreuz") is a town in Poland, with 6,317 inhabitants (2004) in Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodship. It is an important railroad junction, with two major lines crossing there - the Berlin - Bydgoszcz and Poznan - Szczecin connections. The town owns its existence to the rail, as developed only after 1848, when the Poznan - Szczecin line was opened. In fact its name ("Krzyz" in English means "cross") reflects the fact that rail lines cross there. Krzyz was area of heavy Polish-German fighting in 1919, during the Greater Poland Uprising (1918–1919) and it remained part of Germany in the interbellum period, located only 2 kilometers from then-borderline. It was incorporated as a town in 1936 and after World War Two it became part of Poland.

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