Gmina Ryczywół

Infobox Settlement
name = Gmina Ryczywół
other_name = Ryczywół Commune
settlement_type = Gmina
total_type = Total


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Greater Poland
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Oborniki
area_total_km2 = 154.54
population_total = 7113
population_as_of = 2006
population_density_km2 = auto
coor_type = Ryczywół
latd = 52
latm = 48
lats = 49
latNS = N
longd = 16
longm = 50
longs = 7
longEW = E
seat = Ryczywół
website = http://www.ryczywol.pl __NOTOC__Gmina Ryczywół is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Ryczywół, which lies approximately convert|19|km|mi|0 north of Oborniki and convert|47|km|mi|0|abbr=on north of the regional capital Poznań.

The gmina covers an area of convert|154.54|km2|sqmi|1, and as of 2006 its total population is 7,113.

Massacre during Second World War

During the German Invasion of Poland in 1939, German minority members from Selbstschutz units mass murdered 21 Poles between 13 and 24 September. In most of the cases the victims had their skulls crashed by hand tools. Among Germans responsible following names have been identified:Erwin Bruno, Alexander Muller, Leonard Fietz, Kurt Munak, Georg Wendlandt, Heinz Noak, Willi Hubner [Szymon Datner "55 dni Wehrmachtu w Polsce" page 375-376] .

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Ryczywół is bordered by the gminas of Budzyń, Czarnków, Oborniki, Połajewo and Rogoźno.

References

* [http://www.stat.gov.pl/gus/45_655_PLK_HTML.htm Polish official population figures 2006]