- Gmina Ryczywół
Infobox Settlement
name = Gmina Ryczywół
other_name = Ryczywół Commune
settlement_type =Gmina
total_type = Total
image_shield =
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 ruralgmina (administrative district) inOborniki County ,Greater Poland Voivodeship , in west-centralPoland . Its seat is the village of Ryczywół, which lies approximately convert|19|km|mi|0 north ofOborniki and convert|47|km|mi|0|abbr=on north of the regional capitalPoznań .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 fromSelbstschutz units mass murdered 21 Poles between 13 and 24September . 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]
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