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Country
  
Town rights
  
1936

Area
  
5.83 km²

Local time
  
Saturday 3:55 PM

Established
  
18th century

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Population
  
6,283 (2006)

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Weather
  
7°C, Wind W at 35 km/h, 78% Humidity

Krzyż Wielkopolski [ˈkʂɨʂ vʲɛlkɔˈpɔlskʲi] (German: Kreuz (Ostbahn)) 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 Poznań - Szczecin connections. The town owes its existence to the rail, as developed only after 1848, when the Poznań - Szczecin line was opened, crossing the Prussian Eastern Railway. In fact its name (Krzyz and Kreuz in English mean 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 II it became part of Poland.

Map of Krzy%C5%BC Wielkopolski, Poland

References

Krzyż Wielkopolski Wikipedia


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