Ślesin

See also: Ślesin, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Ślesin
Holy Family Monument, landmark to commemorate the independence of Poland
Coat of arms
Ślesin
Coordinates: 52°22′N 18°18′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Greater Poland
County	Konin
Gmina	Ślesin
First mentioned	1231
Town rights	1358
Area
• Total	7.18 km^2 (2.77 sq mi)
Population  (2010)[1]
• Total	3,200
• Density	450/km^2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	62-561
Vehicle registration	PKN
National roads
Voivodeship roads
Website	http://www.slesin.pl

Ślesin [ˈɕlɛɕin] (Yiddish: שלעשין or Shleshin) is a town in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in central Poland, with 3,200 inhabitants (2010).^[1]

History

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1910	1,702	—
1921	2,078	+22.1%
1931	2,495	+20.1%
1939	2,804	+12.4%
1950	1,802	−35.7%
1960	1,977	+9.7%
2010	3,200	+61.9%
Source: [2][3][1]

The oldest known mention of Ślesin comes from a document of Polish monarch Konrad I of Masovia from 1231. It was granted town rights in 1358 by King Casimir III the Great. It was a private church town, administratively located in the Konin County in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.^[4]

Following the Second Partition of Poland in 1793, the town was annexed by Prussia. After the successful Greater Poland uprising of 1806, it was regained by Poles and included within the short-lived Duchy of Warsaw. After the duchy's dissolution, it fell to the Russian-controlled Congress Kingdom in 1815. Battles of the January Uprising between Polish insurgents and Russian troops were fought near Ślesin on March 22 and October 10, 1863.^[5] The town eventually returned to Poland when the country regained its independence in 1918. During World War II, Ślesin was occupied by the Wehrmacht on 13 September 1939, annexed to Nazi Germany from 1939 to 1945 and administered as part of the newly formed province of Reichsgau Wartheland. The town was liberated by the Red Army on 20 January 1945 during the Vistula–Oder Offensive, and restored to Poland.

References

1. Stan i struktura ludności oraz ruch naturalny w przekroju terytorialnym w 2010 r. (PDF) (in Polish). Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 2011. p. 103. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011.
2. Wiadomości Statystyczne Głównego Urzędu Statystycznego (in Polish). Vol. X. Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1932. p. 200.
3. Dokumentacja Geograficzna (in Polish). Vol. 3/4. Warszawa: Instytut Geografii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 1967. p. 51.
4. Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 2017. p. 1b.
5. Zieliński, Stanisław (1913). Bitwy i potyczki 1863-1864. Na podstawie materyałów drukowanych i rękopiśmiennych Muzeum Narodowego w Rapperswilu (in Polish). Rapperswil: Fundusz Wydawniczy Muzeum Narodowego w Rapperswilu. pp. 194, 214.