Boczków

Boczków
Village
Jan Mertka monument in Boczków
Boczków
Coordinates: 51°44′N 18°0′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Greater Poland
County	Ostrów Wielkopolski
Gmina	Nowe Skalmierzyce
Elevation	135 m (443 ft)
Population	400
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Boczków (German 1939-1945 Maternhof) [ˈbɔt͡ʂkuf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowe Skalmierzyce, within Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 2 kilometres (1 mi) north of Skalmierzyce, 23 km (14 mi) north-east of Ostrów Wielkopolski, and 105 km (65 mi) south-east of the regional capital Poznań.

The village dates back to the Late Middle Ages. It was part of the Kingdom of Poland until the late-18th century Partitions of Poland, when it was annexed by Prussia. On December 27, 1918, Jan Mertka [pl] was killed in Boczków as the first fallen participant of the Greater Poland Uprising, aimed at reuniting the region with the just re-established Polish state.^[2] In response, the Polish insurgents captured the village, which became the first fully liberated village of the region during the uprising. There is a monument dedicated to Jan Mertka in Boczków.^[2] He is buried in Ostrów Wielkopolski.

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. Gmina i Miasto Nowe Skalmierzyce. 55 lat praw miejskich (1962-2017), p. 18 (in Polish, English and German)