Klępsk Explained

Klępsk
Settlement Type:Village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lubusz
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Zielona Góra
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Sulechów
Coordinates:52.1°N 58°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Population Total:520
Registration Plate:FZI
Blank Name Sec2:Primary airport
Blank Info Sec2:Zielona Góra Airport
Blank1 Name Sec2:Voivodeship roads

Klępsk is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sulechów, within Zielona Góra County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 8km (05miles) east of Sulechów and 230NaN0 north-east of Zielona Góra.

The local landmark is the Church of the Visitation of the Holy Virgin Mary, which is listed as a Historic Monument of Poland.[2]

History

In the 10th century, the area became part of the emerging Polish state under its first historic ruler Mieszko I. Since 1138, it formed part of the Duchy of Silesia, a provincial duchy of Poland, and later it also belonged to the Duchy of Głogów. In 1482, it fell to the Margraviate of Brandenburg, as a fief of Bohemia (Czechia). From 1701 it was a part of the Kingdom of Prussia, and from 1871 it was also part of Germany, within which it was administratively located in the province of Brandenburg. Following Germany's defeat in World War II in 1945, the area became again part of Poland.

In the 19th century the village was a center of the Old Lutheran movement, whose members refused to join the state-sponsored Prussian Union (Evangelical Christian Church) and suffered persecution. Some of the local Old Lutherans immigrated to Australia where they founded the village of Klemzig, South Australia.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. Rozporządzenie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 15 marca 2017 r. w sprawie uznania za pomnik historii "Klępsk – kościół pod wezwaniem Nawiedzenia Najświętszej Maryi Panny". 2017. 688.