Boczków

Also known as Boczkow

Boczków (German 1939-1945 Maternhof) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowe Skalmierzyce, within Ostrów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.

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Settlement.name: Boczków
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.total_type:  
Settlement.image_skyline: Boczków, pomnik Jana Mertki (1).jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Jan Mertka monument in Boczków
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Greater Poland
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Ostrów
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Gmina
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Nowe Skalmierzyce
Settlement.pushpin_map: Poland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.elevation_m: 135
Settlement.population_total: 400
Settlement.timezone: CET
Settlement.utc_offset: +1

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Official name: Boczków
Population: 653
Elevation: 135
Image: Boczków 3. Centrum wsi.jpg
Licence plate code: POS

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postal code: 63-460
Commons category: Boczków
male population: 334
female population: 319
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native label: Boczków

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Boczków (German 1939-1945 Maternhof) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowe Skalmierzyce, within Ostrów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.

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, 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. 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. He is buried in Ostrów Wielkopolski.