Gostyń poviat - poviat in Poland, in Greater Poland Voivodeship, created in 1999 as part of an administrative reform. Its seat is in the city Gostyń.
Administrative and demographic information
Geographical coordinates of the district capital: 51 ° 52′45 ″ N 17 ° 00′45 ″ E
The poviat consists of:
- urban-rural communes: Borek Wielkopolski, Gostyń, Krobia, Pogorzela, Monday
- rural communes: Pępowo, Sands
- cities: Borek Wielkopolski, Gostyń, Krobia, Pogorzela, Monday
Urbanization of the poviat 42% according to the Central Statistical Office data as of December 31, 2009.
31,945 inhabitants live in cities, including 16,431 women - 51.4%
44,107 inhabitants live in the villages, including 22,106 women - 50.1%
The district covers an area of 810.34 km² and the population density is 94 people / km²
History
The Gostyń County was established by the Prussian authorities in 1887 (Kreis Gostyn). On January 3, 1919, the power in the poviat passed into Polish hands. In the interwar period, the administrative boundaries of the poviat were corrected several times. The poviat boundaries were finally shaped in 1934. The poviat then comprised the communes of Gostyń, Poniec, Piaski, Krobia, Pępowo and Borek Wlkp. Only Pogorzela was still within the boundaries of of the Krotoszyn poviat.
In 1975, as a result of an administrative reform, the Gostyń County was liquidated. He returned to the administrative map of Poland after another reform on January 1, 1999.
Geography
Spaces with vast and monotonous upland surfaces, almost without elevations. Only in the northern part the landscape is diversified by the depression of the Obra Canal.
It is located in the southern part of the Greater Poland Province, in Wysoczyzna Leszczyńska and Kaliska. Road no. 12 runs through the poviat and connects the western and eastern border of the country, a section here Glogow-Sieradz.
Economy
A district with good soils and high agricultural culture. Numerous agri-food processing plants, including: "Pudliszki" and "Mróz".
Nature
Despite the low forest cover (14%), there are 4 nature reserves here:
- Spring bog in Gostyń Stary - a floristic reserve in the commune of Gostyń, north of the village Old Gostyń
- Pępowo reserve - a forest reserve in the Pępowo commune, near the village of Siedlec
- Red Rose Reserve - a forest reserve in the Pępowo commune, near the village of Siedlec
- Bodzewko reserve - a forest reserve in the Piaski commune, near the village of Bodzewko
It is located in the district of over 20 manor parks and 10 monuments of inanimate nature, mainly erratic boulders
Folk culture
A district with a still alive folk culture, around Krobi, a folklore region of Biskupia that cultivates old traditions.
Historical monuments
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- A wooden church in Domachów, in the Krobia commune
- Monastery o. Filipinos on Święta Góra near Gostyń
- Church of st. Margaret from the 13th century in Gostyń
- The manor house in Grabonóg - the Museum of Edmund Bojanowski
- Church of st. Idzi in Krobi from the 12th century.
- Church of st. Nicholas in Krobi from the 14th century.
- Church of st. Spirit in Krobi from the 15th century.
- Historic Palace in Podrzecze
Tourist routes
A dense network of tourist routes - walking, cycling and horse riding - leads to manors and palaces with a rich accommodation base.
A special place of Marian cult are churches and monasteries in Głogówek on Święta Góra and in Borek Wlkp, in Zdzież.
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