| Republic of MosinaRzeczpospolita Mosińska (Polish) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1848–1848 | |||||||||
| Capital | Mosina | ||||||||
| Official languages | Polish | ||||||||
| Government | Republic | ||||||||
| Head of State | |||||||||
| • 1848 | Jakub Krotowski-Krauthofer | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
| • Declaration of independence | 3 May 1848 | ||||||||
| • Battle of Rogalin | 8 May 1848 | ||||||||
| • Capitulation in Bardo | 9 May 1848 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Poland | ||||||||
Republic of Mosina (Polish: Rzeczpospolita Mosińska) was a short-lived microstate centred around the city of Mosina, which existed for five or six days in May 1848. The country was proclaimed on 3 May 1848, during the Greater Poland uprising, out of lands of insurrect-controlled lands of Grand Duchy of Posen, Kingdom of Prussia, with Jakub Krotowski-Krauthofer as its head of state. The republic ceased to exist five or six days later, on 8 or 9 May 1848 after the defeat of rebel forces.
The state was meant to be a temporary entity, that later would be reformed into an independent Polish state, that rebels had aimed to recreate. The capital of the country was Mosina and official language was Polish.
History
In March 1848, during Greater Poland uprising, the insurrectionist forces had formed the National Commity in rebel-controlled city of Mosina, in Grand Duchy of Posen, Kingdom of Prussia, with Wojciech Rost, Antoni Adamski, Stanisław Stefanowicz, Jan Kordylewski and Antoni Ruszkiewicz as its members. On 3 May 1848, the leader of insurgent forces, Jakub Krauthofer-Krotowski had declared the formation of the independent Republic of Mosina in the area around the cities Mosina and Kórnik and made himself a head of state. The state was meant to be a temporary entity, that later would be reformed into an independent Polish state, that rebels had aimed to recreate. Mosina was decided to be the capital of the state. Following the declaration of the country's independence, Krotowski-Krauthofer had replaced Prussian government officials in the area with Polish ones, including appointing Wojciech Rost as the new mayor of Mosina.
The republic ceased to exist five days later, on 8 May 1848, after the rebels defeat in the battle of Rogalin, or a day later, on 9 May, after the clash in Trzebaw and following rebel capitulation in Bardo ending the uprising. Following the capitulation, Krauthofer-Krotowski was imprisoned in Konatrzewo.
References
- ^ "Rzeczpospolita Mosińska - Ciekawostki - Region Wielkopolska • miejsca które warto odwiedzić". regionwielkopolska.pl (in Polish). 25 July 2011. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
- ^ "Rzeczpospolita Mosińska - co znaczy". moscina.pl.
- ^ "Rzeczpospolita Mosińska – państwo, które przetrwało 5 dni". histmag.org.
Bibliography
- Krótki sen o Polsce by Joanna Nowaczyk. Żołnierze Wolności .
- Nieznana karta Wiosny Ludów. Polska miała przez 5 dni własną, niepodległą stolicę by Marcin Tomczak. histmag.org. .
- Jakub Krotowski-Krauthofer in *Wielkopolski Słownik Biograficzny by Zdzisław Grot. Warsaw/Poznań. 1981.