POLSKA	POLAND
województwo: Wielkopolskie	voivodship: Greater Poland (Posnania)
powiat krotoszyński	county: Krotoszyn

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Krotoszyn is situated at an elevation of 130 m in the south of the voivodship Greater Poland. Krotoszyn is the administrative seat of the district Krotoszyn. The municipaity has a population of about 29,500.

Archeological finds show that the area had been inhabited as early as about 8300 BC. The earliest written mention of Crothoszino is found in a document of 1405. Already 10 years later, in 1415, Krotoszyn obtained the privileges of a town by King Władysław II Jagiełło. From then on, until 1792, the town was part of the voivodship Kalisz. Bohemian Brethren obtained refuge here in 1526 after having had to flee from their native Bohemia. In 1628, during the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648), a larger group of refugees from Germany found a new home here. In 1673, the jewish inhabitants of Krotoszyn obtained the privilege the allowed them to build their first synagogue. In 1779 King Friedrich II of Prussia purchased the domains of Krotoszyn. During that period and during the following decades, settlers from Silesia and from Württemberg came to the town. In 1806, Greater Poland was occupied by Napoleon, and Krotoszyn was thus became part of the Duchy of Warsaw (see map) in 1807. In 1815 Krotoszyn became part of Prussia again, this time as a district town within the Prussian province Posen (Poznań). Open conflicts between the Polish and the German population began in 1871. With the opening of the railroad from Leszno to Ostrów Wielkopolski, Krotoszyn was connected to the railroad system. After World War I, Krotoszyn became part of the new republic of Poland. During World War II, Krotoszyn was occupied by the Wehrmacht in 1939 and was liberated by the Red Army in 1945. The district Krotoszyn was dissolved in 1975 and was incorporated into the voivodship Kaliszt. The railroads to Ostrów Wielkopolskie, Jarotcin and Oleśnica were modernised in 1987 (the latter was, however, closed in 2004). With the administrative reform of 1999, the voivodship Kaliszt was dissolved and Krotoszyn again became the seat of the district Krotoszyn, this time as part of the voivodship Greater Poland (Wielkopolskie).

The top picture on glass no. 2708 shows a view of the Kaiser Wilhelm Augusta Viktoria Hospital, named for German Emperor Wilhelm II and his wife, Empress Auguste Viktoria, Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg.

The bottom right picture on glass no. 2708 shows a view of the Town Hall, erected in 1689 and rebuilt in Renaissance revival style in 1898–1899.

[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krotoszyn, http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krotoszyn]