Stawiszyn
Town hall
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Stawiszyn
Coordinates: 51°55′6″N 18°6′41″E / 51.91833°N 18.11139°E / 51.91833; 18.11139
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Greater Poland
County	Kalisz
Gmina	Stawiszyn
Area
• Total	0.99 km2 (0.38 sq mi)
Population  (2006)
• Total	1,554
• Density	1,600/km2 (4,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	62-820
Vehicle registration	PKA
Climate	Dfb
National road
Website	http://www.stawiszyn.pl

Stawiszyn ([staˈvʲiʂɨn]) is a town in Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in central Poland, with 1,569 inhabitants (2006). It is the urban part of the larger Stawiszyn Commune, a mixed urban-rural municipality (gmina miejsko-wiejska). The town has a land area of only 0.99 km², and is the smallest town in geographical area in Poland.

History

Stawiszyn was a royal town of the Kingdom of Poland, administratively located in the Kalisz County in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province.^[1] The 1st Polish National Cavalry Brigade was stationed in the town.^[2]

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), two local Polish teachers were sent to the Mauthausen concentration camp and murdered there.^[3] In 1943, the occupiers renamed the town to Stavensheim in attempt to erase traces of Polish origin.