{{other uses|Krobia (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Krobia | image_flag = | image_shield = POL Krobia COA.svg | image_skyline = Krobia ratusz 01.JPG | image_caption = Town hall | pushpin_map = Poland | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{POL}} | subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship | subdivision_name1 = Greater Poland | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Gostyń | subdivision_type3 = Gmina | subdivision_name3 = Krobia | area_total_km2 = 7.05 | population_as_of = 2012 | population_total = 4219 | population_density_km2 = auto | coordinates = {{coord|51|47|N|16|59|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}} | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 | elevation_m = | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 63-840 | registration_plate = PGS | blank1_name_sec2 = Voivodeship road | blank1_info_sec2 = 32px | website = http://www.krobia.pl }} '''Krobia''' {{IPAc-pl|'|k|r|o|b|J|a}} is a town situated in the western part of Poland, in Greater Poland Voivodeship.{{TERYT}} Center of small folklore region of Biskupizna.
==History== thumb|left|Corpus Christi solemnity in Krobia in 1964 Within the Kingdom of Poland, Krobia was a private church town, administratively located in the Kościan County in the Poznań Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province.<ref>{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany|year=2017|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk|page=1a}}</ref>
Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the town was occupied by Germany until 1945 and local Poles were subjected to various crimes. On October 21, 1939, the German ''Einsatzgruppe VI'' carried out a public execution of 15 Poles at the main square as part of the ''Intelligenzaktion''.<ref name=mw>{{cite book|last=Wardzyńska|first=Maria|year=2009|title=Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=IPN|page=196}}</ref> The victims were craftsmen and local officials from Krobia and farmers and landowners from nearby villages.<ref name=mw/> It was one of many massacres of Poles committed by Germany on October 20–23 across the region in attempt to pacify and terrorize the Polish population.<ref>{{cite book|last=Grochowina|first=Sylwia|year=2017|title=Cultural policy of the Nazi occupying forces in the Reich district Gdańsk–West Prussia, the Reich district Wartheland, and the Reich district of Katowice in the years 1939–1945|location=Toruń|page=87|isbn=978-83-88693-73-1}}</ref> In December 1939, the first expulsion of 50 Poles (teachers, local officials and craftsmen with families) was carried out by the German police.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wardzyńska|first=Maria|year=2017|title=Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=IPN|page=159|isbn=978-83-8098-174-4}}</ref> Further expulsions were carried out in 1940.<ref>Wardzyńska (2017), p. 202</ref> Expelled Poles were detained in transit camps in Gostyń and Łódź and then deported to Tarnów and the Lublin region in the General Government in the more-eastern part of German-occupied, while their houses were handed over to German colonists as part of the ''Lebensraum'' policy.<ref>Wardzyńska (2017), p. 159, 202</ref>
== Monuments == * Romanesque St. Giles church from the beginning of 12th century (consecrated in 1140), founded by Władysław I Herman, one of the oldest churches in Greater Poland * Baroque St. Nicholas Church from 1763, tower rebuilt in 1986 after collapse * Baroque Holy Spirit Church from 1745 * Town hall from the middle of 19th century * old evangelical school
==Demographics== {{Historical populations|align=left|cols=2|1843|1365|1871|1596|1880|1695|1890|1847|1900|2186|1910|2384|1921|2285|1931|2384|1939|2900|1950|2451|1960|2769|2010|4089 |source=<ref>{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Wiadomości Statystyczne Głównego Urzędu Statystycznego|volume=X|year=1932|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=Główny Urząd Statystyczny|page=201}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Dokumentacja Geograficzna|volume=3/4|year=1967|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=Instytut Geografii Polskiej Akademii Nauk|page=23}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|url=https://stat.gov.pl/cps/rde/xbcr/gus/PUBL_l_ludnosc_stan_struktura_31_12_2010.pdf|title=Stan i struktura ludności oraz ruch naturalny w przekroju terytorialnym w 2010 r.|year=2011|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=Główny Urząd Statystyczny|page=102|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113152513/https://stat.gov.pl/cps/rde/xbcr/gus/PUBL_l_ludnosc_stan_struktura_31_12_2010.pdf|archive-date=13 November 2011}}</ref>}} {{clear|left}}
==Transport== Voivodeship road 434 bypasses Krobia to the west connecting it to Gostyń to the north and to Rawicz to the south.
Krobia has a station on the Leszno-Krotoszyn railway line.
==Sports== The local football club is Krobianka Krobia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lzs-krobiankakrobia.futbolowo.pl|title=Krobianka Krobia - strona klubu|accessdate=28 March 2021|language=pl}}</ref> It competes in the lower leagues.
==References== {{reflist}}
== External links == * [http://www.krobia.pl/ Official website]
{{Gmina Krobia}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Cities and towns in Greater Poland Voivodeship Category:Gostyń County