page_title: Gostyń
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Gostyń / History
caption_attribution_description: Polski: Przemysł II, ks. polski, pozwala Mikołajowi, sędziemu, synowi Przedpełka, woj. poznańskiego, lokować Gostyń i Brzezie na prawie niemieckim. Język: łac. Opis zewnętrzny: oryg., 1 k. pergaminowa, 21,5 x 26 + 1,8 cm; 2 nacięcia po pieczęci
context_page_description: Gostyń is a town in Greater Poland Voivodeship, in Gostyń County. According to 30 June 2004 data its population was 20,746.
  The total area of Gostyń is 10.79 square kilometres. The town comprises 1% of the area of the county and 8% of the commune, according to Główny Urząd Statystyczny.
  The main landmark of Gostyń is Basilica of Święta Góra, the main Marian sanctuary of the archdiocese of Poznań and a masterpiece of Pompeo Ferrari, with the monastery of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri.
context_section_description: Gostyń dates back to the 13th century. The town was founded by local nobleman Mikołaj Przedpełkowic and granted town rights in 1278 by Przemysł II. It was named after the nearby village of Gostyń, which since took the name of Stary Gostyń ("Old Gostyń"). Administratively part of the Greater Poland Province of the Polish Crown, it developed as a local centre of trade and crafts. In the 16th century Gostyń was an important regional Reformation center, and in 1565 a synod of various Protestants of Greater Poland was held there. The town suffered during the 17th century Swedish invasions and an epidemic in the 18th-century. In the 18th century one of two main routes connecting Warsaw and Dresden ran through the town at that time and Kings Augustus II the Strong and Augustus III of Poland often traveled that route.
  In 1793 Gostyń was annexed by Prussia during the Second Partition of Poland. In 1807 regained by the Poles as part of the short-lived Duchy of Warsaw, in 1815 it was re-annexed by Prussia. Gostyń was a center of Polish resistance to Germanisation policies. In 1835 Kasyno Gostyńskie was founded, a significant local Polish organization, which under disguist of social activity conducted economic, educational and library activities. The Prussians abolished the organization in 1846 and its library's collection was moved to Poznań. Gostyń was the site of preparations for the Greater Poland uprising (1848), and during the uprising, it was captured by the Prussians in April 1848. Many inhabitants took part in the next Greater Poland uprising (1918–19), after which Gostyń joined the re-established Polish state.
caption: A 1278 document establishing Gostyń and granting town rights, issued by Przemysł II
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