Republic of Mosina Rzeczpospolita Mosińska (
Polish) | |||||||||
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1848–1848 | |||||||||
Capital | Mosina | ||||||||
Official languages | Polish | ||||||||
Government | Republic | ||||||||
Head of State | |||||||||
• 1848 | Jakub Krotowski-Krauthofer | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Declaration of independence | 3 May 1848 | ||||||||
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. [1] [2] [3]
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. [1] [2] [3]
In March 1848, during Greater Poland uprising, the insurrectionist forces had formed the National Commity in rebel-controlled city of Mosin, 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. Mosin was decided to be the capital of the state. [1] [2] [3] 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. [2] [3]
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. [1] [3] Following the capitulation, Krauthofer-Krotowski was imprisoned in Konatrzewo. [3]