Zbrudzewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Śrem, within Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.
History The village dates back to the Middle Ages, and it surely existed before 1388.Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XIV, Warsaw, 1893, p. 532 (in Polish) In the past it was a possession of the nearby town of Śrem, and was administratively located in the Pyzdry County in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Polish Crown.Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany, Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, 2017, p. 1b (in Polish) The Zbrudzewski noble family hailed from the village.
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), on November 8, 1939, the Germans murdered 12 Poles from Śrem at the local shooting range (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).Maria Wardzyńska, Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warsaw, 2009, p. 200 (in Polish) There is a memorial at the site.
Notable people (1896–1940), Polish lieutenant colonel, victim of the Katyn massacre
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