| Boczków | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Total Type: | |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Greater Poland |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Ostrów Wielkopolski |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Nowe Skalmierzyce |
| Coordinates: | 51.7333°N 18°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Elevation M: | 135 |
| Population Total: | 400 |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Boczków (German 1939-1945 Maternhof) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowe Skalmierzyce, within Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 2km (01miles) north of Skalmierzyce, 230NaN0 north-east of Ostrów Wielkopolski, and 1050NaN0 south-east of the regional capital Poznań.
The village dates back to the Late Middle Ages. It was part of the Kingdom of Poland until the late-18th century Partitions of Poland, when it was annexed by Prussia. On December 27, 1918, was killed in Boczków as the first fallen participant of the Greater Poland Uprising, aimed at reuniting the region with the just re-established Polish state.[2] In response, the Polish insurgents captured the village, which became the first fully liberated village of the region during the uprising. There is a monument dedicated to Jan Mertka in Boczków.[2] He is buried in Ostrów Wielkopolski.