| Stawiszyn | |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Greater Poland |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kalisz |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Stawiszyn |
| Area Total Km2: | 0.99 |
| Population As Of: | 2006 |
| Population Total: | 1554 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Coordinates: | 51.9183°N 18.1114°W |
| Blank Name: | Climate |
| Blank Info: | Dfb |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 62-820 |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Registration Plate: | PKA |
| Blank Name Sec2: | National road |
| Website: | http://www.stawiszyn.pl |
Stawiszyn is a town in Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in central Poland, with 1,569 inhabitants (2006). It is the urban part of the larger Stawiszyn Commune, a mixed urban-rural municipality (gmina miejsko-wiejska). The town has a land area of only 0.99 km², and is the smallest town in geographical area in Poland.
Stawiszyn was a royal town of the Kingdom of Poland, administratively located in the Kalisz County in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province.[1] The 1st Polish National Cavalry Brigade was stationed in the town.[2]
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), two local Polish teachers were sent to the Mauthausen concentration camp and murdered there.[3] In 1943, the occupiers renamed the town to Stavensheim in attempt to erase traces of Polish origin.