Zakrzewo, Złotów County
Zakrzewo is a village in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Zakrzewo. It lies approximately north-east of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań. The village has a population of 1,620.
Before 1945 the area was part of Grenzmark Posen-West Prussia Germany, although Zakrzewo had a very strong and active Polish minority, headed by the parson of a local parish, Bolesław Domański. In 1935 the Nazi government changed the village's name to Buschdorf as part of a drive to Germanize Slavic-sounding placenames. For more on the history of the multi-ethnic historical area, see Złotów County.
A Blues Express festival is organized in Zakrzewo every July by the local culture centre.
