Środa Wielkopolska (Polish: [ˈɕrɔda vjɛlkɔˈpɔlska]; until 1968 Środa;[1] German: Schroda) is a town in western-central Poland, situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship, about 30 kilometres (19 mi) southeast of Poznań,[2] with 22,001 inhabitants (2009).

In 1402–1413 Polish King Władysław II Jagiełło built a Gothic castle in Środa.

It was an important center of Polish resistance, and during the Greater Poland uprising (1848) the largest insurgent camp was established there, led by Augustyn Brzeżański [pl].

[5] On September 17, 1939, the Gestapo murdered 21 Poles from Środa in the neighbouring village of Kijewo, and on October 20, 1939, Germans carried out a public execution of 29 Poles, including teachers, merchants, engineers, lawyers, landowners, and post and bank employees, at the market square.

[7] In 1939, Germans expelled families of Poles who were either murdered in the massacres or deported to Nazi concentration camps as part of the Intelligenzaktion.