Kleczew [ˈklɛt͡ʂɛf] is a town in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, central Poland.
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 52°22′16″N 18°10′35″E / 52.37111°N 18.17639°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Greater Poland |
| County | Konin |
| Gmina | Kleczew |
| Area | |
• Total | 6.68 km2 (2.58 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
• Total | 4,173 |
| • Density | 620/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 62-540 |
| Vehicle registration | PKN |
| Voivodeship road |  |
| Website | http://www.kleczew.pl |
History
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Kleczew received town rights in 1366. It was a private town administratively located in the Konin County in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[1] A route connecting Warsaw and Poznań with Dresden ran through the town in the 18th century and King Augustus III of Poland often traveled that route.[2]
Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the town was occupied by Germany until 1945. A local Polish teacher was among the victims of a massacre of Poles, committed by the Germans in Konin on 10 November 1939 as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[3] The Polish resistance movement was active in Kleczew. Polish underground press was distributed in the town.[4]
References
edit- ^ Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 2017. p. 1b.
- ^ "Informacja historyczna". Dresden-Warszawa (in Polish). Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. p. 275.
- ^ Encyklopedia konspiracji Wielkopolskiej 1939–1945 (in Polish). Poznań: Instytut Zachodni. 1998. p. 132. ISBN 83-85003-97-5.