Podlesie Kościelne [pɔdˈlɛɕɛ kɔɕˈt͡ɕɛlnɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mieścisko, within Wągrowiec County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) south-east of Wągrowiec and 46 km (29 mi) north-east of the regional capital Poznań.
Podlesie Kościelne | |
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Village | |
![]() Historic wooden church of Saint Anne in Podlesie Kościelne | |
Coordinates: 52°44′N 17°18′E / 52.733°N 17.300°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Voivodeship | Greater Poland |
County | Wągrowiec |
Gmina | Mieścisko |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Podlesie was a private village of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Gniezno County in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Polish Crown.[2]
During the German invasion of Poland, in September 1939, the Wehrmacht carried out a massacre of nine Poles in the village.[3]
There is a historic wooden church of Saint Anne from 1712 in the village.
References
edit- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany, Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, 2017, p. 1b (in Polish)
- ^ Maria Wardzyńska, Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warsaw, 2009, p. 95 (in Polish)