Podlesie Kościelne

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
Village
Historic wooden church of Saint Anne in Podlesie Kościelne
Podlesie Kościelne
Podlesie Kościelne
Coordinates: 52°44′N 17°18′E
Country Poland
VoivodeshipGreater Poland
CountyWągrowiec
GminaMieścisko
Time zoneUTC+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

  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany, Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Warszawa, 2017, p. 1b (in Polish)
  3. Maria Wardzyńska, Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warszawa, 2009, p. 95 (in Polish)



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