Mielno, Gniezno County

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Mielno
Village
A street in Mielno
A street in Mielno
Mielno is located in Poland
Mielno
Mielno
Coordinates: 52°40′N 17°37′E / 52.667°N 17.617°E / 52.667; 17.617
CountryPoland Poland
VoivodeshipGreater Poland
CountyGniezno
GminaMieleszyn
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Mielno [ˈmjɛlnɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mieleszyn, within Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) east of Mieleszyn, 15 km (9 mi) north of Gniezno, and 56 km (35 mi) north-east of the regional capital Poznań.

During the German occupation (World War II), in 1939, the Germans carried out massacres of Poles in Mielno, the first already on September 9, 1939, in the second week of the invasion of Poland.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Maria Wardzyńska, Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warszawa, 2009, p. 94, 275 (in Polish)


Coordinates: 52°40′00″N 17°37′00″E / 52.6667°N 17.6167°E / 52.6667; 17.6167


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