Mielno, Gniezno County
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.
Mielno | |
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 A street in Mielno | |
  Mielno | |
| Coordinates: 52°40′N 17°37′E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Greater Poland |
| County | Gniezno |
| Gmina | Mieleszyn |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
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
- "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- Maria Wardzyńska, Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warsaw, 2009, pp. 94, 275 (in Polish)
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