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
Historic wooden church of Saint Anne in Podlesie Kościelne
Podlesie Kościelne is located in Poland
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, Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, 2017, p. 1b (in Polish)
  3. Maria Wardzyńska, Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warsaw, 2009, p. 95 (in Polish)


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