ÅšwiÄ…tniki Wielkie () is a
village in the administrative district of
Gmina Mieleszyn
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Gmina Mieleszyn is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Mieleszyn, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Mieleszyn, which lies approximately north ...
, within
Gniezno County,
Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.
It lies approximately south-east of
Mieleszyn, north of
Gniezno, and north-east of the regional capital
Poznań.
History
As part of the region of
Greater Poland
Greater Poland, often known by its Polish name Wielkopolska (; german: Großpolen, sv, Storpolen, la, Polonia Maior), is a Polish historical regions, historical region of west-central Poland. Its chief and largest city is Poznań followed ...
, i.e. the cradle of the Polish state, the area formed part of Poland since its establishment in the 10th century. ÅšwiÄ…tniki Wielkie was a private church village of the
Archdiocese of Gniezno, administratively located in the Gniezno County in the
Kalisz Voivodeship Kalisz Voivodeship may also refer to:
*Kalisz Voivodeship (1314–1793)
*Kalisz Voivodeship (1816–1837)
The Kalisz Voivodeship was a voivodeship of the Congress Poland, that existed from 1816 to 1837. Its capital was Kalisz. It was established o ...
in the
Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland. It was annexed by
Prussia in the
Second Partition of Poland in 1793. It was regained by Poles in 1807 and included within the short-lived
Duchy of Warsaw, and after the duchy's dissolution in 1815, it was reannexed by Prussia, and was also part of
Germany from 1871. Following
World War I, Poland regained independence and control of the village.
Poles
Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, who share a common history, culture, the Polish language and are identified with the country of Poland in Ce ...
from ÅšwiÄ…tniki Wielkie were among the victims of a massacre perpetrated by German troops in nearby
Zdziechowa
Zdziechowa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gniezno, within Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Gniezno and north-east of the regional capital Poznań.
History
A ...
on September 10, 1939, during the
invasion of Poland which started
World War II (see ''
Nazi crimes against the Polish nation'').
References
Villages in Gniezno County
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