Długa Goślina is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

in the administrative district of

Gmina Murowana Goślina __NOTOC__ Gmina Murowana Goślina is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Murowana Goślina, which lies approximately north of the regional ca ...

, within

Poznań County Poznań County ( pl, powiat poznański) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Greater Poland Voivodeship, west-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government ref ...

Greater Poland Voivodeship Greater Poland Voivodeship ( pl, Województwo wielkopolskie; ), also known as Wielkopolska Voivodeship, Wielkopolska Province, or Greater Poland Province, is a voivodeship, or province, in west-central Poland. It was created on 1 January 1999 o ...

, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately north of

Murowana Goślina Murowana Goślina (; german: Murowana-Goslin) is a town in Poznań County in western Poland, with 10,336 inhabitants (2009). It lies approximately north of the major city of Poznań, on the main road and railway line to Wągrowiec. The Trojanka ...

and north of the regional capital

Poznań Poznań () is a city on the River Warta in west-central Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business centre, and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John ...

. In 2006 the village had a population of 390. The village stretches for a few kilometres along the road from Murowana Goślina to

Rogoźno Rogoźno (german: Rogasen) is a town in Poland, in Greater Poland Voivodeship, about 40 km north of Poznań. Its population is 11,337 (2010). It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Rogoźno. History Rogoźno d ...

, as is implied by its name (the prefix ''Długa'' is Polish for "long"). It has a wooden church, with relics dating from the 17th and 18th centuries (one of the sites on the

Wooden Churches Trail around Puszcza Zielonka Puszcza Zielonka Landscape Park ( pl, Park Krajobrazowy Puszcza Zielonka) is a protected area ( Landscape Park) situated to the north-east of the city of Poznań in Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland. It was set up in 1993 and covers an area of . ...

). The church is the venue for a regular series of summer music festivals. The village also has a primary school and a volunteer

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. Burned by Kalmyks in 1707.

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References

Local authority website
*''Murowana Goślina i okolice'', N. Kulse, Z. Wojczak (local publication) {{Gmina Murowana Goślina Villages in Poznań County