Gliśnica is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

in the administrative district of

Gmina Odolanów __NOTOC__ Gmina Odolanów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Odolanów, which lies approximately south of Ostrów Wielkopols ...

, within

Ostrów Wielkopolski County Ostrów (Polish for "river island") may refer to: Places Poland ; Greater Poland Voivodeship * Ostrów Wielkopolski, a town in Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland) * Ostrów, Greater Poland Voivodeship in Greater Poland Voivodeship ...

Greater Poland Voivodeship Greater Poland Voivodeship ( ) is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship, or province, in west-central Poland. The province is named after the region called Greater Poland (''Wielkopolska'' ). The modern province includes most of this historic re ...

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

Ostrów Wielkopolski Ostrów Wielkopolski () (often abbreviated ''Ostrów Wlkp.'', formerly called simply ''Ostrów'', , Latin: ''Ostrovia'') is a city in west-central Poland with 70,982 inhabitants (2021), situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship; the seat of Ostr ...

, and south-east of the regional capital

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

. The first record about Gliśnica dates back to 1652. Since 1819 the village was part of Thurn und Taxis family's possessions. In 1789 the village had 164 inhabitants, in 1822 had 200, and at the end of 19th-century over 400, of which half were Protestants. During the German occupation (1939–1945) it was temporarily called ''Schönfeld''.Dawny Powiat Odolanowski na starych pocztówkach 1887-1932, Raszków, 2012, red. Jacek Bartczak On the area of the former manor are located three great pedunculate oaks – their circuits are following: 504, 598 and 658 cm. The 29-meters high trees are natural monuments. Nearby are situated old farm buildings and forest inspectorate from the beginning of the 20th century. On the side of football pitch is situated a Protestant graveyard working through the 19th century until 1940s.

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Villages in Ostrów Wielkopolski County {{OstrówWielkopolski-geo-stub