Strzeszyn is a suburban neighbourhood of the city of

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in western

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. It is located in the north-west of the city, to the west of Podolany, from which it is separated by the main railway line running northwards towards

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. A railway station called Poznań Strzeszyn is situated on this line some distance north of the residential parts of Strzeszyn. Until 1990 Strzeszyn was part of the wider district ''(

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)'' of Jeżyce, and remains so for certain administrative purposes. In 1996 an ''

osiedle Osiedle (Polish plural: ''osiedla'', from German ''Ansiedlung'' meaning ''settlement'') is a term used in Poland to denote a designated subdivision or neighbourhood of a city or its dzielnica, or of a town, with its own council and executive. Li ...

'' (urban neighbourhood with an elected council) of Strzeszyn was created.Poznań City Council Resolution No. XLI/244/II/96, 21 May 1996 This, with modified boundaries, is now one of the 42 osiedles into which the entire area of Poznań is divided (see

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). In 2010 the population of Strzeszyn osiedle was 6,703, and it covered an area of . Straeszyn is conventionally divided into several parts: ''Strzeszyn Stary'' (Old Strzeszyn) to the north, and the newer estates to the south: ''osiedle Literackie'' ("literary estate"; also known as ''osiedle Parkowe'' "park estate"), whose streets are named after writers; ''Strzeszyn Grecki'' ("Greek Strzeszyn"), whose streets are named after Ancient Greeks and Romans; and ''osiedle Wojskowe'' ("military estate"), built around 2010 chiefly for military personnel. To the south is the artificial lake Rusałka, constructed during Nazi occupation on the Bogdanka stream. Further to the north, also on the Bogdanka, to the north-west of the residential parts of Strzeszyn, is the natural ''Jezioro Strzeszyńskie'' (Strzeszyn Lake), next to which is the recreational area of Strzeszynek (the name being a diminutive of "Strzeszyn"). The village of Strzeszyn was first recorded in 1388. A church stood there in the 15th and 16th centuries. The village became part of the city of Poznań in 1940, during the

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. A parish church, named for

Padre Pio Francesco Forgione, OFM Cap., better known as Padre Pio and as Saint Pius of Pietrelcina ( it, Pio da Pietrelcina; 25 May 188723 September 1968), was an Italian Franciscan Capuchin friar, priest, stigmatist, and mystic. He is venerated as a ...

''(kościół parafialny św. Ojca Pio)'' was completed in Strzeszyn Grecki in 2011. Old Strzeszyn is served by the parish church in Podolany to the east.

References

* Włodzimierz Łęcki, Piotr Maluśkiewicz, ''Poznań od A do Z'', Poznań, Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza, 1986, * ''Atlas architektury Poznania'', ed. Janusz Pazder, Poznań, Wydaw. Miejskie, 2008,
Borders of Osiedla Strzeszyn

Notes

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