Bieganowo 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 Kołaczkowo __NOTOC__ Gmina Kołaczkowo is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Kołaczkowo, which lies approximately south of Września and south-east o ...

, within

Września County Września County () 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 reforms passed in 1998. ...

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-east of Kołaczkowo, south-east of

Września Września () is a town in west-central Poland near Poznań, with 28,600 inhabitants (1995). It is situated in the Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, on the Wrześnica River. History Września was first mentioned in 1256 in a docume ...

, and 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 ...

. Bieganowo was a private village owned by various Polish nobles. Initially, until the 17th-18th century, it was the seat of the Bieganowski family of

Grzymała coat of arms Grzymała is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several szlachta families in the times of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. History Some authorities believe that this coat of arms was brought to Poland from Germany by a knight named Z ...

.''Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich'', Vol. I, Warsaw, 1880, p. 207 (in Polish) Later it was also owned by the Bronisz and Grabski families. The main landmarks of village are the Bieganowo Palace, built by Polish landowner, industrialist, philanthropist, and military officer , and the Holy Cross church, dating back to the

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similarly to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and ...

, and rebuilt in the 18th century.

Gallery

Palace in Bieganowo.JPG, Grabski Palace Tablica pamiątkowa (2) - Kościół Świętego Krzyża w Bieganowie.JPG, Memorial plaque to Stanisław Musiał, local parish priest killed by the Germans in the

Dachau concentration camp Dachau (, ; , ; ) was one of the first concentration camps built by Nazi Germany and the longest-running one, opening on 22 March 1933. The camp was initially intended to intern Hitler's political opponents, which consisted of communists, s ...

in 1940

References

Villages in Września County {{Września-geo-stub