__NOTOC__ Gmina Kłecko is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in

Gniezno County __NOTOC__ Gniezno County ( pl, powiat gnieźnieński) 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 ...

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 A province is almost always an administrative division ...

, in west-central

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is divided into Voivodeships of Poland, sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over 38 mill ...

. Its seat is the town of

Kłecko Kłecko (; German: ''Kletzko'', 1940-45 ''Klötzen'') is a town in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,712 inhabitants (2004). History A Lechitic stronghold was founded in the 9th century, located in the Greater Poland re ...

, which lies approximately north-west of

Gniezno Gniezno (; german: Gnesen; la, Gnesna) is a city in central-western Poland, about east of Poznań. Its population in 2021 was 66,769, making it the sixth-largest city in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. One of the Piast dynasty's chief cities, ...

and north-east of the regional capital

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. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,569 (out of which the population of Kłecko amounts to 2,677, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,892).

Massacre during Second World War

During the German

Invasion of Poland The invasion of Poland (1 September – 6 October 1939) was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union which marked the beginning of World War II. The German invasion began on 1 September 1939, one week af ...

in 1939, German soldiers mass murdered 23 Poles in the area. The victims were either shot, beaten to death with rifles or stabbed to death by bayonets by German soldiers.Szymon Datner "55 dni Wehrmachtu w Polsce" page 313 They were later buried in a mass grave.

Villages

Apart from the town of Kłecko, Gmina Kłecko contains the villages and settlements of Bielawy, Biskupice, Bojanice,

Brzozogaj Brzozogaj is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kłecko, within Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Kłecko, north-west of Gniezno, and north-east of the r ...

Charbowo Charbowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kłecko, within Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Kłecko, north-west of Gniezno, and north-east of the regional capi ...

, Czechy, Dębnica, Działyń,

Dziećmiarki Dziećmiarki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kłecko, within Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. References Villages in Gniezno County {{Gniezno-geo-stub ...

, Gorzuchowo, Kamieniec, Komorowo, Kopydłowo,

Michalcza Michalcza is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kłecko, within Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Kłecko, north-west of Gniezno, and north-east of the re ...

, Polska Wieś, Pomarzany, Pruchnowo, Sulin, Świniary,

Ułanowo Ułanowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kłecko, within Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Kłecko, north-west of Gniezno, and north-east of the regional ...

, Waliszewo, Wilkowyja and Zakrzewo.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Kłecko is bordered by the gminas of

, Kiszkowo, Łubowo, Mieleszyn, Mieścisko and Skoki.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gmina Klecko Klecko Gniezno County Massacres in Poland Germany–Poland relations World War II crimes in Poland