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See also: Mieleszyn, Łódź Voivodeship Village in Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland
Mieleszyn
Village
Wayside shrine in MieleszynWayside shrine in Mieleszyn
Mieleszyn is located in PolandMieleszynMieleszyn
Coordinates: 52°40′5″N 17°30′2″E / 52.66806°N 17.50056°E / 52.66806; 17.50056
Country Poland
VoivodeshipGreater Poland
CountyGniezno
GminaMieleszyn
Population763
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ClimateDfb

Mieleszyn is a village in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Mieleszyn. It lies approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) north-west of Gniezno and 50 km (31 mi) north-east of the regional capital Poznań.

During the German occupation (World War II), Mieleszyn was one of the sites of executions of Poles, carried out by the Germans in 1939 as part of the Intelligenzaktion.

References

  1. Dane wg stanu na 2023.10.19. stat.gov.pl
  2. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  3. Maria Wardzyńska, Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warsaw, 2009, p. 275 (in Polish)
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