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See also: Podrzecze, Lesser Poland Voivodeship Village in Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland
Podrzecze
Village
Podrzecze is located in PolandPodrzeczePodrzecze
Coordinates: 51°52′N 17°2′E / 51.867°N 17.033°E / 51.867; 17.033
Country Poland
VoivodeshipGreater Poland
CountyGostyń
GminaPiaski
Population284

Podrzecze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Piaski, within Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately 4 km (2 mi) south-west of Piaski, 2 km (1 mi) south-east of Gostyń, and 60 km (37 mi) south of the regional capital Poznań.

Approximately 100 graves dating from ca. 12th century BC have been discovered near Podrzecze. Often the deceased were put on a pyre and in the grave the items he used in his life. Nearly 140 different types of items were found. There were also animal graves - it is one of six animal mass graves in Poland dating back to the Lusatian culture, including the only one in Poland for horses.

References

  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. "A survey of the investigations of the Bronze and Iron Age sites in Poland in 1986" (PDF). Digital Repository of Scientific Institutes. Sprawozdania Archeologiczne. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
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