Mielno, Gniezno County

Village in Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland
52°40′N 17°37′E / 52.667°N 17.617°E / 52.667; 17.617Country PolandVoivodeshipGreater PolandCountyGnieznoGminaMieleszynTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Vehicle registrationPGN

Mielno [ˈmjɛlnɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mieleszyn, within Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) east of Mieleszyn, 15 km (9 mi) north of Gniezno, and 56 km (35 mi) north-east of the regional capital Poznań.

During the German occupation (World War II), in 1939, the Germans carried out massacres of Poles in Mielno, the first already on September 9, 1939, in the second week of the invasion of Poland (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[2]

References

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. pp. 94, 275.


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