Dziekanka | |
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District of Gniezno | |
.jpg.webp) Museum of the Polish State Origins in Dziekanka | |
  Dziekanka | |
| Coordinates: 52°31′47″N 17°34′42″E / 52.52972°N 17.57833°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Greater Poland |
| County/City | Gniezno |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | PGN |
Dziekanka is a district of Gniezno, Poland,[1] located in the western part of the city.
The Museum of the Polish State Origins and the Dziekanka Regional Psychiatric Hospital are located in Dziekanka.
History
In 1894, a psychiatric hospital was established in Dziekanka.
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), between 7 December 1939 and 12 January 1940, the SS-Sonderkommandos gassed some 1,200 patients of the local psychiatric hospital (see Aktion T4).[2]
References
- ↑ Rozporządzenie Ministra Administracji i Cyfryzacji z dnia 13 grudnia 2012 r. w sprawie wykazu urzędowych nazw miejscowości i ich części, Dz. U. z 2013 r. poz. 200
- ↑ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. pp. 216–217.
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