Kościelec | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Kościelec Palace | |
  Kościelec | |
| Coordinates: 52°10′28″N 18°34′12″E / 52.17444°N 18.57000°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Greater Poland |
| County | Koło |
| Gmina | Kościelec |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,300 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | PKL |
| National road |  |
| Voivodeship road |  |
Kościelec [kɔɕˈt͡ɕɛlɛt͡s] is a village in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Kościelec.[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south-west of Koło and 116 km (72 mi) east of the regional capital Poznań.
History
As part of the region of Greater Poland, i.e. the cradle of the Polish state, the area formed part of Poland since its establishment in the 10th century. Kościelec was a royal village of the Kingdom of Poland, administratively located in the Konin County in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province.[2]
In 1827, it had a population of 285.[3]
During the German invasion of Poland which started World War II, on September 14, 1939, German troops carried out a massacre of a group of hiding Poles (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[4]
References
- ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ↑ Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 2017. p. 1b.
- ↑ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom IV (in Polish). Warszawa. 1883. p. 446.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. p. 95.
