Kleczew

Kleczew
Saint Andrew Church
Saint Andrew Church
Flag of Kleczew
Flag
Coat of arms of Kleczew
Coat of arms
Kleczew is located in Poland
Kleczew
Kleczew
Coordinates: 52°22′16″N 18°10′35″E / 52.37111°N 18.17639°E / 52.37111; 18.17639
Country Poland
VoivodeshipGreater Poland
CountyKonin
GminaKleczew
Area
 • Total
6.68 km2 (2.58 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)
 • Total
4,173
 • Density620/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
62-540
Vehicle registrationPKN
Voivodeship road
Websitehttp://www.kleczew.pl

Kleczew [ˈklɛt͡ʂɛf] is a town in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, central Poland.

History

19th-century view of the Saint Andrew Church

Kleczew received town rights in 1366. It was a private town administratively located in the Konin County in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[1] A route connecting Warsaw and Poznań with Dresden ran through the town in the 18th century and King Augustus III of Poland often traveled that route.[2]

Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the town was occupied by Germany until 1945. A local Polish teacher was among the victims of a massacre of Poles, committed by the Germans in Konin on 10 November 1939 as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[3] The Polish resistance movement was active in Kleczew. Polish underground press was distributed in the town.[4]

References

  1. ^ Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 2017. p. 1b.
  2. ^ "Informacja historyczna". Dresden-Warszawa (in Polish). Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  3. ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. p. 275.
  4. ^ Encyklopedia konspiracji Wielkopolskiej 1939–1945 (in Polish). Poznań: Instytut Zachodni. 1998. p. 132. ISBN 83-85003-97-5.