Mielno, Gniezno County

For other places with the same name, see Mielno.

Village in Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Mielno

Village

A street in Mielno

Mielno

Coordinates: 52°40′N 17°37′E﻿ / ﻿52.667°N 17.617°E﻿ / 52.667; 17.617
Country|  Poland
Voivodeship| Greater Poland
County| Gniezno
Gmina| Mieleszyn
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration| PGN

Mielno [ˈmjɛlnɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mieleszyn, within Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[1]

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

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1. ^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
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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Gmina Mieleszyn

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* Mieleszyn

Other villages|

* Borzątew
* Dębłowo
* Dobiejewo
* Dziadkówko
* Dziadkowo
* Karniszewo
* Kowalewko
* Kowalewo
* Łopienno
* Mielno
* Nowaszyce
* Popowo Podleśne
* Popowo Tomkowe
* Popowo-Ignacewo
* Przysieka
* Sokolniki
* Świątniki Małe
* Świątniki Wielkie

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