Cielętniki, Silesian Voivodeship
Cielętniki [t͡ɕɛlɛntˈniki] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dąbrowa Zielona, within Częstochowa County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) north of Dąbrowa Zielona, 33 km (21 mi) east of Częstochowa, and 81 km (50 mi) north-east of the regional capital Katowice. In the Cielętniki grows the largest tree in Poland — it is monumental lime tree, known as Lime in Cielętniki. HistoryThe Palace in the center of the village was built by the Kurnatowski family, as was the church. On 4 September 1939, during the German invasion of Poland which started World War II, German troops carried out a massacre of Polish farmers and children in the village (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[2] References
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