Podlesie Kościelne
Podlesie Kościelne [pɔdˈlɛɕɛ kɔɕˈt͡ɕɛlnɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mieścisko, within Wągrowiec County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) south-east of Wągrowiec and 46 km (29 mi) north-east of the regional capital Poznań. There is a historic wooden church of Saint Anne from 1712 in the village. HistoryPodlesie was a private village of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Gniezno County in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[2] According to the 1921 census, the village had a population of 52, entirely Polish by nationality and Roman Catholic by confession.[3] During the German invasion of Poland, in September 1939, the Wehrmacht carried out a massacre of nine Poles in the village.[4] References
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