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Place in Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kleczew [ˈklɛt͡ʂɛf] is a town in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, central Poland.
Kleczew | |
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![]() Saint Andrew Church | |
Coordinates: 52°22′16″N 18°10′35″E | |
Country | ![]() |
Voivodeship | Greater Poland |
County | Konin |
Gmina | Kleczew |
Area | |
• Total | 6.68 km2 (2.58 sq mi) |
Population (2006) | |
• Total | 4,173 |
• Density | 620/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 62-540 |
Vehicle registration | PKN |
Voivodeship road | ![]() |
Website | http://www.kleczew.pl |
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]
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