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.
Cielętniki | |
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Village | |
 Church of the Transfiguration in Cielętniki | |
  Cielętniki | |
| Coordinates: 50°53′N 19°34′E / 50.883°N 19.567°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Silesian |
| County | Częstochowa |
| Gmina | Dąbrowa Zielona |
| Population | 457 |
| Time zone | UTC 1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC 2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | SCZ |
| Voivodeship roads |  |
In the Cielętniki grows the largest tree in Poland — it is monumental lime tree, known as Lime in Cielętniki.
History
editThe 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
edit- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 99.
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