Jankowo Dolne

Coordinates: 52°33′N 17°42′E / 52.550°N 17.700°E / 52.550; 17.700
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Jankowo Dolne
Village
Old inn in Jankowo Dolne
Old inn in Jankowo Dolne
Jankowo Dolne is located in Poland
Jankowo Dolne
Jankowo Dolne
Coordinates: 52°33′N 17°42′E / 52.550°N 17.700°E / 52.550; 17.700
Country Poland
VoivodeshipGreater Poland
CountyGniezno
GminaGniezno
Population
 (2006)
 • Total530
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code(+48) 61
Vehicle registrationPGN
National road

Jankowo Dolne [janˈkɔvɔ ˈdɔlnɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gniezno, within Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) east of Gniezno and 56 km (35 mi) east of the regional capital Poznań.

It is situated on the Wełna River and the western shore of Jankowskie Lake

History[edit]

As part of the region of Greater Poland, i.e. the cradle of the Polish state, the area formed part of Poland since its establishment in the 10th century. Jankowo Dolne 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]

During the German invasion of Poland which started World War II, on September 11, 1939, German troops carried out a massacre of 12 Poles, including women and children (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 2017. p. 1b.
  3. ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. p. 94.