| Kleczew | |
|---|---|
_ID_651798.jpg) Saint Andrew Church | |
 Flag Coat of arms | |
  Kleczew | |
| Coordinates: 52°22′16″N 18°10′35″E / 52.37111°N 18.17639°E / 52.37111; 18.17639 | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Greater Poland |
| County | Konin |
| Gmina | Kleczew |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6.68 km (2.58 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 4,173 |
| • Density | 620/km (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 is a town in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, central Poland.
History
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. 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.
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. The Polish resistance movement was active in Kleczew. Polish underground press was distributed in the town.
References
- Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 2017. p. 1b.
- "Informacja historyczna". Dresden-Warszawa (in Polish). Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. p. 275.
- Encyklopedia konspiracji Wielkopolskiej 1939–1945 (in Polish). Poznań: Instytut Zachodni. 1998. p. 132. ISBN 83-85003-97-5.