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Cielętniki, Silesian Voivodeship

For other places with the same name, see Cielętniki.
Cielętniki
Village
Church of the Transfiguration in Cielętniki
Church of the Transfiguration in Cielętniki
Cielętniki is located in Poland
Cielętniki
Cielętniki
Coordinates: 50°53′N 19°34′E / 50.883°N 19.567°E / 50.883; 19.567
Country Poland
VoivodeshipSilesian
CountyCzęstochowa
GminaDąbrowa Zielona
Population
457
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationSCZ
Voivodeship roads

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.

In the Cielętniki grows the largest tree in Poland — it is monumental lime tree, known as Lime in Cielętniki.

History

The 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

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 99.


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