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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![]() Church of the Transfiguration in Cielętniki | |
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Coordinates: 50°53′N 19°34′E | |
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Voivodeship | Silesian |
County | Częstochowa County |
Gmina | Dąbrowa Zielona |
Population | 457 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Vehicle registration | SCZ |
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The village has a population of 457.
In the Cielętniki grows the largest tree in Poland — it is monumental lime tree, known as Lime in Cielętniki.
The Palace in the center of the village was built by the Kurnatowski family, as was the church.
On September 4, 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]
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Present-day Poland |
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Pre-war Polish Volhynia (Wołyń Voivodeship, present-day Ukraine) | |
Pre-war Polish Eastern Galicia (Stanisławów Voivodeship, Tarnopol Voivodeship and the bulk of Lwów Voivodeship, present-day Ukraine) |
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Polish self-defence centres in Volhynia |
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Remainder of present-day Ukraine |
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Pre-war Polish Nowogródek and Wilno Voivodeships (present-day Belarus) |
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Remainder of present-day Belarus |
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Wilno Region Proper in the pre-war Polish Wilno Voivodeship (present-day Lithuania) |
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