Niemieczkowo [ɲɛmjɛt͡ʂˈkɔvɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Oborniki, within Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) west of Oborniki and 32 km (20 mi) north-west of the regional capital Poznań.

Niemieczkowo
Village
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Coordinates: 52°38′59″N 16°41′58″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Greater Poland
County	Oborniki
Gmina	Oborniki
First mentioned	1361
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	POB

History

The oldest known mention of Niemieczkowo comes from 1361, when it was owned by local nobleman Jarota Niemieczkowski of Przosna coat of arms.[2] Niemieczkowo was a private village of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Poznań County in the Poznań Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Polish Crown.[3] It was owned by the Niemieczkowski and Raczyński families.[2] There is a historic manor house of local nobility in the village.[2]

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), inhabitants of Niemieczkowo were among Poles massacred by the Germans on November 9, 1939 in Mędzisko [pl] as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[4]

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