Mieleszyn, Greater Poland Voivodeship
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Mieleszyn | |
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Village | |
 Wayside shrine in Mieleszyn | |
  Mieleszyn | |
| Coordinates: 52°40′5″N 17°30′2″E / 52.66806°N 17.50056°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Greater Poland |
| County | Gniezno |
| Gmina | Mieleszyn |
| Population | 763[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Climate | Dfb |
Mieleszyn [mjɛˈlɛʂɘn] is a village in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Mieleszyn.[2]
During the German occupation (World War II), Mieleszyn was one of the sites of executions of Poles, carried out by the Germans in 1939 as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[3]
