Młyniewo
Settlement in Poland
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Młyniewo is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Grodzisk Wielkopolski, within Grodzisk County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in western Poland.[1]
Młyniewo | |
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Settlement | |
Memorial at the site of the former Nazi German camp in Młyniewo | |
  Młyniewo | |
| Coordinates: 52°12′12″N 16°22′46″E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Greater Poland |
| County | Grodzisk |
| Gmina | Grodzisk Wielkopolski |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | PGO |
History
Młyniewo was a private village of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Kościan County in the Poznań Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[2]
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1939–1940, the occupiers operated a transit camp for expelled Poles from the region in Młyniewo.[3] The camp's inmates slept on a floor covered with a thin layer of straw.[3] Women with children were kept in separate barracks.[3] Afterwards, it was converted into a prisoner-of-war camp for Allied POWs. There is a memorial at the site.