Wiejca

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Wiejca
Village
Wiejca Radio Relay Tower
Wiejca Radio Relay Tower
Wiejca is located in Poland
Wiejca
Wiejca
Coordinates: 52°16′N 20°30′E / 52.267°N 20.500°E / 52.267; 20.500
Country Poland
VoivodeshipMasovian
CountyWarsaw West
GminaKampinos
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Wiejca [ˈvjɛi̯t͡sa] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kampinos, within Warsaw West County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.[1]

South of Wiejca at 52°15′31″N 20°29′56″E / 52.25861°N 20.49889°E / 52.25861; 20.49889 (SLR Wiecja), there is a lattice tower used for radio relay links. This facility, whose Polish designation is SLR Wiecja, was used from 1974 to 1991 for the radio relay link between Warsaw and RCN Konstantynow.

Nine Polish citizens were murdered by Nazi Germany in the village during World War II.[2]

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