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Dziekanka

Coordinates: 52°31′47″N 17°34′42″E / 52.52972°N 17.57833°E / 52.52972; 17.57833
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Dziekanka
District of Gniezno
Museum of the Polish State Origins in Dziekanka
Museum of the Polish State Origins in Dziekanka
Dziekanka is located in Poland
Dziekanka
Dziekanka
Coordinates: 52°31′47″N 17°34′42″E / 52.52972°N 17.57833°E / 52.52972; 17.57833
Country Poland
VoivodeshipGreater Poland
County/CityGniezno
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationPGN

Dziekanka is a district of Gniezno, Poland,[1] located in the western part of the city.

The Museum of the Polish State Origins and the Dziekanka Regional Psychiatric Hospital are located in Dziekanka.

History

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In 1894, a psychiatric hospital was established in Dziekanka.

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), between 7 December 1939 and 12 January 1940, the SS-Sonderkommandos gassed some 1,200 patients of the local psychiatric hospital (see Aktion T4).[2]

References

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  1. ^ Rozporządzenie Ministra Administracji i Cyfryzacji z dnia 13 grudnia 2012 r. w sprawie wykazu urzędowych nazw miejscowości i ich części, Dz. U., 2013, No. 200
  2. ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. pp. 216–217.