See also: Ślesin, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship.
| Ślesin | |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Greater Poland |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Konin |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Ślesin |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1231 |
| Established Title2: | Town rights |
| Established Date2: | 1358 |
| Area Total Km2: | 7.18 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Total: | 3200 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Coordinates: | 52.3667°N 36°W |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 62-561 |
| Registration Plate: | PKN |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Blank Name Sec2: | National roads |
| Blank1 Name Sec2: | Voivodeship roads |
| Website: | http://www.slesin.pl |
Ślesin (Yiddish: שלעשין or Shleshin) is a town in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in central Poland, with 3,200 inhabitants (2010).
The oldest known mention of Ślesin comes from a document of Polish monarch Konrad I of Masovia from 1231. It was granted town rights in 1358 by King Casimir III the Great. It was a private church town, administratively located in the Konin County in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[1]
Following the Second Partition of Poland in 1793, the town was annexed by Prussia. After the successful Greater Poland uprising of 1806, it was regained by Poles and included within the short-lived Duchy of Warsaw. After the duchy's dissolution, it fell to the Russian-controlled Congress Kingdom in 1815. Battles of the January Uprising between Polish insurgents and Russian troops were fought near Ślesin on March 22 and October 10, 1863.[2] The town eventually returned to Poland when the country regained its independence in 1918. During World War II, Ślesin was occupied by the Wehrmacht on 13 September 1939, annexed to Nazi Germany from 1939 to 1945 and administered as part of the newly formed province of Reichsgau Wartheland. The town was liberated by the Red Army on 20 January 1945 during the Vistula–Oder Offensive, and restored to Poland.