Kleczanów Explained

Kleczanów
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Świętokrzyskie
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Sandomierz
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Obrazów
Coordinates:50.7156°N 21.5672°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Population Total:570
Population As Of:2006
Registration Plate:TSA
Area Code:(+48) 15
Postal Code Type:Post Code
Postal Code:27-641

Kleczanów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Obrazów, within Sandomierz County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately 6km (04miles) north-west of Obrazów, 140NaN0 west of Sandomierz, and 700NaN0 east of the regional capital Kielce.[1]

History

Nearby Kleczanów Forest features ancient burial grounds from the 8th–10th century.[2]

During World War II, Germans executed several dozens of Polish partisans in the vicinity of the village.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. http://www.obrazow.pl/index.php/miejscowoci/24-kleczanow.html Kleczanów, Oficjalny Serwis Gminy Obrazów
  3. Book: Kolus, Marian . Miejsca upamiętniające działalność Batalionów Chłopskich w latach 1940-1945 na terenie województwa świętokrzyskiego . 2011 . Ogólnopolski Związek Żołnierzy Batalionów Chłopskich, Zarząd Okręgu--Kielce : Ludowe Towarzystwo Naukowo-Kulturalne w Kielcach . 978-83-88161-39-1 . W naszej pamięci . Kielce . 163 . 881634007.