Olejnica Explained

Olejnica
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Greater Poland
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Wolsztyn
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Przemęt
Coordinates:51.9667°N 31°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Population Total:56
Registration Plate:PWL

Olejnica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Przemęt, within Wolsztyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 7km (04miles) south-west of Przemęt, 190NaN0 south-east of Wolsztyn, and 670NaN0 south-west of the regional capital Poznań.

History

In the past, Olejnica was a private church village of the monastery in Przemęt. Around 1845, it had a population of 55.[2]

Olejnica was often visited in the 1980s by Polish writers Wisława Szymborska and Kornel Filipowicz.[3] Szymborska wrote about the village in her poem Pożegnanie z widokiem.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . pl.
  2. Book: . Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom VII. 1886. pl. Warsaw. 457.
  3. Jezierski. Ryszard. 2012. Wisława Szymborska w Olejnicy. Biuletyn Absolwenta. pl. 55. 38–39.
  4. Jezierski, p. 40