See also: Podrzecze, Lesser Poland Voivodeship.
Podrzecze | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Greater Poland |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Gostyń |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Piaski |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Coordinates: | 51.8667°N 19°W |
Population Total: | 284 |
Podrzecze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Piaski, within Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 40NaN0 south-west of Piaski, 20NaN0 south-east of Gostyń, and 600NaN0 south of the regional capital Poznań.
Approximately 100 graves dating from ca. 12th century BC have been discovered near Podrzecze. Often the deceased were put on a pyre and in the grave the items he used in his life. Nearly 140 different types of items were found. There were also animal graves - it is one of six animal mass graves in Poland dating back to the Lusatian culture, including the only one in Poland for horses.[2]