Podrzecze, Greater Poland Voivodeship Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS)  - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. Web site: A survey of the investigations of the Bronze and Iron Age sites in Poland in 1986. Digital Repository of Scientific Institutes. Sprawozdania Archeologiczne. 26 March 2022.