Zielonka | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Greater Poland |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Poznań |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Murowana Goślina |
Coordinates: | 52.55°N 24°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Population Total: | 60 |
Zielonka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Murowana Goślina, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 8km (05miles) east of Murowana Goślina and 220NaN0 north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The village has an approximate population of 60.
Zielonka was first mentioned in written records in 1397. It is situated in the middle of the Puszcza Zielonka forest and landscape park. It has a small lake, from which the Trojanka stream flows northward towards Głęboczek.
The University of Life Sciences in Poznań has a research centre in the village. There is also an Arboretum covering 83 ha and featuring about 800 kinds of trees and shrubs. At the main entrance to the Arboretum stand two horse chestnut trees 420 and 330 cm in circumference, and an oak measuring 310 cm.