Wieleń

Wieleń [ˈvjɛlɛɲ] (German: Filehne) is a town in Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland. It is situated on the river Noteć.

Wieleń
Sapieha Palace
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Wieleń
Wieleń
Coordinates: 52°53′32″N 16°10′25″E
Country Poland
VoivodeshipGreater Poland
CountyCzarnków-Trzcianka
GminaWieleń
Area
 • Total4.32 km2 (1.67 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)
 • Total5,940
 • Density1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationPCT
Websitehttp://www.wielen.pl/

History
19th-century view of the Sapieha Palace, the greatest historic landmark of Wieleń

Part of Poland since the Middle Ages, Duke Władysław Odonic of Greater Poland brought the Cistercians to Wieleń in 1239.[1] Wieleń was a private town of Polish nobility, including the Czarnkowski and Sapieha families, administratively located in the Poznań County in the Poznań Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Polish Crown.[2] Zofia Czarnkowska erected the early Baroque Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and a hospital in Wieleń,[3] and Piotr Paweł Sapieha built a Baroque palace.

As a result of the First Partition of Poland, in 1772 it was annexed by Prussia. In 1807 it was regained by Poles and included in the newly established Duchy of Warsaw, after its dissolution in 1815 it was re-annexed by Prussia,[1] and from 1871 to 1919 it was part of Germany. After World War I, in 1918, Poland regained independence, and the Greater Poland Uprising broke out, which goal was to reunite the region with Poland. On January 18, 1919, the town was captured by Polish insurgents,[1] and afterwards restored to Poland. After the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II, from 1939 to 1945 it was occupied by Germany.

Historical monuments
  • Baroque Sapieha Palace (18th century)
  • Baroque Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and Saint Michael (1615–1630)
  • Bismarck Tower (1902)

Sports

The local football team is Fortuna Wieleń. It competes in the lower leagues.

People
Residents

References
  1. "Wieleń". Encyklopedia PWN (in Polish). Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  2. Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany, Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Warszawa, 2017, p. 1a (in Polish)
  3. Marian Surdacki, Opieka społeczna w Wielkopolsce Zachodniej w XVII i XVIII wieku, Towarzystwo Naukowe Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego, Lublin, 1992, p. 235 (in Polish)
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