Dziekanka is a district of Gniezno, Poland,[1] located in the western part of the city.
Dziekanka | |
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District of Gniezno | |
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Coordinates: 52°31′47″N 17°34′42″E / 52.52972°N 17.57833°E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Greater Poland |
County/City | Gniezno |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Vehicle registration | PGN |
The Museum of the Polish State Origins and the Dziekanka Regional Psychiatric Hospital are located in Dziekanka.
In 1894, a psychiatric hospital was established in Dziekanka.
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), between 7 December 1939 and 12 January 1940, the SS-Sonderkommandos gassed some 1,200 patients of the local psychiatric hospital (see Aktion T4).[2]