Mełno [ˈmɛu̯nɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gruta, within Grudziądz County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1]
Mełno | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Mełno Palace | |
  Mełno | |
| Coordinates: 53°26′06″N 18°56′12″E / 53.43500°N 18.93667°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Kuyavian-Pomeranian |
| County | Grudziądz |
| Gmina | Gruta |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | CGR |
| Voivodeship roads |  |
History
editThe Treaty of Melno was signed in the village in 1422. A monument commemorates the treaty.
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), Mełno was one of the sites of executions of Poles, carried out by the Germans in 1939 as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[2]
Transport
editThere is a train station in the village.
References
edit- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ The Pomeranian Crime 1939. Warsaw: IPN. 2018. p. 43.
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