Dąbie, Greater Poland Voivodeship
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Dąbie
| image_shield = POL Dąbie COA.svg
| image_skyline = MOs810 WG 55 2016 Pyzdry Forest III (Saint Nicholas church in Dąbie nad Nerem) (7).jpg
| image_caption = Saint Nicholas church with town hall in background
| pushpin_map = Poland
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
| subdivision_name1 = Greater Poland
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Koło
| subdivision_type3 = Gmina
| subdivision_name3 = Dąbie
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Tomasz Ludwicki
| area_total_km2 = 8.86
| population_as_of = 31 December 2021{{cite web|url=https://bdl.stat.gov.pl/BDL/dane/teryt/jednostka|title=Local Data Bank|access-date=2022-07-28|publisher=Statistics Poland}} Data for territorial unit 3009044.
| population_total = 1940
| population_density_km2 = auto
| coordinates = {{coord|52|5|19|N|18|49|32|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}
| timezone = CET
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = CEST
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 62-660
| area_code = +48 63
| registration_plate = PKL
| blank_name_sec2 = Highways
| blank_info_sec2 = File:A2-PL.svg
| blank1_name_sec2 = Voivodeship roads
| blank1_info_sec2 = 32px 32px
| website = http://www.gminadabie.pl/
}}
Dąbie {{IPAc-pl|'|d|o|m|b|J|e}} is a town on the Ner River in central Poland with 1,940 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is situated in Koło County in Greater Poland Voivodeship.{{TERYT}} It is located within the historic Łęczyca Land. Dabie is situated near several nature trails and is known locally for its scenic walking routes.
History
In the 10th century, the area became part of the emerging Polish state under its first historic ruler Mieszko I. The town was first mentioned in 1232. Municipal status was granted in 1423. It was a royal town, administratively located in the Łęczyca County in the Łęczyca Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.{{cite book|author= |title=Atlas historyczny Polski. Województwo sieradzkie i województwo łęczyckie w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany|year=1998|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk|page=3}}
Before World War II, about 1,000 Jews lived in Dąbie.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryJLTOCUlFk Alan Heath Synagogue at Dąbie] During the German occupation, they were confined to a ghetto in summer of 1940. Some were sent to forced labor camps, but most were sent directly to Chełmno extermination camp in December 1941 where they were gassed in specially adapted vans.'The Holocaust', Martin Gilbert, (1986), p.241.{{cite book |last1=Megargee |first1=Geoffrey |title=Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos |date=2012 |publisher=University of Indiana Press |location=Bloomington, Indiana |isbn=978-0-253-35599-7 |page=Volume II, 50–51}} Only a few Dąbie Jews survived the war. The Polish resistance was active in the town, and Polish underground press was distributed there.{{cite book|author= |title=Encyklopedia konspiracji Wielkopolskiej 1939–1945|year=1998|location=Poznań|language=pl|publisher=Instytut Zachodni|page=178|isbn=83-85003-97-5}}
Transport
Dąbie is located at the intersection of Voivodeship roads 263 and 473, and the A2 motorway runs nearby, south of the town.
Gallery
MOs810 WG 55 2016 Pyzdry Forest III (Town Hall in Dabie nad Nerem).jpg|Town hall
Dabie - pomnik.jpg|Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Dąbie dom z XVII w 4148.JPG|Historic building at 1 Maja Street
Dabie Kościół Ewangelicki 4153.JPG|Evangelical church
References
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{{Gmina Dąbie, Greater Poland Voivodeship}}
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Category:Cities and towns in Greater Poland Voivodeship
Category:Holocaust locations in Poland
Category:Populated riverside places in Poland
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