Kobylniki | |
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Village | |
 Twardowski Palace in Kobylniki | |
  Kobylniki | |
| Coordinates:52°40′N16°33′E / 52.667°N 16.550°E /52.667; 16.550 | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Greater Poland |
| County | Szamotuły |
| Gmina | Obrzycko |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | PSZ |
Kobylniki[kɔbɨlˈniki] is avillage in the administrative district ofGmina Obrzycko, withinSzamotuły County,Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[1]
The landmark of Kobylniki is theNeo-Renaissance Kobylniki Palace, designed byZygmunt Gorgolewski and built for the Twardowski family.
Kobylniki was mentioned in 1218 as a possession of theCistercian monasteryŁekno,[2] and later it was a private village ofPolish nobility, administratively located in the Poznań County in thePoznań Voivodeship in theGreater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[3]
During theGerman occupation of Poland (World War II), the forest of Kobylniki was the site of large massacres ofPoles from nearby towns and villages, carried out by the Germans.[4] There is a memorial at the site. During theIntelligenzaktion, Poles from Kobylniki were also murdered inKościan and theMauthausen concentration camp.[5]
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