Ignacewo, Konin County
Ignacewo | |
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Village | |
 First Battle of Ignacewo of 1863 on a painting by Juliusz Kossak | |
  Ignacewo | |
| Coordinates: 52°23′N 18°26′E / 52.383°N 18.433°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Greater Poland |
| County | Konin |
| Gmina | Ślesin |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | PKN |
| Voivodeship roads |  |
Ignacewo [iɡnaˈt͡sɛvɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ślesin, within Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) east of Ślesin, 22 km (14 mi) north-east of Konin, and 104 km (65 mi) east of the regional capital Poznań.
Ignacewo was the site of two battles of the January Uprising between Polish insurgents and Russian troops. The First Battle of Ignacewo on May 8, 1863 was lost by the Poles, while the Second Battle of Ignacewo on June 9, 1863 ended in a Polish victory.[2]
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