Celiny [t͡sɛˈlinɨ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ożarowice, within Tarnowskie Góry County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.
[1] It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south of Ożarowice, 14 km (9 mi) east of Tarnowskie Góry, and 21 km (13 mi) north of the regional capital Katowice.
In 1827 Celiny had a population of 41,[2] which by the late 19th century grew to 109.
[3] During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1940, the Germans carried out a massacre of 29 Poles, merchants, miners, craftsmen and workers from various nearby cities, in Celiny (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).
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