Mieścisko, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Mieścisko [mjɛɕˈt͡ɕiskɔ] is a town in Wągrowiec County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.

[1] It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) south-east of Wągrowiec and 48 km (30 mi) north-east of the regional capital Poznań.

Mieścisko was a royal town of Poland, administratively located in the Gniezno County in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.

[2] Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, Mieścisko was occupied by Germany until 1945.

Local Poles were among the victims of massacres committed by the occupiers in 1939 in Kłecko and Bukowiec.