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Celiny, Tarnowskie Góry County
Celiny is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ożarowice, within Tarnowskie Góry County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 4 km south of Ożarowice, 14 km east of Tarnowskie Góry, and 21 km north of the regional capital Katowice.
History
In 1827 Celiny had a population of 41, which by the late 19th century grew to 109. 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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