Wilkowyja (German: Neu Paulsdorf ) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kłecko, within Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately 4 km west of Kłecko, 19 km north-west of Gniezno, and 41 km north-east of the regional capital Poznań. In the years 1975-1998, the village administratively belonged to the Poznań Voivodeship. According to the 2021 National Census, Wilkowyja was inhabited by 387 inhabitants, of which 48.8% were women and 51.2% men. The main part of the village with single-family buildings is located by the district road 2154P connecting Wilkowyja with Polska Wieś and the provincial road No. 190. In the village, historic buildings from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, including a former manor house and school building, an old distillery and a historic Evangelical cemetery.

History

Wilkowyja was a knightly village owned by the Junosza family. The first mention of the village dates back to 1580, when the village paid tithes to Kłecko. However, a settlement probably existed in this place much earlier, as Wilkowyja is mentioned as one of the settlements of the Kłecko stronghold. In 1793 the heir of Wilkowyja was Mikołaj Węsierski. On March 18, 1908, the village changed its name to Neu Paulsdorf as a result of the connection with the manor area of Polska Wieś (German: Gustsbezirke Paulsdorf).

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Greater Poland Insurgents

Two participants of the Greater Poland Uprising, decorated with the Greater Poland Uprising Cross, came from Wilkowyja.