Dziekanka

Dziekanka is a district of Gniezno, Poland, located in the western part of the city.

The Museum of the Polish State Origins and the Dziekanka Regional Psychiatric Hospital are located in Dziekanka.

History
In 1894, a psychiatric hospital was established in Dziekanka.

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), between 7 December 1939 and 12 January 1940, the SS-Sonderkommandos gassed some 1,200 patients of the local psychiatric hospital (see Aktion T4).