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# Wieleń

A settlement in Poland.

## English name

**Wieleń** — Official Polish Latin-script name retained in English.

Other forms in use:

- **Filehne** — German historical name used in English accounts of the locality before 1945.
- **Deutsch Filehne** — Historical German municipality north of the Noteć, 1927–1937; only part of today’s town.
- **Wieleń nad Notecią** — Qualified Polish name in locality naming data; means Wieleń on the Noteć.
- **Wielen** — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Wieleń for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified.
- **Wielen nad Notecia** — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Wieleń nad Notecią for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified.

## French name

**Wieleń** — Same as in English; used as the French locality heading.

Other forms in use:

- **Filehne** — German historical name explicitly printed in French locality history; not the current French heading.
- **Wielen** — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Wieleń for French retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified.

## About

Wieleń is a town on the Noteć River in western Poland. The river once divided it between Poland and Germany, while its older landmarks include a Baroque church and palace.

## Notes

Deutsch Filehne referred to the separate north-bank municipality, not the whole modern Wieleń. River divided the town between Poland and Germany in the interwar period. Empty input Wikidata ID resolved to Q988612. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wieleń ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wieleń.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q988612](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q988612) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/poland/wielen/?format=json)


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