Bąków Górny is a
village in the administrative district of
Gmina Zduny, within
Łowicz County,
Łódź Voivodeship, in central
Poland . It lies approximately west of
Zduny
Zduny (german: Zduny, 1943-45 Treustädt) is a town in west-central Poland with 4,551 inhabitants as of 2011. It has been part of the Greater Poland Voivodeship since 1999; it was within Kalisz Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998.
Location
Zduny ...
, west of
Łowicz, and north-east of the regional capital
Łódź.
During the
German invasion of Poland, which started
World War II, on September 17, 1939,
Wehrmacht troops murdered 18
Poles
Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, who share a common history, culture, the Polish language and are identified with the country of Poland in Ce ...
from Bąków Górny, including eight women and three children (see also ''
Nazi crimes against the Polish nation'').
[Maria Wardzyńska, ''Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion'', IPN, Warsaw, 2009, p. 96 (in Polish)]
References
External links
Central Statistical Office (GUS) ''Population: Size and Structure by Administrative Division''small> - (2007-12-31) (in
Polish)
Villages in Łowicz County
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