Sokolniki | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 51°18′25″N 18°20′29″E / 51.30694°N 18.34139°E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Łódź |
County | Wieruszów |
Gmina | Sokolniki |
Population (approx.) | |
• Total | 1,200 |
Time zone | UTC+1 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+2 ( CEST) |
Vehicle registration | EWE |
Voivodeship road |
Sokolniki [sɔkɔlˈɲikʲi] is a village in Wieruszów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Sokolniki. It lies approximately 14 kilometres (9 mi) east of Wieruszów and 95 km (59 mi) south-west of the regional capital Łódź. [1]
The town has an approximate population of 1,200.
The territory became a part of the emerging Polish state in the 10th century. In the 15th century, a Catholic parish and church were established in Sokolniki. [2] Sokolniki was a royal village of Kingdom of Poland, administratively located in the Wieluń County in the Sieradz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province. [2] [3] The palace was built in 1775.
In 1827, the village had a population of 989. [4]
During the German occupation of Poland ( World War II), in 1940, the German gendarmerie carried out expulsions of Poles, who were placed in a transit camp in Łódź, and then young Poles were deported to forced labour in Germany and German-occupied France, and others were deported to the General Government in the more eastern part of German-occupied Poland. [5] Houses and farms of expelled Poles were handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy. [6]
The Voivodeship road 482 runs through Sokolniki, and its intersection with the S8 highway is located nearby, north-east of the village.
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