Misplaced Pages

Parzymiechy

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Village in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Parzymiechy
Village
Central part of the villageCentral part of the village
Parzymiechy is located in PolandParzymiechyParzymiechy
Coordinates: 51°2′N 18°44′E / 51.033°N 18.733°E / 51.033; 18.733
Country Poland
VoivodeshipSilesian
CountyKłobuck
GminaLipie
Highest elevation256.8 m (842.5 ft)
Lowest elevation219.0 m (718.5 ft)
Population
 • Total715
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationSKL

Parzymiechy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lipie, within Kłobuck County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) north-west of Lipie, 20 km (12 mi) north-west of Kłobuck, and 89 km (55 mi) north of the regional capital Katowice.

History

Parzymiechy was first mentioned in 1266. It was a private village of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Wieluń County in the Sieradz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.

In September 1939, during the German invasion of Poland, which started World War II, a battle was fought nearby. German troops burned the village on September 2, 1939, and murdered 75 Polish inhabitants, including 20 children (the Zimnowoda and Parzymiechy massacre [pl], see also Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).

Transport

Main road connections from the Parzymiechy include connection with Praszka (to the west) and Działoszyn (to the north-east) via the National Road DK 42.

Gallery

  • Saints Peter and Paul church Saints Peter and Paul church
  • Grave of Polish soldiers fallen during the German invasion of Poland Grave of Polish soldiers fallen during the German invasion of Poland
  • Grave of Polish priests and organist, murdered by the Germans during World War II Grave of Polish priests and organist, murdered by the Germans during World War II
  • Aerial view Aerial view

References

  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. Atlas historyczny Polski. Województwo sieradzkie i województwo łęczyckie w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 1998. p. 4.
  3. Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 98.
Gmina Lipie
Seat Coat of arms
Other villages
Massacres of ethnic Poles in World War II
Present-day Poland
Pre-war Polish Volhynia
(Wołyń Voivodeship,
present-day Ukraine)
Pre-war Polish Eastern Galicia
(Stanisławów, Tarnopol
and eastern Lwów Voivodeships,
present-day Ukraine)
Polish self-defence centres in Volhynia
Remainder of present-day Ukraine
Pre-war Polish Nowogródek, Polesie
and eastern parts of Wilno and Białystok
Voivodeships (present-day Belarus)
Remainder of present-day Belarus
Wilno Region Proper
in the pre-war Polish Wilno Voivodeship
(present-day Lithuania)
Present-day Russia
Present-day Germany
Related articles
Categories: