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Brzezinka, Gmina Andrychów

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For other places with the same name, see Brzezinka (disambiguation). Village in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
Brzezinka
Village
Brzezinka is located in PolandBrzezinkaBrzezinka
Coordinates: 49°49′41″N 19°18′55″E / 49.82806°N 19.31528°E / 49.82806; 19.31528
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLesser Poland
CountyWadowice
GminaAndrychów
Population727
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationKWA

Brzezinka (Polish pronunciation: [bʐɛˈʑiŋka]) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Andrychów, within Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) south of Andrychów, 15 km (9 mi) south-west of Wadowice, and 52 km (32 mi) south-west of the regional capital Kraków.

History

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1942, the German gendarmerie carried out expulsions of Poles, whose houses and farms were then handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy. Expelled Poles were enslaved as forced labour of new German colonists.

References

  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 453. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.
Gmina Andrychów
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