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See also: Wyszanów, Lubusz Voivodeship Village in Łódź Voivodeship, Poland
Wyszanów
Village
Church of Saint Michael ArchangelChurch of Saint Michael Archangel
Wyszanów is located in PolandWyszanówWyszanów
Coordinates: 51°21′30″N 18°9′41″E / 51.35833°N 18.16139°E / 51.35833; 18.16139
Country Poland
VoivodeshipŁódź
CountyWieruszów
GminaWieruszów
Population
 • Total700
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationEWE

Wyszanów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wieruszów, within Wieruszów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north of Wieruszów and 102 km (63 mi) south-west of the regional capital Łódź.

History

Graves of the fallen Polish defenders of the village from September 1939

Wyszanów was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Ostrzeszów County in the Sieradz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province.

During the German invasion of Poland, which started World War II, in September 1939, the Germans deliberately threw a grenade into a basement where women and children were hiding, thus killing 16 people, including 11 children (the Wyszanów massacre, see also Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).

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. 93.
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