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Kowalewice, Łódź Voivodeship

Coordinates: 51°56′8″N 19°17′43″E / 51.93556°N 19.29528°E / 51.93556; 19.29528
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Kowalewice
Village
Kowalewice is located in Poland
Kowalewice
Kowalewice
Coordinates: 51°56′8″N 19°17′43″E / 51.93556°N 19.29528°E / 51.93556; 19.29528
Country Poland
VoivodeshipŁódź
CountyZgierz
GminaParzęczew
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationEZG

Kowalewice [kɔvalɛˈvit͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Parzęczew, within Zgierz County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) east of Parzęczew, 13 km (8 mi) north-west of Zgierz, and 21 km (13 mi) north-west of the regional capital Łódź.

History

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Kowalewice was a royal village, administratively located in the Łęczyca County in the Łęczyca Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[2]

During the German Invasion of Poland in 1939, German forces on 11 September murdered 23 Poles in the village (see also Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[3]

References

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  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. 3.
  3. ^ Datner, Szymon. 55 dni Wehrmachtu w Polsce (in Polish). p. 352.