Koźle, Łódź Voivodeship

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Koźle
Village
Saint Stephen church in Koźle
Saint Stephen church in Koźle
Koźle is located in Poland
Koźle
Koźle
Coordinates: 51°56′26″N 19°35′4″E / 51.94056°N 19.58444°E / 51.94056; 19.58444Coordinates: 51°56′26″N 19°35′4″E / 51.94056°N 19.58444°E / 51.94056; 19.58444
Country Poland
VoivodeshipŁódź
CountyZgierz
GminaStryków
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationEZG

Koźle [ˈkɔʑlɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stryków, within Zgierz County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) north-west of Stryków, 16 km (10 mi) north-east of Zgierz, and 20 km (12 mi) north-east of the regional capital Łódź.

On September 8, 1939, during the German invasion of Poland which started World War II, invading German troops carried out a massacre of 17 local Polish farmers (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[2]

Transport[]

The Polish A1 motorway runs nearby, east of the village.

References[]

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. pp. 93, 125.



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