Leszno, Łęczyca County

Leszno [ˈlɛʂnɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grabów, within Łęczyca County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland.[1]

For other places with the same name, see Leszno.
Leszno
Village
Leszno is located in Poland
Leszno
Leszno
Leszno is located in Łódź Voivodeship
Leszno
Leszno
Coordinates: 52°05′20″N 18°56′48″E
Country Poland
VoivodeshipŁódź
CountyŁęczyca
GminaGrabów
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationELE

History

In the late 19th century, the village had a population of 149.[2]

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1940, 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.[3]

References
  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom V (in Polish). Warsaw. 1884. p. 177.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. pp. 248, 251. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.



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