Wyszanów, Łódź Voivodeship

Wyszanów [vɨˈʂanuf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wieruszów, within Wieruszów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north of Wieruszów and 102 km (63 mi) south-west of the regional capital Łódź.

Wyszanów
Village
Church of Saint Michael Archangel
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Coordinates: 51°21′30″N 18°9′41″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Łódź
County	Wieruszów
Gmina	Wieruszów
Population (approx.)
• Total	700
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	EWE

The village has an approximate population of 700.

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 Wieluń County in the Sieradz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Polish Crown.

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 (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[2]

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. p. 93.