Brzoza | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Łódź |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Wieluń |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Biała |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Coordinates: | 51.25°N 44°W |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Registration Plate: | EWI |
Brzoza is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biała, within Wieluń County, Łódź Voivodeship, in south-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 2km (01miles) south of Biała, 110NaN0 west of Wieluń, and 930NaN0 south-west of the regional capital Łódź.
In 1827, Brzoza had a population of 169.[2]
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1940, the German gendarmerie carried out expulsions of Poles, who were either enslaved as forced labour in the region or deported to the General Government in the more eastern part of German-occupied Poland.[3] Houses and farms of expelled Poles were handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.[4]