| Działoszyn | |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Coordinates: | 51.1178°N 18.87°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name1: | Łódź |
| Subdivision Name2: | Pajęczno |
| Subdivision Name3: | Działoszyn |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1412 |
| Established Title3: | Town rights |
| Established Date3: | 1412, 1994 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Rafał Drab |
| Area Total Km2: | 4.94 |
| Population As Of: | 31 December 2021[1] |
| Population Total: | 5627 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 98-355 |
| Area Code: | +48 43 |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Registration Plate: | EPJ |
| Blank Name Sec2: | National roads |
| Blank1 Name Sec2: | Voivodeship roads |
| Website: | https://www.dzialoszyn.pl |
Działoszyn is a town in Pajęczno County, Łódź Voivodeship, in south-central Poland, with 5,627 inhabitants as of December 2021.
Działoszyn was granted town rights in 1421. It was a private town, administratively located in the Wieluń County in the Sieradz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[2]
During the German invasion of Poland at the beginning of World War II, Działoszyn was the site of heavy fights between the Poles and the Germans. The town was heavily bombed by the Germans, and most of its Jews fled to nearby Paincheno, where they were employed in forced labor. Eventually, the town's Jews were murdered by the occupiers in the Holocaust.[3] The German occupiers, renamed the town to Dilltal. In 1945, the German occupation ended, and the town's historic name was restored.
The local football club is Warta Działoszyn. It competes in the lower leagues. It was the first club of retired Poland national football team player Robert Warzycha.