| Guźnia | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Total Type: | |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Łódź |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Łowicz |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Łowicz |
| Coordinates: | 52.0836°N 19.8125°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Population Total: | 175[1] |
Guźnia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Łowicz, within Łowicz County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately 9km (06miles) west of Łowicz and 410NaN0 north-east of the regional capital Łódź. It is located within the historic region of Mazovia.
Guźnia dates back to the 14th century, and was first mentioned in 1367.[2] Its name is derived from the Old Polish word gozd ("forest").[2] Guźnia was a private church village within the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Rawa Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Polish Crown, owned by the Archdiocese of Gniezno. In the second half of the 16th century, the village was located in the administrative unit Sochaczew Land of the local government Rawa Voivodeship in the historical Kingdom of Poland.[3] It belonged to the Chruślin estate of the Archbishops of Gniezn.[4]
During the German invasion of Poland, which started World War II, on September 16, 1939, Wehrmacht troops murdered 12 Polish farmers from Guźnia and nearby Bocheń near the Rydwan lake, south Guźnia (see also Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[5] There is a Polish military cemetery in the village.[2]