Janiszewice Explained

Janiszewice
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Łódź
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Zduńska Wola
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Zduńska Wola
Pushpin Map:Poland
Coordinates:51.6167°N 75°W
Registration Plate:EZD

Janiszewice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zduńska Wola, within Zduńska Wola County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 3km (02miles) north-west of Zduńska Wola and 410NaN0 south-west of the regional capital Łódź.

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the Germans operated a Nazi prison in Janiszewice that was subordinate to the prison in Sieradz.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. Studnicka-Mariańczyk. Karolina. 2018. Zakład Karny w Sieradzu w okresie okupacji hitlerowskiej 1939–1945. Zeszyty Historyczne. pl. 17. 187.