Markówka | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Łódź |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Pabianice |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Dobroń |
Coordinates: | 51.65°N 33°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Markówka (German: Hochweiler) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dobroń, within Pabianice County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately 2km (01miles) north-west of Dobroń, 110NaN0 west of Pabianice, and 220NaN0 south-west of the regional capital Łódź.[1]
The village was founded in 1802 as a colony of German settlers, they called it Hochweiler. In 1822, 167 people lived here, at the end of the century - 288 people, and in 1921 - 222, of whom 211 professed Protestantism. The village belonged to the Evangelical parish in Pabianice. After World War II the village was abandoned as the inhabitants fled West, a state farm was established here.