Niechmirów Explained

Niechmirów
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Łódź
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Sieradz
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Burzenin
Coordinates:51.3911°N 18.7647°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Population Total:361
Registration Plate:ESI

Niechmirów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Burzenin, within Sieradz County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately 9km (06miles) south-west of Burzenin, 240NaN0 south of Sieradz, and 660NaN0 south-west of the regional capital Łódź.[1]

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the Germans operated a Nazi prison in Niechmirów that was subordinate to the prison in Sieradz.[2] In 1941, the Germans expelled the entire Polish population of the village.[3]

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.
  3. Book: Wardzyńska, Maria. 2017. Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945. pl. Warsaw. IPN. 304. 978-83-8098-174-4.