Parzymiechy | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Silesian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Kłobuck |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Lipie |
Coordinates: | 51.0333°N 62°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Elevation Min M: | 219.0 |
Elevation Max M: | 256.8 |
Population Total: | 715 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Registration Plate: | SKL |
Parzymiechy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lipie, within Kłobuck County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6km (04miles) north-west of Lipie, 200NaN0 north-west of Kłobuck, and 890NaN0 north of the regional capital Katowice.
Parzymiechy was first mentioned in 1266. It was a private village of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Wieluń County in the Sieradz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[2]
In September 1939, during the German invasion of Poland, which started World War II, a battle was fought nearby. German troops burned the village on September 2, 1939, and murdered 75 Polish inhabitants, including 20 children (the, see also Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[3]
Main road connections from the Parzymiechy include connection with Praszka (to the west) and Działoszyn (to the north-east) via the National Road .