| Sokolniki | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Łódź |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Wieruszów |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Sokolniki |
| Coordinates: | 51.3069°N 18.3414°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Population Total: | 1200 |
| Population Footnotes: | (approx.) |
| Registration Plate: | EWE |
| Blank Name Sec2: | Voivodeship road |
Sokolniki is a village in Wieruszów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Sokolniki. It lies approximately 14km (09miles) east of Wieruszów and 950NaN0 south-west of the regional capital Łódź.[1]
The town has an approximate population of 1,200.
The territory became a part of the emerging Polish state in the 10th century. In the 15th century, a Catholic parish and church were established in Sokolniki.[2] Sokolniki was a royal village of Kingdom of Poland, administratively located in the Wieluń County in the Sieradz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province.[2] [3] The palace was built in 1775.
In 1827, the village had a population of 989.[4]
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1940, the German gendarmerie carried out expulsions of Poles, who were placed in a transit camp in Łódź, and then young Poles were deported to forced labour in Germany and German-occupied France, and others were deported to the General Government in the more eastern part of German-occupied Poland.[5] Houses and farms of expelled Poles were handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.[6]
The Voivodeship road 482 runs through Sokolniki, and its intersection with the S8 highway is located nearby, north-east of the village.