Sokolniki, Wieruszów County
The town has an approximate population of 1,200.
History
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. Sokolniki was a royal village of Kingdom of Poland, administratively located in the Wieluń County in the Sieradz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province. The palace was built in 1775.
In 1827, the village had a population of 989.
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. Houses and farms of expelled Poles were handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.
Transport
The Voivodeship road 482 runs through Sokolniki, and its intersection with the S8 highway is located nearby, north-east of the village.
References
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XI (in Polish). Warszawa. 1890. p. 21.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Atlas historyczny Polski. Województwo sieradzkie i województwo łęczyckie w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 1998. p. 4.
- ^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XI. p. 20.
- ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. p. 253. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.
- ^ Wardzyńska, p. 255