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Sokolniki, Wieruszów County
Sokolniki [sɔkɔlˈɲikʲi] 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 14 kilometres (9 mi) east of Wieruszów and 95 km (59 mi) south-west of the regional capital Łódź.[1] The town has an approximate population of 1,200. HistoryThe 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] TransportThe Voivodeship road 482 runs through Sokolniki, and its intersection with the S8 highway is located nearby, north-east of the village. References
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