Parma, Łódź Voivodeship

For other places with the same name, see Parma.

Parma
Village
Parma
Coordinates: 52°3′23″N 19°59′51″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Łódź
County	Łowicz
Gmina	Łowicz
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	ELC

Parma [ˈparma] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Łowicz, within Łowicz County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) south-east of Łowicz and 48 km (30 mi) north-east of the regional capital Łódź.^[2]

History

The village is named after the Italian city of Parma.^[3] It was owned by Polish noblewoman Helena Radziwiłłowa, who probably founded the village.^[3]

During the invasion of Poland, which started World War II, on 12 September 1939, Germans murdered 32 Polish farmers in Parma, including 11 inhabitants of the village (see also Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).^[4] There is a memorial dedicated to the victims in the village.^[3]

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. Central Statistical Office (GUS) Population: Size and Structure by Administrative Division - (2007-12-31) (in Polish)
3. "Parma". GminaLowicz.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 24 July 2020.
4. Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. p. 96.