Bieniądzice

Bieniądzice
Village
Culvert in Bieniądzice
Bieniądzice
Coordinates: 51°15′N 18°36′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Łódź
County	Wieluń
Gmina	Wieluń
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	EWI
National roads

Bieniądzice [bjɛɲɔnˈd͡ʑit͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wieluń, within Wieluń County, Łódź Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) north-east of Wieluń and 85 km (53 mi) south-west of the regional capital Łódź.^[1]

History

In 1827, the village had a population of 115.^[2]

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.^[3] Houses and farms of expelled Poles were handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.^[4]

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom I (in Polish). Warsaw. 1880. p. 219.
3. Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 253. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.
4. Wardzyńska, p. 255