Dominikowice, Łódź Voivodeship

See also: Dominikowice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Dominikowice [dɔminikɔˈvit͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Poddębice, within Poddębice County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) west of Poddębice and 48 km (30 mi) west of the regional capital Łódź.

Dominikowice
Village
Dominikowice
Coordinates: 51°55′46″N 18°48′59″E / 51.92944°N 18.81639°E / 51.92944; 18.81639
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Łódź
County	Poddębice
Gmina	Poddębice
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	EPD

History

Dominikowice was a private village of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Szadek County in the Sieradz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.^[2]

During the German invasion of Poland at the start of World War II, on 8 September 1939, German troops carried out a massacre of 23 Poles, including a 14-year-old girl (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).^[3]

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. 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. 3.
3. Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 93.