Zgierz

Coordinates: 51°51′N 19°25′E / 51.850°N 19.417°E / 51.850; 19.417
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See also: Zgierz, Pomeranian Voivodeship
Zgierz
Town hall with the Saint Catherine church in the background
Town hall with the Saint Catherine church in the background
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Websitehttp://www.umz.zgierz.pl

Zgierz [zɡʲɛʂ] ⓘ is a city in central Poland, located just to the north of Łódź, and part of the metropolitan area centered on that city. As of 2021, it had a population of 54,974.[1] Located within the historic Łęczyca Land, it is the capital of Zgierz County in the Łódź Voivodeship.

History

Saint Catherine church

Zgierz is one of the oldest cities in central Poland. The oldest known mention of Zgierz comes from 1231, when two dukes of fragmented

royal city of Poland, administratively located in the Łęczyca County in the Łęczyca Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[3]

During the joint German-Soviet

looted, Polish monuments were destroyed.[2] Despite this, the Polish underground resistance movement was active in Zgierz.[2]

Commemoration of the 72nd anniversary of the German massacre of 100 Poles in Zgierz

Before the war, Zgierz had a thriving

General Gouvernment, German-occupied central Poland. Left behind were fewer than 100 Jews, mostly craftsmen thought to be useful to the Germans. In 1942, these Jews were deported to the Łódź Ghetto. This history is unusual in that no mass killings in Zgierz were reported. Of course, the Jews deported to Łódz and Głowno were caught up in the fate of those communities, and most were later deported to the Treblinka extermination camp. As many as 350 Jewish residents of Zgierz survived the war, but did not return to the town.[7]

On March 20, 1942, the Germans carried out a public execution of 100 Poles in the town, who were then buried in Lućmierz-Las.[8] A memorial was erected at the site of the massacre after the war.[8] Around 50 Poles from Zgierz took part in the Warsaw Uprising in 1944.[2] In total over 7,600 inhabitants of Zgierz died under German occupation, which ended in January 1945.[2]

Town limits were expanded in 1954, 1959, and 1988.[2]

Sports

The local football team is Boruta Zgierz [pl]. It competes in the lower leagues.

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland

Zgierz is

twinned with:[9]

Panorama

Panorama of the Jan Paweł II square in Zgierz.

References

  1. ^ a b "Local Data Bank". Statistics Poland. Retrieved 18 August 2022. Data for territorial unit 1020031.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Kalendarium historyczne". Miasto Zgierz (in Polish). Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. p. 292.
  5. ^ Wardzyńska, p. 94, 96
  6. ^ Wardzyńska, p. 204-205
  7. ISBN 978-0-253-35599-7
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  8. ^ a b "Pomnik Stu Straconych". Miasto Zgierz (in Polish). Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  9. ^ "Miasta partnerskie". miasto.zgierz.pl (in Polish). Zgierz. Retrieved 2021-03-29.

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