Mszadla, Łódź Voivodeship

Mszadla
Village
Mszadla is located in Poland
Mszadla
Mszadla
Coordinates: 51°53′58″N 19°53′54″E / 51.89944°N 19.89833°E / 51.89944; 19.89833
Country Poland
VoivodeshipŁódź
CountySkierniewice
GminaLipce Reymontowskie
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
96-127[1]
Vehicle registrationESK

Mszadla [ˈmʂadla] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lipce Reymontowskie, within Skierniewice County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland.[2] It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) west of Lipce Reymontowskie, 18 km (11 mi) west of Skierniewice, and 33 km (21 mi) north-east of the regional capital Łódź.

History

In the interwar period, it was administratively located in the Skierniewice County in the Warsaw Voivodeship. According to the 1921 census, the village had a population of 715, entirely Polish by nationality and Roman Catholic by confession.[3]

During the German invasion of Poland at the start of World War II, German forces on 10 September 1939 murdered 153 Poles in the village (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation). The victims were local farmers, refugees, four children as young as three years old.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Oficjalny Spis Pocztowych Numerów Adresowych" (PDF). Poczta Polska (in Polish). Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  2. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  3. ^ Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (in Polish). Vol. I. Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1925. p. 177.
  4. ^ Datner, Szymon. 55 dni Wehrmachtu w Polsce (in Polish). p. 333.