Toplin

Coordinates: 51°9′N 18°22′E / 51.150°N 18.367°E / 51.150; 18.367
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Toplin
Village
Toplin is located in Poland
Toplin
Toplin
Coordinates: 51°9′N 18°22′E / 51.150°N 18.367°E / 51.150; 18.367
Country Poland
VoivodeshipŁódź
CountyWieluń
GminaSkomlin
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationEWI

Toplin [ˈtɔplin] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Skomlin, within Wieluń County, Łódź Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) south-west of Skomlin, 17 km (11 mi) south-west of Wieluń, and 104 km (65 mi) south-west of the regional capital Łódź.[1]

History[edit]

The territory became a part of the emerging Polish state in the 10th century. Toplin was a private village of Polish nobility, including the Potocki family,[2] administratively located in the Sieradz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province. In 1827, it had a population of 198.[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[edit]

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ a b Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XII (in Polish). Warsaw. 1892. p. 391.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  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