Zimnowoda | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 51°1′34″N 18°43′35″E / 51.02611°N 18.72639°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Voivodeship | Silesian |
County | Kłobuck |
Gmina | Lipie |
Population | 565 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Vehicle registration | SKL |
Zimnowoda [ʑimnɔˈvɔda] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lipie, within Kłobuck County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) west of Lipie, 19 km (12 mi) north-west of Kłobuck, and 89 km (55 mi) north of the regional capital Katowice.
History
[edit]During the German invasion of Poland, which started World War II, on September 2, 1939, the Germans carried out a massacre of 38 Polish inhabitants, including 10 children (the Zimnowoda and Parzymiechy massacre , see also Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 98.