Niechmirów

Niechmirów
Village
Niechmirów
Coordinates: 51°23′28″N 18°45′53″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Łódź
County	Sieradz
Gmina	Burzenin
Population	361
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	ESI

Niechmirów [ɲɛxˈmiruf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Burzenin, within Sieradz County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) south-west of Burzenin, 24 km (15 mi) south of Sieradz, and 66 km (41 mi) south-west of the regional capital Łódź.[1]

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the Germans operated a Nazi prison in Niechmirów that was subordinate to the prison in Sieradz.[2] In 1941, the Germans expelled the entire Polish population of the village.[3]

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. Studnicka-Mariańczyk, Karolina (2018). "Zakład Karny w Sieradzu w okresie okupacji hitlerowskiej 1939–1945". Zeszyty Historyczne (in Polish). 17: 187.
3. Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 304. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.