Rychłocice
Sign in to saveRychłocice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Konopnica, within Wieluń County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies on the Warta River, approximately north of Konopnica, north-east of Wieluń, and south-west of the regional capital Łódź.
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Rychłocice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Konopnica, within Wieluń County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies on the Warta River, approximately north of Konopnica, north-east of Wieluń, and south-west of the regional capital Łódź.
==History== During the German invasion of Poland at the start of World War II, on 3 September 1939, it was the location of fierce fighting between Polish and German troops, and the bridge over the Warta River was bombed by the Luftwaffe. Afterwards the village was occupied by Germany until 1945. Eight troops of the Polish 72nd Infantry Regiment are buried at a local cemetery.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rychłocice” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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