Poddębice

See also: Poddębice, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Place in Łódź Voivodeship, Poland

Poddębice

Poddębice Palace

Coat of arms

Poddębice

Coordinates: 51°54′N 18°58′E﻿ / ﻿51.900°N 18.967°E﻿ / 51.900; 18.967
Country|  Poland
Voivodeship| Łódź
County| Poddębice
Gmina| Poddębice
Government

• Mayor| Piotr Sęczkowski
Area

• Total

| 5.89 km2 (2.27 sq mi)
Population

(31 December 2020)

• Total

| 7,245 [1]
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code|

99-200

Car plates| EPD
National roads|
Voivodeship roads|
Website| http://www.poddebice.pl

Poddębice [pɔdːɛmˈbʲit͡sɛ] is a town in central Poland, in Łódź Voivodeship.[2] It is the capital of Poddębice County. It lies approximately 40 km (25 mi) northwest of Łódź. Population is 7,245 (2020).[1] It is located within the historic Łęczyca Land.

## History

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Saint Catherine church in 1916

Poddębice was a private town, administratively located in the Łęczyca County in the Łęczyca Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[3] Zygmunt Grudziński built a Renaissance palace in the town.

In the interwar period, it was administratively located in the Łódź Voivodeship of Poland. According to the 1921 census, the population was 61.4% Polish and 37.0% Jewish.[4]

### World War II

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During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1940, the occupiers carried out expulsions of Poles, mostly owners of shops, workshops and better houses, which were then handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.[5] The local Jewish population, which numbered around 1,400 at the start of the war, was confined to a ghetto and subject to forced labor. In 1942, five were hung publicly and in April, 1,800 Jews, including several hundred forcibly resettled from Łęczyca, were confined in a church for ten days without any essentials, including food until a bribe was paid. Ten died there. After a few days, the sick and the elderly were then murdered nearby. After ten days, some skilled workers were sent to the Łódź Ghetto. All the remainder were sent to the Chełmno extermination camp where they were immediately gassed. Few of Poddębice's Jews survived the war. The German administrator of Poddębice (probably Franz Heinrich Bock) kept a secret diary published after the war. His diary was critical of the anti-Jewish policies. He had tried to help the Jewish population when he could. He was removed from his post during the war.[6]

## Demographics

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Historical population| Year| Pop.| ±%

|
|

1890| 3,094| —
1897| 2,724| −12.0%
1910| 2,834| +4.0%
1921| 3,122| +10.2%
1931| 3,800| +21.7%
| Year| Pop.| ±%

|
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1939| 4,305| +13.3%
1950| 2,539| −41.0%
1960| 3,262| +28.5%
2010| 7,781| +138.5%
Source: [4][7][8]

## Sports

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The local football club is Ner Poddębice. It competes in the lower leagues.

## References

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1. ^ a b "Local Data Bank". Statistics Poland. Retrieved 6 November 2021. Data for territorial unit 1011034.
2. ^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). Select Miejscowości (SIMC) tab, select fragment (min. 3 znaki), enter town name in the field below, click WYSZUKAJ (Search)
3. ^ Atlas historyczny Polski. Województwo sieradzkie i województwo łęczyckie w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 1998. p. 3.
4. ^ a b Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (in Polish). Vol. II. Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1925. p. 56.
5. ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. p. 251\. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.
6. ^ Megargee, Geoffrey (2012). Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos. Bloomington, Indiana: University of Indiana Press. p. Volume II, 94–95. ISBN 978-0-253-35599-7.
7. ^ Dokumentacja Geograficzna (in Polish). Vol. 3/4. Warszawa: Instytut Geografii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 1967. p. 38.
8. ^ Stan i struktura ludności oraz ruch naturalny w przekroju terytorialnym w 2010 r. (PDF) (in Polish). Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 2011. p. 64\. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011.

## External links

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* Official website

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* Poddębice

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