Parzymiechy
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Parzymiechy
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Parzymiechy część środkowa.jpg
| image_caption = Central part of the village
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
| subdivision_name1 = Silesian
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Kłobuck
| subdivision_type3 = Gmina
| subdivision_name3 = Lipie
| coordinates = {{coord|51|2|N|18|44|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}
| pushpin_map = Poland
| pushpin_label_position = right
| elevation_min_m = 219.0
| elevation_max_m = 256.8
| population_total = 715
| timezone = CET
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = CEST
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| registration_plate = SKL
}}
Parzymiechy {{IPAc-pl|p|a|ż|y|'|m|j|e|h|y}} is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lipie, within Kłobuck County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.{{cite web |url=http://www.stat.gov.pl/broker/access/prefile/listPreFiles.jspa |title=Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) |date=2008-06-01 |language=pl}} It lies approximately {{convert|6|km|mi|0}} north-west of Lipie, {{convert|20|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north-west of Kłobuck, and {{convert|89|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north of the regional capital Katowice.
History
Parzymiechy was first mentioned in 1266. It was a private village of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Wieluń County in the Sieradz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.{{cite book|author= |title=Atlas historyczny Polski. Województwo sieradzkie i województwo łęczyckie w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany|year=1998|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk|page=4}}
In September 1939, during the German invasion of Poland, which started World War II, a battle was fought nearby. German troops burned the village on September 2, 1939, and murdered 75 Polish inhabitants, including 20 children (the {{ill|Zimnowoda and Parzymiechy massacre|pl|Pacyfikacja wsi Zimnowoda i Parzymiechy}}, see also Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).{{cite book|last=Wardzyńska|first=Maria|year=2009|title=Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion|language=pl|location=Warsaw|publisher=IPN|page=98}}
Transport
Main road connections from the Parzymiechy include connection with Praszka (to the west) and Działoszyn (to the north-east) via the National Road {{Jct|country=POL|DK|42}}.
Gallery
Parzymiechy kościół Piotra i Pawła 02.05.2011 p.jpg|Saints Peter and Paul church
Parzymiechy cmentarz grób żołnierski 20110502.jpg|Grave of Polish soldiers fallen during the German invasion of Poland
Parzymiechy cmentarz groby księży 02.05.2011 p.jpg|Grave of Polish priests and organist, murdered by the Germans during World War II
Krzepicka.jpg|Aerial view
References
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{{Gmina Lipie}}
{{Massacres of Poles}}
Category:Villages in Kłobuck County
Category:Sites of World War II massacres of Poles
Category:Sites of Nazi war crimes during the Invasion of Poland