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