Balin [ˈbalin] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Poddębice, within Poddębice County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) west of Poddębice and 48 km (30 mi) west of the regional capital Łódź.
Balin | |
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Village | |
  Balin | |
| Coordinates: 51°55′56″N 18°48′44″E / 51.93222°N 18.81222°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Łódź |
| County | Poddębice |
| Gmina | Poddębice |
| Population | |
• Total | 110 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | EPD |
| National roads |  |
| Voivodeship roads |  |
History
editBalin was a private village of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Szadek County in the Sieradz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[2]
During the German invasion of Poland at the start of World War II, on 8 September 1939, German troops carried out a massacre of 21 Polish farmers in Balin (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[3] During the subsequent German occupation, in 1942, the German gendarmerie carried out expulsions of Poles, who were then enslaved as forced labour in the area.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 94.
- ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 332. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.
