Szadek
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Łódź | ||
| Powiat : | Zduńskowolski | ||
| Gmina : | Szadek | ||
| Area : | 17.99 km² | ||
| Geographic location : | 51 ° 42 ′ N , 18 ° 59 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 150 m npm | ||
| Residents : | 1916 (June 30, 2019) | ||
| Postal code : | 98-240 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 43 | ||
| License plate : | EZD | ||
| Economy and Transport | |||
| Street : | Łask - Koło | ||
| Next international airport : | Łódź | ||
Szadek [ 'ʃadɛk ] ( German from 1943 to 1945 and Schadeck in the Middle Ages ) is a town in the Łódź Voivodeship in Poland . It is the seat of the town-and-country municipality of the same name with 7,317 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2019).
geography
The city is located about 33 km southwest of Łódź on the Pichna river, a tributary of the Warta .
history
Already in the 11th century there was a settlement on the site of today's Szadek. The first written mention of the place Schadek comes from the year 1295, when Władysław I. Ellenlang gave two Łan lands to the knight Wilczek . The place had by that time the city charter , the exact time of the award is not known. In 1331 the Teutonic Order destroyed parts of the city, including the wooden parish church. In 1331 the construction of a new brick church began, which was completed in 1335. In 1401 Władysław II Jagiełło confirmed the town charter and renewed it according to Magdeburg law . During the Thirteen Years' War the place provided 25 armed soldiers in 1459, which indicates the great importance of the place. In 1569 a big fire destroyed about two thirds of the village, another followed in 1574. During the Great Northern War , Szadek was looted in 1704 and destroyed by the Swedes in 1713. In the second half of the 18th century, the slow reconstruction of the place began. During the second partition of Poland , the place became part of Prussia in 1793 . With the formation of the Duchy of Warsaw on the basis of the Peace of Tilsit of 1807, the place became part of the same. In 1815 Szadek became part of Congress Poland . After the January uprising of 1863/1864 there was an administrative reform by Tsar Alexander II in 1870 , whereby the place lost its town charter like many other cities in Poland. During the First World War , there was heavy fighting between Germans and Russians near the place in November 1914. In 1919 the town was reassigned its town charter , and on May 4, 1919 the first election of the town council took place. In the 1930s it was connected to the rail network . On September 6, 1939, the German Wehrmacht occupied the place. In 1940 a ghetto for Jews was established on Wilanowskiej Street . The Jews were deported to the Kulmhof extermination camp in 1942 . On January 21, 1945, the Red Army marched into the city.
Population development
In 1890, 2,682 inhabitants lived in the 280 houses in the village. At the beginning of the Second World War the place had 3,150 inhabitants, at the end of the war it was 2,191.
local community
The city and country community (gmina miejsko-wiejska) Szadek includes the city itself and 27 villages with school authorities.
traffic
The Szadek service station is on the Chorzów – Tczew railway line .
Personalities
- Tomasz Szadek (* around 1550, † after 1610), composer and singer.
Web links
- City website (Polish)