Rzuchów | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Wayside shrine in Rzuchów | |
| Coordinates:52°7′N18°43′E / 52.117°N 18.717°E /52.117; 18.717 | |
| Country | |
| Voivodeship | Greater Poland |
| County | Koło |
| Gmina | Dąbie |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | PKL |
Rzuchów[ˈʐuxuf] is avillage in the administrative district ofGmina Dąbie, withinKoło County,Greater Poland Voivodeship, in central Poland.[1]
According to the1921 census, the village with the adjacentcolony had a population of 673, entirelyPolish by nationality and 97.6%Roman Catholic and 2.2%Lutheran by confession.[2]
During theGerman occupation of Poland (World War II), the forest of Rzuchów was the site of German massacres ofPoles, who were previously imprisoned in the nearby town of Koło (seeNazi crimes against the Polish nation).[3] On 11 November 1939 the German police murdered 80 people there.[3]
The PolishA2 motorway runs near Rzuchów, south of the village.
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