Grzanka
Village
Grzanka is located in Poland
Grzanka
Grzanka
Coordinates: 52°50′52″N 21°7′29″E / 52.84778°N 21.12472°E / 52.84778; 21.12472
Country Poland
VoivodeshipMasovian
CountyMaków
GminaSzelków
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationWMA

Grzanka [ˈɡʐanka] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szelków, within Maków County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) west of Szelków, 3 km (2 mi) south-east of Maków Mazowiecki, and 71 km (44 mi) north of Warsaw.

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the Germans murdered 50 patients of the hospital in Maków Mazowiecki in the village (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[2]

References

  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 236.


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