Koźle, Łódź Voivodeship
Village in Łódź Voivodeship, Poland
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Koźle [ˈkɔʑlɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stryków, within Zgierz County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland.[1]
Koźle | |
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Village | |
Saint Stephen church in Koźle | |
  Koźle Location within Poland | |
| Coordinates: 51°56′26″N 19°35′4″E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Łódź |
| County | Zgierz |
| Gmina | Stryków |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | EZG |
History
Koźle was a private village of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Brzeziny County in the Łęczyca Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[2]
On 8 September 1939, during the German invasion of Poland which started World War II, invading German troops carried out a massacre of 17 local Polish farmers (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[3]
Transport
The Polish A1 motorway runs nearby, east of the village.
