Zbęk
Village in Łódź Voivodeship, Poland
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Zbęk [zbɛŋk] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Skomlin, within Wieluń County, Łódź Voivodeship, in south-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 3 km (2 mi) east of Skomlin, 13 km (8 mi) south-west of Wieluń, and 100 km (62 mi) south-west of the regional capital Łódź.
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  Zbęk | |
| Coordinates: 51°9′50″N 18°25′17″E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Łódź |
| County | Wieluń |
| Gmina | Skomlin |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | EWI |
History
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1940, the German gendarmerie carried out expulsions of Poles, who were either enslaved as forced labour in the region or deported to the General Government in the more eastern part of German-occupied Poland.[2] Houses and farms of expelled Poles were handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.[3]
