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Rzuchów, Greater Poland Voivodeship
Village in Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other places with the same name, see Rzuchow.
Rzuchów [ˈʐuxuf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dąbie, within Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) north-west of Dąbie, 11 km (7 mi) south-east of Koło, and 127 km (79 mi) east of the regional capital Poznań.
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Rzuchów | |
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Coordinates: 52°7′N 18°43′E | |
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Voivodeship | Greater Poland |
County | Koło |
Gmina | Dąbie |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Vehicle registration | PKL |
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During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the forest of Rzuchów was the site of German massacres of Poles, who were previously imprisoned in the nearby town of Koło (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[2] On 11 November 1939 the German police murdered 80 people there.[2]