Pińczyce | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Myszków |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Koziegłowy |
Coordinates: | 50.55°N 34°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Population Total: | 1000 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Registration Plate: | SMY |
Pińczyce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Koziegłowy, within Myszków County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 9km (06miles) south-east of Koziegłowy, 60NaN0 south-west of Myszków, and 380NaN0 north-east of the regional capital Katowice.
During the German invasion of Poland which started World War II, on September 3, 1939, German troops carried out a massacre of 20 Poles (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[2]