Retki | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Łódź |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Łowicz |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Zduny |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Coordinates: | 52.1667°N 69°W |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Registration Plate: | ELC |
Retki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zduny, within Łowicz County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 3km (02miles) north-east of Zduny, 110NaN0 north-west of Łowicz, and 500NaN0 north-east of the regional capital Łódź. It is located within the historical region of Mazovia.[2]
Retki was a private church village within the Kingdom of Poland, administratively located in the Rawa Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province, owned by the Archdiocese of Gniezno.
During the invasion of Poland, which started World War II, on 16 September 1939, Germans murdered 22 Poles in Retki, including nine farmers from Retki and 13 refugees from the nearby town of Zgierz (see also Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[3]