Łąck

Łąck [wɔnt͡sk] (1943–1945, German Lonsch) is a village in Płock County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Łąck.[1] It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) south-west of Płock and 99 km (62 mi) west of Warsaw.

Łąck
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Łąck
Łąck
Coordinates: 52°28′N 19°37′E
Country Poland
VoivodeshipMasovian
CountyPłock County
GminaŁąck
Population
1,350
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

The village has a population of 1,350.

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the forest of Łąck was the site of large massacres, in which over 200 Poles were murdered as part of the Intelligenzaktion. Around 200 Poles, previously imprisoned in Płock, among them teachers, activists, shopowners, notaries, local officials, pharmacists, directors and members of the Polish Military Organisation, were murdered in Łąck between October 1939 and February 1940, and another 10 Poles were murdered in March 1940.[2] In Łąck, Germans established a transit camp for Poles expelled from nearby villages to the so-called General Government or deported as forced labour to Germany, and many Polish families from Łąck were expelled in May 1942.[3]

The landmark of Łąck is the local palace.

Various Polish films were shot in the village, including Satan from the Seventh Grade, At Full Gallop, With Fire and Sword, as well as the 1960s TV series Stawka większa niż życie.[4]

References
  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. Maria Wardzyńska, Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warszawa, 2009, p. 225-226 (in Polish)
  3. Maria Wardzyńska, Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945, IPN, Warszawa, 2017, p. 219-220, 341 (in Polish)
  4. "Łąck". Mazowsze.travel (in Polish). Retrieved 11 July 2020.



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