Łomnica, Nowy Tomyśl County

Coordinates: 52°18′25″N 15°58′23″E / 52.30694°N 15.97306°E / 52.30694; 15.97306
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Łomnica
Village
Łomnica is located in Poland
Łomnica
Łomnica
Coordinates: 52°18′25″N 15°58′23″E / 52.30694°N 15.97306°E / 52.30694; 15.97306
Country Poland
VoivodeshipGreater Poland
CountyNowy Tomyśl
GminaZbąszyń
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationPNT

Łomnica [wɔmˈnit͡sa] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zbąszyń, within Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) north-east of Zbąszyń, 11 km (7 mi) west of Nowy Tomyśl, and 65 km (40 mi) west of the regional capital Poznań.

History[edit]

Łomnica was a private village of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Kościan County in the Poznań Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[2]

During World War II, on 23 January 1945, a German-perpetrated death march of prisoners from the dissolved camp in Żabikowo to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp stopped in Łomnica.[3] The next day, the Germans committed a massacre of 17 prisoners.[3]

Transport[edit]

The A2 motorway passes nearby, north of the village.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 2017. p. 1a.
  3. ^ a b "75. rocznica likwidacji i ewakuacji więźniów obozu karno-śledczego w Żabikowie". Muzeum Martyrologiczne w Żabikowie (in Polish). 19 January 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2023.