Sulejów
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Sulejów s is a town in central Poland
with 6,375 inhabitants (2004). It is situated in Łódź Voivodeship (since 1999), having previously been in Piotrków Voivodeship
(1975–1998). Sulejów gives its name to the protected area
known as Sulejów Landscape Park
.
The town was partially destroyed by the Luftwaffe
in September 1939.
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
with 6,375 inhabitants (2004). It is situated in Łódź Voivodeship (since 1999), having previously been in Piotrków Voivodeship
Piotrków Voivodeship
Piotrków Voivodeship was a voivodeship, or unit of administrative division and local government, in Poland from 1975 to 1998, superseded by Łódź Voivodeship...
(1975–1998). Sulejów gives its name to the protected area
Protected area
Protected areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognised natural, ecological and/or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the enabling laws of each country or the regulations of the international...
known as Sulejów Landscape Park
Sulejów Landscape Park
Sulejów Landscape Park is a protected area in central Poland, established in 1994 and covering an area of...
.
The town was partially destroyed by the Luftwaffe
Luftwaffe
Luftwaffe is a generic German term for an air force. It is also the official name for two of the four historic German air forces, the Wehrmacht air arm founded in 1935 and disbanded in 1946; and the current Bundeswehr air arm founded in 1956....
in September 1939.