Wieluń

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Wieluń is a town in central Poland with 25,500 inhabitants (1995). Situated in the Łódź Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Sieradz Voivodeship (1975-1998).

On September 1, 1939, in what was perhaps the first attack of World War II, the town was bombed by German Luftwaffe. German bombers destroyed most of the town centre (including a clearly marked hospital and the historical Gothic church) and killed approximately 1,200 civilians. Approximately 75% of all the buildings in Wieluń were destroyed.

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Coordinates: 51°13′N 18°34′E


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