Tuliszków

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Tuliszków
Coat of arms of Tuliszków
Coat of arms
Tuliszków (Poland)
Tuliszków
Tuliszków
Coordinates: 52°4′36″N 18°17′38″E / 52.07667, 18.29389
Country Flag of Poland Poland
Voivodeship Greater Poland
County Turek
Gmina Tuliszków
Area
 - Total 7.04 km² (2.7 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 - Total 3,393
 - Density 482/km² (1,248.3/sq mi)
Postal code 62-740
Website: http://www.tuliszkow.pl


Tuliszków [tuˈliʂkuf] is a town in Turek County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,406 inhabitants (2004). It was also home to the first Jewish Ghetto during the uprising and expansion of the Nazi army and its "Aryan homeland" in World War II. The walls for the ghetto were estimated to have been raised in December 1939, or January 1940.

Coordinates: 52°04′35″N, 18°17′35″E