Pińczyce

Pińczyce
Pińczyce
Village
	Saint Michael Archangel church in Pińczyce
	Pińczyce
	Coordinates: 50°33′N 19°15′E / 50.550°N 19.250°E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Silesian Voivodeship
County	Myszków
Gmina	Koziegłowy
Population
• Total	1,000
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	SMY

Pińczyce [piɲˈt͡ʂɨt͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Koziegłowy, within Myszków County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 9 km (6 mi) south-east of Koziegłowy, 6 km (4 mi) south-west of Myszków, and 38 km (24 mi) north-east of the regional capital Katowice.

History

During the German invasion of Poland which started World War II, on September 3, 1939, German troops carried out a massacre of 20 Poles (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).^[2]

^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. p. 99.

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