Gorzkowice

Gorzkowice is a village in Piotrków County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Gorzkowice. It lies approximately 22 km south of Piotrków Trybunalski and 64 km south of the regional capital Łódź. It is located in the Sieradz Land.

History
The oldest known mention of the village comes from 1335. The name comes from an Old Polish male name Gorzek. It was a private village of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Piotrków County in the Sieradz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.

Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the village was occupied by Germany until 1945. In September 1944, during the Warsaw Uprising, the Germans deported over 13,000 Varsovians from the Dulag 121 camp in Pruszków, where they were initially imprisoned, to Gorzkowice. Those Poles were mainly old people, ill people and women with children.

In 2008, the village was hit by a tornado which damaged dozens of houses.

Sports
The local sports club is GUKS Gorzkowice with football, table tennis and chess sections.