Bocheń [ˈbɔxɛɲ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Łowicz, within Łowicz County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland.
Bocheń dates back to prehistoric or early medieval times.
[2] During the invasion of Poland, which started World War II, on September 16, 1939, the Germans murdered 15 Polish farmers in Bocheń.
[3] 12 Polish farmers from Bocheń and nearby Guźnia were also murdered that day by Wehrmacht troops near the Rydwan lake, south of Bocheń and Guźnia (see also Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).
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