PoddÃÂbice is a town in central Poland, in à Âódà º Voivodeship. It is the capital of PoddÃÂbice County. It lies approximately northwest of à Âódà º. Population is 7,245 (2020). It is located within the historic à ÂÃÂczyca Land.
PoddÃÂbice was a private town, administratively located in the à ÂÃÂczyca County in the à ÂÃÂczyca Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland. Zygmunt Grudzià Âski built a Renaissance palace in the town.
In the interwar period, it was administratively located in the à Âódà º Voivodeship of Poland. According to the 1921 census, the population was 61.4% Polish and 37.0% Jewish.
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1940, the occupiers carried out expulsions of Poles, mostly owners of shops, workshops and better houses, which were then handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy. The local Jewish population, which numbered around 1,400 at the start of the war, was confined to a ghetto and subject to forced labor. In 1942, five were hung publicly and in April, 1,800 Jews, including several hundred forcibly resettled from à ÂÃÂczyca, were confined in a church for ten days without any essentials, including food until a bribe was paid. Ten died there. After a few days, the sick and the elderly were then murdered nearby. After ten days, some skilled workers were sent to the à Âódà º Ghetto. All the remainder were sent to the Cheà Âmno extermination camp where they were immediately gassed. Few of PoddÃÂbice's Jews survived the war. The German administrator of PoddÃÂbice (probably Franz Heinrich Bock) kept a secret diary published after the war. His diary was critical of the anti-Jewish policies. He had tried to help the Jewish population when he could. He was removed from his post during the war.
PoddÃÂbice lies on the intersection of national road 72 and vovoideship road 703.
National road 72 connects PoddÃÂbice to Konin to the west and to à Âódà º to the east.
Vovoideship road 703 connects PoddÃÂbice to à ÂÃÂczyca.
The A2 motorway passes to the north of PoddÃÂbice. The Wartkowice exit of the motorway provides for quick access to à Âódà º and Poznaà Â.
The nearest railway station is in à ÂÃÂczyca.
The local football club is Ner PoddÃÂbice. It competes in the lower leagues.