Bąków Górny is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zduny, within Łowicz County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately 6 km west of Zduny, 15 km west of Łowicz, and 45 km north-east of the regional capital Łódź. During the German invasion of Poland, which started World War II, on September 17, 1939, Wehrmacht troops murdered 18 Poles from Bąków Górny, including eight women and three children (see also Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).