Koźmice Wielkie

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Koźmice Wielkie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wieliczka, within Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 6 km south-west of Wieliczka and 15 km south-east of the regional capital Kraków.

History

By 1883, Koźmice Wielkie had a population of 958. During the German invasion of Poland, which started World War II, on September 12, 1939, the German Sicherheitspolizei carried out a massacre of 32 Jews in the village.

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