Wieluń is a town in central Poland with 25,500 inhabitants (1995). Situated in the Łódź Voivodship (since 1999), previously in Sieradz Voivodship (1975-1998).

On September 1, 1939 the town was bombed by German Luftwaffe. German bombers destroyed most of the town centre (including the historical gothical church) and killed approximately 1,200 civilians. Approximately 75% of all the buildings in Wieluń were destroyed.

See also

• Bombing of Wielun in World War II