Mokrsko

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Mokrsko is a village in Wieluń County, Łódź Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It is the seat of Gmina Mokrsko and is about 10 km southwest of Wieluń and 97 km southwest of Łódź. About 1,500 people live there.

Mokrsko has a long history. It became part of the early Polish state in the 10th century under Mieszko I. It was the ancestral home of the Kożuchowski noble family, who used the Sokola coat of arms and lived there since the 14th century. Before 1500, they founded the local Catholic parish and church.

In historical administration, Mokrsko was part of Ostrzeszów County in the Sieradz Voivodeship, within the Greater Poland Province. In 1827, the village had 797 inhabitants.

During World War II, in 1940, the German authorities expelled Poles from Mokrsko. Some were forced to work as laborers in the region, others were deported to the General Government in the eastern part of occupied Poland. The houses of the expelled Poles were given to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.

Today, several nearby settlements are considered part of Mokrsko: Korea, Kośnik, Majorat, Mokrsko Rządowe, Poduchowne, Wiatraki, Wola Mokrska, and Zimna Woda.