| Ćwiklice | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Total Type: | |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Silesian |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Pszczyna |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Pszczyna |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1326 |
| Coordinates: | 49.9833°N 77°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Population Total: | 2400 |
| Registration Plate: | SPS |
| Website: | http://www.cwiklice.ehh.pl |
Ćwiklice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pszczyna, within Pszczyna County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 3km (02miles) east of Pszczyna and 300NaN0 south of the regional capital Katowice.
In the Middle Ages, the area was part of the territory of the Vistulans tribe, one of the Polish tribes.[2] It became part of the emerging Polish state in the 10th century. The village was first mentioned in 1326 in the register of Peter's Pence payment among Catholic parishes of Oświęcim deanery of the Diocese of Kraków as Cviclicz.[3] [4]
In September 1939, heavy fighting took place on the outskirts of the village, with the Polish 16th Infantry Regiment suffering devastating losses against German panzers, when caught in the open. During the German occupation (World War II), in January 1945, the death march from the Auschwitz concentration camp passed through Ćwiklice, and 42 prisoners (26 women and 16 men) were buried in the village.[5]
The Voivodeship road 933 runs through the village and the National road 1 runs nearby, west of the village.