Łupice, Lubusz Voivodeship Explained

See also: Łupice, Greater Poland Voivodeship.

Łupice
Settlement Type:Village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lubusz
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Wschowa
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Sława
Coordinates:51.9667°N 22°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Population Total:779
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Registration Plate:FWS

Łupice [1] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sława, within Wschowa County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland.[2] It lies approximately 10km (10miles) north of Sława, 240NaN0 north-west of Wschowa, and 410NaN0 east of Zielona Góra.

The village has a population of 779.

History

Łupice was a private church village, administratively located in the Kościan County in the Poznań Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[3]

During the German evacuation from occupied Poland in the final stages of World War II, in January 1945, a German-perpetrated death march of Jewish women from a just dissolved subcamp of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp in Sława passed through the village.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Ortsnamenverzeichnis der Ortschaften jenseits von Oder u. Neiße . M. Kaemmerer. 2004. 3-7921-0368-0 . de.
  2. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . pl.
  3. Book: . Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany. 2017. pl. Warszawa. Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 1a.
  4. Toczewski. Andrzej. 2017. Filie obozów koncentracyjnych na Środkowym Nadodrzu. Ziemia Lubuska. Zielona Góra. pl. 3. 126. 2450-3355.