Dobroszyce | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Lower Silesian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Oleśnica |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Dobroszyce |
Coordinates: | 51.2647°N 17.3392°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland#Lower Silesian Voivodeship |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Population Total: | 2376 |
Registration Plate: | DOL |
Blank Name Sec2: | Voivodeship roads |
Website: | https://web.archive.org/web/20080103172712/http://www.dobroszyce.pl/main.html |
Dobroszyce (German: Juliusburg) is a village in Oleśnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Dobroszyce.
It lies approximately 8km (05miles) north-west of Oleśnica, and 26km (16miles) north-east of the regional capital Wrocław.
Between 1663 and 1928 it had town rights.
During World War II, from 1940 to 1942, the Germans operated the Oflag VIII-C prisoner-of-war camp for French, Belgian and Dutch officers and orderlies in the village.[2] Some Dutch POWs managed to escape from the camp.[2]
There is a railway station in Dobroszyce.
The local football club is Dąb Dobroszyce. It competes in the lower leagues.