Dobroszyce Explained

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.

Sports

The local football club is Dąb Dobroszyce. It competes in the lower leagues.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal). 2008-06-01. pl.
  2. Book: Megargee. Geoffrey P.. Overmans. Rüdiger. Vogt. Wolfgang. 2022. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume IV. Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. 256–257. 978-0-253-06089-1.