Głuszyca Górna | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Lower Silesian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Wałbrzych |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Głuszyca |
Coordinates: | 50.6731°N 16.3758°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland#Poland Lower Silesian Voivodeship |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Registration Plate: | DBA |
Głuszyca Górna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Głuszyca within Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border.[1] It lies approximately 2km (01miles) south-east of Głuszyca, 14km (09miles) south-east of Wałbrzych, and 69km (43miles) south-west of the regional capital Wrocław.
During World War II, the Germans operated a forced labour camp in the village, in which they held hundreds of Italian prisoners of war.[2]