Gnojna | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Poland |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Opole |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Brzeg |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Grodków |
Coordinates: | 50.7217°N 17.2933°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland#Poland Opole Voivodeship |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Population Total: | 570 |
Registration Plate: | OB |
Gnojna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grodków, within Brzeg County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 7km (04miles) north-west of Grodków, 210NaN0 south-west of Brzeg, and 460NaN0 west of the regional capital Opole.
In the Middle Ages the settlement was part of Piast-ruled Poland, and afterwards it was also part of Bohemia (Czechia), Prussia and Germany. During World War II, the Germans established and operated the E597 forced labour subcamp of the Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner-of-war camp in the village.[2] The village was restored to Poland after the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II in 1945.