| Kietrz | |||||||||
| Coordinates: | 50.0792°N 18.0089°W | ||||||||
| Pushpin Map: | Poland | ||||||||
| Pushpin Label Position: | right | ||||||||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||||||
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship | ||||||||
| Subdivision Type2: | County | ||||||||
| Subdivision Name2: | Głubczyce | ||||||||
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina | ||||||||
| Area Total Km2: | 18.87 | ||||||||
| Population As Of: | 2019-06-30[1] | ||||||||
| Population Total: | 6005 | ||||||||
| Population Density Km2: | auto | ||||||||
| Postal Code Type: | Postal codes | ||||||||
| Postal Code: | 48-130, 48-133 | ||||||||
| Area Code: | +48 77 | ||||||||
| Timezone: | CET | ||||||||
| Utc Offset: | +1 | ||||||||
| Timezone Dst: | CEST | ||||||||
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 | ||||||||
| Website: | http://www.kietrz.pl | ||||||||
| Registration Plate: | OGL | ||||||||
| Blank Name Sec2: | Voivodeship roads | ||||||||
| Module: |
| ||||||||
Kietrz (; cs|Ketř; szl|Ketrz) is a town in Głubczyce County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland, near the border with the Czech Republic. As of 2019, it has a population of 6,005.
During World War II, in 1941, Nazi Germany established the Stalag 338 and Stalag 348 prisoner-of-war camps for Polish and French POWs, which, however, were soon relocated to Kryvyi Rih and Rzeszów, respectively.[2] From 1942 to 1945, the Germans operated a Polenlager forced labour camp for Poles in the town.[3] In January 1945, a German-conducted death march of prisoners of the Auschwitz concentration camp and its subcamps passed through the town.[4]
See twin towns of Gmina Kietrz.