Klimontów, Sosnowiec Explained

Klimontów
Settlement Type:District of Sosnowiec
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Silesian
Subdivision Type2:County/City
Subdivision Name2:Sosnowiec
Coordinates:50.2758°N 19.1947°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Registration Plate:SO

Klimontów is a district of Sosnowiec in the Silesian Voivodeship of Poland,[1] located in the central part of the city.

History

The Klimontów Coal Mine was built in 1908.

During the German invasion of Poland, which started World War II, in September 1939, the Germans carried out a massacre of nine Poles (eight men and one woman) in Klimontów (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[2] The German occupiers also established and operated two forced labour subcamps of the Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner-of-war camp for Allied POWs in Klimontów.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Rozporządzenie Ministra Administracji i Cyfryzacji z dnia 13 grudnia 2012 r. w sprawie wykazu urzędowych nazw miejscowości i ich części. 2013. 200.
  2. Book: Wardzyńska, Maria. 2009. Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion. pl. Warszawa. IPN. 135.
  3. Web site: Working Parties. Lamsdorf.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20201029103834/https://www.lamsdorf.com/working-parties.html. 12 December 2023. 29 October 2020.