Krzaczyna Explained

Krzaczyna
Settlement Type:Neighbourhood of Kowary
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lower Silesian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Karkonosze
Subdivision Type3:Gmina/Town
Subdivision Name3:Kowary
Coordinates:50.7833°N 63°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Established Title:Within town limits
Established Date:1959
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Registration Plate:DJE

Krzaczyna is a neighbourhood of Kowary, Poland,[1] located in the western part of the town.

History

During World War II, in 1940, the Germans converted the local yarn factory to arms production and established two forced labour camps there, one for civilians and one for Allied prisoners of war.[2] In the former, the Germans imprisoned Czechs, the French, Luxembourgers and Jews since 1940, and in 1944 they also brought 50 Polish women from a transit camp in Pruszków, where they were imprisoned following the unsuccessful Warsaw Uprising.[3] In the latter, the Germans imprisoned French, Italian and Soviet POWs.[3] Also prisoners from a subcamp of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp in Kamienna Góra were used a slave labour in the factory.[4] The forced labour camps were dissolved in 1945.

Krzaczyna was included within the town limits of Kowary as its new neighbourhood in 1959.[5]

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. Bartkowski. Zbigniew. 1972. Obozy pracy przymusowej i obozy jenieckie na Ziemi Jeleniogróskiej w latach 1939–1945. Rocznik Jeleniogórski. pl. Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich. Wrocław. X. 102–103.
  3. Bartkowski, p. 103
  4. Bartkowski, p. 104
  5. Rozporządzenie Prezesa Rady Ministrów z dnia 4 grudnia 1959 r. w sprawie utworzenia i zmiany granic niektórych miast w województwie wrocławskim.. 1959. 66. 408.