Miłoszów Explained

Miłoszów
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lower Silesian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Lubań
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Leśna
Coordinates:51.0044°N 15.25°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Elevation Max M:325
Elevation Min M:190
Population Total:780
Website:http://miloszow.pl

Miłoszów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Leśna, within Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, on the border with the Czech Republic.[1]

It lies approximately 3km (02miles) south-west of Leśna, 13km (08miles) south of Lubań, and 126km (78miles) west of the regional capital Wrocław.

During World War II the Germans established and operated a subcamp of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp in the village, with around 600 prisoners, mostly Poles.[2] In February 1945, the Germans ordered the evacuation of the camp, during which at least 100 exhausted prisoners were murdered.[2] A group of ill prisoners was left in the camp and later transported to Gross-Rosen on 19 March 1945.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS)  - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal). 2008-06-01. Polish.
  2. Web site: Subcamps of KL Gross- Rosen. Gross-Rosen Museum in Rogoźnica. 18 April 2020.