Osła Explained

Osła
Total Type: 
Settlement Type:Village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lower Silesian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Bolesławiec
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Gromadka
Pushpin Map:Poland#Poland Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Osła
Coordinates:51.3167°N 60°W
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Population Total:415
Population Note:(approximate)

Osła is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gromadka, within Bolesławiec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1]

It lies approximately 50NaN0 south of Gromadka, 140NaN0 north-east of Bolesławiec, and 930NaN0 west of the regional capital Wrocław.

During World War II the Germans established and operated a subcamp of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp at the local sanatorium, whose prisoners were mostly Poles.[2] In February 1945, the Germans evacuated the prisoners to the Nordhausen concentration camp, leaving only those unable to walk in the camp.[2] The prisoners remaining in the camp were liberated by Soviet troops.[2] There is a memorial to the victims of the camp in the village.

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. 13 June 2020.