Pławna Górna Explained

Pławna Górna
Settlement Type:Village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lower Silesian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Lwówek Śląski
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Lubomierz
Population Total:486[1]
Postal Code:59-623
Coordinates:51.0433°N 15.5639°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Registration Plate:DLW

Pławna Górna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lubomierz, within Lwówek Śląski County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[2]

It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) north-east of Lubomierz, 7 kilometres (4 mi) south of Lwówek Śląski, and 101 kilometres (63 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.

History

During the final stages of World War II, on April 10, 1945, the Germans executed a deserter from the German army in the village.[3]

Culture

In the 18th century house that belonged to Dietrich family before the World War II is a Muzeum Przesiedleńców i Wypędzonych. It is a museum dedicated to people who were resettled from east Poland into this village after the war.[4]

Notes and References

  1. http://stat.gov.pl/download/gfx/portalinformacyjny/pl/defaultaktualnosci/5670/21/1/1/1_miejscowosci_ludnosc_nsp2011.xlsx GUS: Ludność - struktura według ekonomicznych grup wieku. Stan w dniu 31.03.2011 r.
  2. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS)  - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal). 2008-06-01. pl.
  3. Book: Megargee. Geoffrey P.. Overmans. Rüdiger. Vogt. Wolfgang. 2022. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume IV. Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. 612. 978-0-253-06089-1.
  4. http://www.polskaniezwykla.pl/web/place/48404,plawna-gorna-muzeum-przesiedlencow-i-wypedzonych.html Pławna Górna – Muzeum Przesiedleńców i Wypędzonych