Przyłęk, Greater Poland Voivodeship Explained

Przyłęk
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Greater Poland
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Nowy Tomyśl
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Nowy Tomyśl
Pushpin Map:Poland
Coordinates:52.3333°N 23°W
Population Total:546

Przyłęk is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowy Tomyśl, within Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 3km (02miles) north-west of Nowy Tomyśl and 550NaN0 west of the regional capital Poznań.

World War II history

From 1940 to 1943, Przyłęk was the location of a Nazi German forced labour camp called Smolarnia for Jews and Poles enslaved in the construction of military highway from Berlin to Poznań passing through on the outskirts of the village (pl). Many of the 3,500 prisoners died there from disease, hunger and physical exhaustion. A monument to their memory was erected in 1979.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS)  - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. PolskaNiezwykla.pl (2016), Smolarnia - Stalag. PDF, direct download. Mini przewodnik.