Tuplice Explained

Tuplice
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Lubusz Voivodeship##Location in Poland
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Żary
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Tuplice
Coordinates:51.6833°N 64°W
Population Total:1500

Tuplice is a village in Żary County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Tuplice.[1] It lies approximately 22km (14miles) west of Żary and 550NaN0 south-west of Zielona Góra.

History

1815 Teuplitz was part of Prussia from 1815; a glassworks and a brickyard date to this period.Until 1945 Teuplitz belonged to the Brandenburg district of Sorau. The railway lines Cottbus-Sorau and Muskau-Sommerfeld made the place an important railway junction in the Lower Lusatia. In 1933, the community had 1,381 inhabitants, which increased to 1,439 in 1939.

In the village of Schniebinchen there was a Hakhshara camp for young Jews from 1938 to 1939, which prepared them for emigration to Palestine by teaching agriculture.

In 1945 Teuplitz was partially destroyed. After the takeover by the Polish administration, the place declined in importance (see Territorial changes of Poland after World War II).

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.