Wierzchowice, Milicz County Explained

Wierzchowice
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lower Silesian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Milicz
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Krośnice
Pushpin Map:Poland
Coordinates:51.4833°N 37°W
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Population Total:670

Wierzchowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krośnice, within Milicz County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 3km (02miles) north-west of Krośnice, 70NaN0 south-east of Milicz, and 450NaN0 north-east 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, whose prisoners were Jewish women transported from the Auschwitz concentration camp.[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.