Zawiść | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Poland |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Opole |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Namysłów |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Pokój |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Coordinates: | 50.9833°N 75°W |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Registration Plate: | ONA |
Zawiść is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pokój, within Namysłów County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 12km (07miles) north-east of Pokój, 210NaN0 south-east of Namysłów, and 360NaN0 north of the regional capital Opole.
In 1885, the village had a population of 481.[2]
Under Nazi Germany, the village was renamed to Winterfeld in Oberschlesien in attempt to erase traces of Polish origin. In the final stages of World War II, a German-organized death march of Allied prisoners of war from the Stalag Luft 7 POW camp stopped in the village on 19 January 1945.[3] After the war, the village became again part of Poland, and its historic Polish name was restored.