Kietrz ([kʲɛtʂ]; Czech: Ketř; Silesian: Ketrz) is a town in Głubczyce County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland, near the border with the Czech Republic. As of 2019, it has a population of 6,005.
Kietrz | |
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 Former Market Square with Saint Florian statue | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Kietrz | |
| Coordinates: 50°4′45″N 18°0′32″E / 50.07917°N 18.00889°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship |  Opole Voivodeship |
| County | Głubczyce |
| Area | |
| • Total | 18.87 km2 (7.29 sq mi) |
| Population (2019-06-30[1]) | |
| • Total | 6,005 |
| • Density | 320/km2 (820/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC 1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC 2 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 48-130, 48-133 |
| Area code | 48 77 |
| Vehicle registration | OGL |
| Voivodeship roads |   |
| Website | http://www.kietrz.pl |
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History
editDuring World War II, in 1941, Nazi Germany established the Stalag 338 and Stalag 348 prisoner-of-war camps for Polish and French POWs, which, however, were soon relocated to Kryvyi Rih and Rzeszów, respectively.[2] From 1942 to 1945, the Germans operated a Polenlager forced labour camp for Poles in the town.[3] In January 1945, a German-conducted death march of prisoners of the Auschwitz concentration camp and its subcamps passed through the town.[4]
Notable people
edit- Alfons Luczny (1894–1986), Luftwaffe general
- Olga Tokarczuk (born 1962), Polish writer, Nobel laureate
Twin towns – sister cities
editReferences
edit- ^ "Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial division in 2019. As of 30th June". stat.gov.pl. Statistics Poland. 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
- ^ 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. p. 334–335, 349. ISBN 978-0-253-06089-1.
- ^ "Polenlager Katscher". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ "The Death Marches". Sub Camps of Auschwitz. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
External links
edit- Jewish Community in Kietrz on Virtual Shtetl
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