Sławięcice
District of Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Saint Catherine church
Saint Catherine church
Coat of arms of Sławięcice
Coat of arms
Sławięcice is located in Poland
Sławięcice
Sławięcice
Coordinates: 50°22′26″N 18°19′27″E / 50.37389°N 18.32417°E / 50.37389; 18.32417
CountryPoland Poland
VoivodeshipOpole
County/CityKędzierzyn-Koźle
Within city limits1975
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
47-230[1]
Vehicle registrationOK

Sławięcice [swavjɛnˈt͡ɕit͡sɛ] is a district of Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Opole Voivodeship, Poland,[2] located in the eastern part of the city.

History

The area became part of the emerging Polish state in the 10th century. Sławięcice was first mentioned in 1245. It was granted town rights before 1260, which however, were transferred by Duke Władysław Opolski to nearby Ujazd. The name of the district is of Polish origin and comes from the old Polish male name Sławota.[3]

The village was annexed by Prussia in 1742, and from 1871 it was also part of the German Empire. During the Third Silesian Uprising, on May 4, 1921, Polish insurgents captured Sławięcice from the Germans.[4] Sławięcice was an essential logistical hub for the insurgents for a month.[4] The Poles organized a field hospital and the insurgents' headquarters was located at the local palace.[4]

During World War II, the Germans operated a forced labour "education" camp,[5] the E6 and E207 forced labour subcamps of the Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner of war camp for Allied POWs,[6] and a subcamp of the Auschwitz concentration camp.[7] In Sławięcice, there was also a crematorium for the victims of the camps, which is now a memorial.

Sławięcice was included within the city limits of Kędzierzyn-Koźle as its district in 1975.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Oficjalny Spis Pocztowych Numerów Adresowych" (PDF). Poczta Polska (in Polish). Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  2. ↑ Rozporządzenie Ministra Administracji i Cyfryzacji z dnia 13 grudnia 2012 r. w sprawie wykazu urzędowych nazw miejscowości i ich części, Dz. U. z 2013 r. poz. 200
  3. ↑ Damrot, Konstanty (1896). Die älteren Ortsnamen Schlesiens, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung. Mit einem Anhange über die schlesisch-polnischen Personennamen. Beiträge zur schlesischen Geschichte und Volkskunde (in German). Verlag von Felix Kasprzyk. p. 81.
  4. 1 2 3 Bezeg, Bolesław (2011). "Powstańcze pociągi pancerne. Na czarną godzinę". Historia Lokalna (in Polish). No. 1 (7). Opole. p. 15. ISSN 1899-4644.
  5. ↑ "Straf- bzw. Arbeitserziehungslager Heydebreck-Ehrenforst". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "Working Parties". Lamsdorf.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Blechhammer". Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  8. ↑ Rozporządzenie Ministra Administracji, Gospodarki Terenowej i Ochrony Środowiska z dnia 15 października 1975 r. w sprawie zmiany granic niektórych miast w województwie opolskim., Dz. U. z 1975 r. Nr 35, poz. 198
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