Świętoszów

Świętoszów [ɕfjɛnˈtɔʂuf] (German: Neuhammer am Queis) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Osiecznica, within Bolesławiec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland[1] in the Lower Silesian Wilderness, on the river Kwisa.

Świętoszów
Village
Garrison Club in Świętoszów
Świętoszów
Świętoszów
Coordinates: 51°28′N 15°24′E
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLower Silesian
CountyBolesławiec
GminaOsiecznica
Elevation
140 m (460 ft)
Population
 (III.2011)
2,036
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Website

It lies approximately 16 kilometres (10 mi) north of Osiecznica, 26 kilometres (16 mi) north-west of Bolesławiec, and 121 kilometres (75 mi) west of the regional capital - Wrocław.

History
View of the village in the 1930s

In the Early Middle Ages the region was inhabited by the Bobrzanie tribe, one of the Slavic Lechitic tribes, and it became part of the emerging Polish state under its first historic ruler Mieszko I in the 10th century.[2] Probably in the 14th century a forge was established at the site of the village, however the village itself was founded after 1550.[2]

In the 1898 the German Army created a very large training ground here. In World War I it was the site of a large prisoner-of-war camp for Russian soldiers. After 1919, Polish Silesian insurgents were held in the camp.[3] In 1941 the Bergmann Battalion and Nachtigall Battalion trained in Neuhammer. In World War II another POW camp Stalag VIII-E was built here, to house Polish and French prisoners. In 1942 they were replaced with Soviet prisoners, and the camp was placed under the administration of Stalag VIII-C near Żagań. At least 50,000 Soviet prisoners died here from disease, starvation and inhumane treatment, the last 200 of them killed as traitors after the war by the NKVD. A Red Army base until 1992, today it is the site of a Polish Army base, and since January 2017 also the NATO forces.

Sports

The local football club is Twardy Świętoszów, which competes in the lower leagues, reaching the III liga (fourth tier) in 2010.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. "Historia". Gmina Osiecznica (in Polish). Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  3. Mirosław Węcki, Niełatwy bilans, "Czas odwagi. 100. rocznica I powstania śląskiego - sierpień 1919 r." p. 12 (in Polish)
  4. "Twardy Świętoszów - informacje o klubie" (in Polish). Retrieved 9 May 2020.


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