Świętno, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Village in Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland
52°1′N 16°3′E / 52.017°N 16.050°E / 52.017; 16.050Country PolandVoivodeshipGreater PolandCountyWolsztynGminaWolsztynPopulation
 • Total1,100Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Vehicle registrationPWL

Świętno (Polish: [ˈɕfjɛntnɔ]) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wolsztyn, within Wolsztyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) south of Wolsztyn and 73 km (45 mi) south-west of the regional capital Poznań. The village was home to the Free State of Schwenten for seven months in 1919.

History

During the German evacuation from occupied Poland in the final stages of World War II, in January 1945, a German-perpetrated death march of Jewish women from a just dissolved subcamp of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp in Sława passed through the village.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Toczewski, Andrzej (2017). "Filie obozów koncentracyjnych na Środkowym Nadodrzu". Ziemia Lubuska (in Polish). 3. Zielona Góra: 126. ISSN 2450-3355.


Stub icon

This Wolsztyn County location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e