Kaniów [ˈkaɲuf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Popielów, within Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1]
Kaniów | |
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Village | |
  Kaniów | |
| Coordinates: 50°49′50″N 17°50′08″E / 50.83056°N 17.83556°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Opole |
| County | Opole |
| Gmina | Popielów |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | OPO |
The village is traditionally inhabited by the Leśnioki ethnographic subgroup of the Polish people.
History
editIn the Middle Ages, the village was part of Piast-ruled Poland, and afterwards it was also part of Bohemia (Czechia), Prussia and Germany. During World War II, the Germans operated a forced labour camp for Jews[2] and the E608 forced labour subcamp of the Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner-of-war camp in the village.[3] The village was restored to Poland after the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II in 1945.
References
edit- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ "Zwangsarbeitslager für Juden Hirschfelde". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ "Working Parties". Lamsdorf.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
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