Trzebień [ˈtʂɛbjɛɲ] (German: Kittlitztreben) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bolesławiec, within Bolesławiec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 14 km (9 mi) north of Bolesławiec, and 105 km (65 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.
Trzebień | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Entrance to Trzebień from Nowa Sól | |
  Trzebień | |
| Coordinates: 51°23′15″N 15°35′52″E / 51.38750°N 15.59778°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lower Silesian |
| County (powiat) | Bolesławiec |
| Gmina | Bolesławiec |
| Population | |
• Total | 770 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | DBL |
History
editThe village was mentioned in the Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis from c. 1305, when it was part of Piast-ruled Poland.
During World War II the Germans established and operated a subcamp of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp in the village, whose prisoners were about 1,700-1,800 Jews, many of whom died.[2][3] Prisoners were mostly brought from other camps, including from Żagań, Zielona Góra, Görlitz, Frývaldov and Miłoszyce.[3] At least two prisoners made unsuccessful escape attempts, for which they were executed.[3] Around 1,000 prisoners were evacuated in February 1945 in a death march to camps in Görlitz, Zittau and the Gross-Rosen and Buchenwald concentration camps, while 300 severely ill prisoners were left in the camp, where they were liberated by Soviet troops.[2] There is one known case of a successful escape during the death march.[3]
During the 2024 Central European floods, in Trzebień, Polish firefighters rescued two American soldiers stationed in Poland who were swept away by the Bóbr River.[4]
Transport
editThe A18 motorway passes south of the village.
Notable residents
edit- Helmut Bruck (1913–2001), Luftwaffe officer
References
edit- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ a b "Subcamps of KL Gross- Rosen". Gross-Rosen Museum in Rogoźnica. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d Megargee, Geoffrey P. (2009). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume I. Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. pp. 753–754. ISBN 978-0-253-35328-3.
- ^ "Porwał ich nurt. Strażacy uratowali dwóch amerykańskich żołnierzy". RMF24 (in Polish). 18 September 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024.