Stara Kuźnia
Stara Kuźnia
Klein Althammer | |
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Stara Kuźnia | |
| Coordinates: 50°18′0″N 18°20′30″E / 50.30000°N 18.34167°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Opole |
| County | Kędzierzyn-Koźle |
| Gmina | Bierawa |
| Population | 691 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | OK |
Stara Kuźnia ([ˈstara ˈkuʑɲa], additional name in German: Klein Althammer)[1] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bierawa, within Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[2]
History
During the Second World War the village, then known as Klein Althammer, was the base for a working party (E537[3]) of British and Commonwealth prisoners of war, under the administration of the Stalag VIII-B/344 POW camp. In January 1945, as the Soviet armies resumed their offensive and advanced into Germany, the prisoners were marched westward in the so-called Long March or Death March. Many of them died from the bitter cold and exhaustion. The lucky ones got far enough to the west to be liberated by the Allied armies after some four months of travelling on foot in appalling conditions. 61 Polish citizens were murdered by Nazi Germany in the village during World War II.[4]
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Pond
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Fire department station
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Park
References
- ^ Państwowy Rejestr Nazw Geograficznych – miejscowości – format XLSX, Place Names Register of Poland – PRNG, Head Office of Geodesy and Cartography, 31 August 2025, PRNG identifier: 128220
- ^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
- ^ "Stalag VIIIB 344 Lamsdorf - Home". lamsdorf.com. Retrieved 2017-12-14.
- ^ Zestawienie Miejsc Zbrodni Popełnionych na Ludności Cywilnej przez Okupanta Hitlerowskiego na Ziemiach Polskich w latach 1939–1945 (in Polish). Warszawa. 2022. p. 192. ISBN 978-83-954388-3-7.
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