Świętno, Greater Poland Voivodeship

See also: Świętno, West Pomeranian Voivodeship
Świętno
Village
Świętno is located in Poland
Świętno
Świętno
Coordinates: 52°1′N 16°3′E / 52.017°N 16.050°E / 52.017; 16.050
Country Poland
VoivodeshipGreater Poland
CountyWolsztyn
GminaWolsztyn
Population
 • Total
1,100
Time 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

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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

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  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.


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