Gorzyczki, Silesian Voivodeship

Gorzyczki
Village

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Gorzyczki
Coordinates: 49°56′53″N 18°24′17″E / 49.94806°N 18.40472°E / 49.94806; 18.40472
Country Poland
Voivodeship Silesian
County Wodzisław
Gmina Gorzyce
First mentioned 1229
Government
  Mayor Henryk Grzegoszczyk
Area 6.69 km2 (2.58 sq mi)
Population 1,593
  Density 240/km2 (620/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Car plates SWD

Gorzyczki [ɡɔˈʐɨt͡ʂki] is a village in Gmina Gorzyce, Wodzisław County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. It has a population of 1,593 and lies near the border with the Czech Republic, 10 kilometers south from seat County- Wodzisław Śląski. It is close to where the A1 motorway crosses the border into the Czech Republic to/from Poland

It was the location of the Polenlager 169, a Nazi concentration camp of Polenlager type, i.e., primarily for Poles. It held the deported Poles who didn't sign a volkslist. It was operated on the base of the "Fryderyk" coal mine facilities in 19421945 in Kolonia Fryderyk.[1]

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Coordinates: 49°56′53″N 18°24′17″E / 49.94806°N 18.40472°E / 49.94806; 18.40472


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