Trzebień, Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Village in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
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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]
Trzebień | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Entrance to Trzebień from Nowa Sól | |
  Trzebień Location within Poland | |
| Coordinates: 51°23′15″N 15°35′52″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
The 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
The A18 motorway passes south of the village.
Notable residents
- Helmut Bruck (1913–2001), Luftwaffe officer