Świętoszów
| Świętoszów | |||
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| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Lower Silesia | ||
| Powiat : | Bolesławiec | ||
| Geographic location : | 51 ° 28 ′ N , 15 ° 24 ′ E | ||
| Residents : | 1556 | ||
| Postal code : | 59-726 | ||
| License plate : | DBL | ||
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| Next international airport : | Wroclaw Airport | ||
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| Website : | www.swietoszow.pl | ||
Świętoszów [ śfjen'toszuw ] ( German Neuhammer am Queis ) is a Schulzenamt of the rural municipality Osiecznica in the Powiat Bolesławiecki of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship in southwest Poland . Until 1945 the place belonged to the German Empire .
history
In the late 19th century, the Neuhammer military training area for the Prussian army was built near the village . During the First World War , the facility also served as a prisoner-of-war camp for Russian soldiers.
During the Second World War , the Stalag VIII-E camp was set up on the military training area. It was initially occupied by Polish and French soldiers, and later again by Russian prisoners. At least 50,000 soldiers died of starvation and disease in the camp, and 200 more were shot dead by the NKVD when the camp was taken .
Until 1990 the training area was a garrison of the Soviet Army , today it belongs to the Polish Army .
German garrison until 1945
The following units were stationed in Neuhammer during World War II
Front troop units
- II / Infantry Regiment 49th
- IV / Artillery Regiment 18th
- III./Artillery Regiment 28
- II./Artillery Regiment 44
- II./ Artillery Regiment 76
- Anti-tank department 8
- Neuhammer Infantry Division
- Neuhammer Battalion.
- Shadow Division Neuhammer
- Panzer Grenadier Battalion Neuhammer
- March battalion z. b. V. 1 Neuhammer
- Reconnaissance vehicle battalion Neuhammer
- Landesschützen-Battalion 584, 574, 567
- I./Flak Regiment 43
Replacement troops
- Medical squadron
- Bau-Ersatz-u. Training Battalion 28
- Construction pioneer replacement u. Training Battalion 28
- SS-Grenadier-Training-u. Replacement Regiment 20th
Soviet garrison
- unknown
Polish garrison after 1992
- 10th armored cavalry brigade
Buildings
In the village itself there is still the train station from German times , the Hotel Kaiser-Hof from 1915 as well as the water tower and the garrison's commandant's villa.
railway station
Water tower
Hotel Kaiser-Hof
Commandant's villa
