Krzystkowice
Krzystkowice [ kʃɨstkɔ'vʲiʦɛ ] ( German Christianstadt / Bober ) is a district of the city of Nowogród Bobrzański and has belonged to Gmina Nowogród Bobrzański since 1976 .
Krzystkowice came to Poland in 1945 and lost its city rights . From 1973 to 1976 the village was the seat of Gmina Krzystkowice in the Polish part of Niederlausitz on the west bank of the Bober .
history
founding
The place arose from the village of Neudorf opposite Naumburg am Bober . On November 25, 1659, Duke Christian von Sachsen-Merseburg , Margrave of Lower Lusatia, granted Count Balthasar Erdmann I von Promnitz, lord of the Sorau class, permission to accept Protestant religious refugees from Silesia, mainly from the principalities of Sagan and Glogau, as well the city law. The now expanded settlement was named Christianstadt and was created in the form of a CH. With this gesture, the Count of Promnitz honored his sovereign. On May 14, 1663, the city of Christianstadt was granted a count's privilege.
As a result of the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the city came to Prussia with the cession of Niederlausitz by the Kingdom of Saxony . At first the textile industry was predominant in the city. In the 20th century the chemical industry was established.
Concentration camp subcamps
During the Second World War there was a satellite camp of the Groß-Rosen concentration camp west of the city on the Schwedenwall in the Christianstadt forest since June 1944 , which provided female workers for the Christianstadt plant of Gesellschaft mbH for the recycling of chemical products (camouflage name "elm"). It was primarily - in terms of wartime production - the largest explosives and ammunition factory in the Third Reich .
When it was built, 500 women from the Auschwitz concentration camp were housed in the camp. Further transports from Transylvania and the Litzmannstadt ghetto increased the number to 1031 people in September 1944. From December 1944 the number of prisoners was below 900. One of the prisoners was Ruth Klüger , who reported about this time in her autobiography; Alice Licht, a friend of Otto Weidt , was also in this camp.
literature
- Martina Löbner: “Geheime Reichssache” Christianstadt - the end of a small town between the Oder and Neisse and the “Ulme” explosives factory. Dissertation. University of Hanover, 2002. Online (PDF file, 21.9. MB.)
Individual evidence
- ^ Jan Factor : The forgotten Christianstadt concentration camp. Cover name elm. In: FAZ.NET , August 27, 2010, accessed on January 7, 2013.
Web links
Coordinates: 51 ° 48 ' N , 15 ° 14' E