Sieniawka, Zgorzelec County

Sieniawka [ɕeˈɲafka] (German: Kleinschönau) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bogatynia, within Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech and German borders.[1]

Sieniawka
Village
Sieniawka
Sieniawka
Coordinates: 50°53′45″N 14°50′35″E
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLower Silesian
CountyZgorzelec
GminaBogatynia
Population
678
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) west of Bogatynia, 31 kilometres (19 mi) south of Zgorzelec, and 156 kilometres (97 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.

In the village there are two historic churches: the Immaculate Conception church and the Saint John the Baptist church. Also a hospital for the mentally ill is located in Sieniawka.

During World War II, in 1944–1945, the Germans operated the FAL Zittau subcamp of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp in the village, whose prisoners were Jews, initially only women, and from February 1945 also men.[2]

  • Immaculate Conception church
  • Bridge on the Polish-German border
  • Hospital for the mentally ill
  • Memorial to the prisoners of the subcamp of the Nazi German Gross-Rosen concentration camp

References
  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. "Subcamps of KL Gross- Rosen". Gross-Rosen Museum in Rogoźnica. Retrieved 13 June 2020.


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