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Góra Świętej Anny

Coordinates: 50°27′22″N 18°10′03″E / 50.45611°N 18.16750°E / 50.45611; 18.16750
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Góra Świętej Anny
A church overlooking the village
A church overlooking the village
Góra Świętej Anny is located in Poland
Góra Świętej Anny
Góra Świętej Anny
Coordinates: 50°27′22″N 18°10′03″E / 50.45611°N 18.16750°E / 50.45611; 18.16750
Country Poland
VoivodeshipOpole
CountyStrzelce County
GminaGmina Leśnica
Population
 (2006)
 • Total580
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
47-154
Area code+48 77
Car platesOST
Highways

Góra Świętej Anny (Polish: [ˈɡura ˈɕfʲɛntɛj ˈannɨ] meaning "Saint Anne's Mountain") is a village in the Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1]

The village is located on the hill from which its name derives. A popular sanctuary, with a statue of Saint Anne and a calvary, is located on its top.

The settlement lies within the protected area called Góra Świętej Anny Landscape Park. This is also one of the official Polish Historical Monuments (Pomnik historii).

History

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Following World War I and the re-emergence of the sovereign Poland, while still part of the Weimar Republic, the hill was the site of the Battle of Annaberg in 1921 during the Silesian Uprisings. A museum dedicated to the uprising was opened in the village in 1961.[2]

In 1940, during World War II, Germans expelled the Franciscans from the village.[2] The Germans established and operated a forced labour camp for Poles, Jews and Soviet prisoners of war,[2] another forced labour camp for Jewish women,[3] and the E111 forced labour subcamp of the Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner-of-war camp in the village.[4] The village was eventually restored to Poland after the war in 1945.

Main sights

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References

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  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ a b c "St. Annaberg (Männerlager)" (in German). Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  3. ^ "St. Annaberg (Frauenlager)" (in German). Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Working Parties". Lamsdorf.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
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