Wiechlice
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Wiechlice [vjɛˈxlit͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szprotawa, within Żagań County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) east of Szprotawa, 21 km (13 mi) east of Żagań, and 42 km (26 mi) south of Zielona Góra.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1260 as Vechlic, when it was part of
Greater Poland uprising were imprisoned at the camp.[2] There is a cemetery of the prisoners of war from World War I and a monument to imprisoned Polish insurgents at the site. After the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II
in 1945, the village became again part of Poland. A nuclear bunker was built in the 1960s.
References
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ "Odsłonięcie obelisku w Szprotawie – Wiechlicach". Towarzystwo Pamięci Powstania Wielkopolskiego 1918-1919 (in Polish). Retrieved 4 December 2020.
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