Ćwiklice
Village
Saint Martin church
Saint Martin church
Location of Ćwiklice within Gmina Pszczyna
Location of Ćwiklice within Gmina Pszczyna
Ćwiklice is located in Poland
Ćwiklice
Ćwiklice
Coordinates: 49°59′N 18°59′E / 49.983°N 18.983°E / 49.983; 18.983
Country Poland
VoivodeshipSilesian
CountyPszczyna
GminaPszczyna
First mentioned1326
Population
2,400
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationSPS
Websitehttp://www.cwiklice.ehh.pl

Ćwiklice [t͡ɕfiˈklit͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pszczyna, within Pszczyna County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) east of Pszczyna and 30 km (19 mi) south of the regional capital Katowice.

History

In the Middle Ages, the area was part of the territory of the Vistulans tribe, one of the Polish tribes.[2] It became part of the emerging Polish state in the 10th century. The village was first mentioned in 1326 in the register of Peter's Pence payment among Catholic parishes of Oświęcim deanery of the Diocese of Kraków as Cviclicz.[3][4]

In September 1939, heavy fighting took place on the outskirts of the village, with the Polish 16th Infantry Regiment suffering devastating losses against German panzers, when caught in the open. During the German occupation (World War II), in January 1945, the death march from the Auschwitz concentration camp passed through Ćwiklice, and 42 prisoners (26 women and 16 men) were buried in the village.[5]

Transport

The Voivodeship road 933 runs through the village and the National road 1 runs nearby, west of the village.

References

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  1. ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ↑ Orlik, Zygmunt (2012). Poręba: z życia podpszczyńskiej wsi (in Polish). Pszczyna: Towarzystwo Miłośników Ziemi Pszczyńskiej. p. 13. ISBN 978-83-62674-16-9.
  3. ↑ Jan, Ptaśnik (1913). Monumenta Poloniae Vaticana T.1 Acta Camerae Apostolicae. Vol. 1, 1207-1344 (in Latin). Cracoviae: Sumpt. Academiae Litterarum Cracoviensis. pp. 147–150.
  4. ↑ Maroń, Franciszek (1969). "Rozwój sieci parafialnej w diecezji katowickiej aż do końca XV wieku" [The development of a net of parish in Diocese of Katowice until the end of the 15th century]. Śląskie Studia Historyczno-Teologiczne (in Polish): 123.
  5. ↑ "Szlakiem Marszów Śmierci". Miejsce Pamięci i Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau (in Polish). Retrieved 3 July 2021.


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