- Trzebinia
Infobox Settlement
name = Trzebinia
image_shield = POL Trzebinia COA.svg
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pushpin_label_position = bottom
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Lesser Poland
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Chrzanów
subdivision_type3 =Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Trzebinia
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Adam Adamczyk
area_total_km2 = 31.3
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 18769
population_density_km2 = auto
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 50 | latm = 10 | lats = | latNS = N | longd = 19 | longm = 29 | longs = | longEW = E
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 32-540
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = KCH
website = http://www.trzebinia.plTrzebinia [IPA-pl|t|sz|e|'|b|i|ń|a] is a town in south
Poland with 20,373 inhabitants (2005). It is situated in theLesser Poland Voivodeship (since 1999), previously inKatowice Voivodeship (1975–1998).Trzebinia is an important industrial center, with an oil refinery belonging to the
Orlen company as well as a power plant, located in nearbySiersza . It also is a major rail junction, located on theKraków -Katowice line, with connections toOświęcim andSpytkowice .Massacre during Second World War
On 5 September 1939 during German
Invasion of Poland Wehrmacht soldiers mass murdered 97 people in the town [ Szymon Datner "55 Dni Wehrmachtu w Polsce" page 239] .
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