Gorzyczki, Silesian Voivodeship

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Gorzyczki
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settlement_type = Village
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image_shield = Gorzyczki Herb.jpg
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Poland
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Silesian
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Wodzisław
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Gorzyce
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leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Henryk Grzegoszczyk
established_title = First mentioned
established_date = 1229
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area_total_km2 = 6.69
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population_total = 1593
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timezone = CET
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latd=49 |latm=56 |lats=53 |latNS= N
longd=18 |longm=24 |longs=17 |longEW= E
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Gorzyczki is a village in Gmina Gorzyce, Wodzisław County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. It has a population of 1,593 and lies near the border with the Czech Republic.

It was the location of the Polenlager 169, a Nazi concentration camp of "Polenlager" type, i.e., primarily for Poles. It held the deported Poles who didn't sign a "volkslist". It was operated on the base of the "Fryderyk" coal mine facilities in 1942–1945 in Kolonia Fryderyk. [ [http://www.nowiny.pl/artykul.php?a=show_arch&ida=5248&PHPSESSID=19ecf9c46e5b0e947e7a467bff505249 Nowiny Wodzisławskie] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.gorzyce.pl/artykul/15/gorzyczki.html Information about village at Gmina Gorzyce website]