Marciszów

Marciszów
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Marciszów
Coordinates: 50°50′33″N 16°1′57″E / 50.8425°N 16.0325°E / 50.8425; 16.0325
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
County	Kamienna Góra
Gmina	Marciszów

Marciszów [marˈt​͡ɕiʂuf] (German: Merzdorf) is a village in Kamienna Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.^[1] It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Marciszów. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) north-west of Kamienna Góra and 78 km (48 mi) south-west of the regional capital Wrocław. At the end of World War II (1944 - 45) in textile factory Kramsta-Methner in Marciszów (Merzdorf) Jewish women from various concentration camps (Terezin, Auschwitz, Gross-Rosen etc.) were imprisoned and used for forced labor.

References

1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01. http://www.stat.gov.pl/broker/access/prefile/listPreFiles.jspa. 

Coordinates: 50°50′33″N 16°01′57″E / 50.8425°N 16.0325°E / 50.8425; 16.0325