Pępice, Opole Voivodeship
Pępice | |
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Village | |
Pępice | |
| Coordinates: 50°49′N 17°24′E / 50.817°N 17.400°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Opole |
| County | Brzeg |
| Gmina | Skarbimierz |
| Population | 360 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Pępice [pɛmˈpit͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Skarbimierz, within Brzeg County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 5 km (3 mi) south-west of Skarbimierz, 9 km (6 mi) south-west of Brzeg, and 42 km (26 mi) north-west of the regional capital Opole.
The village dates back to the medieval Kingdom of Poland and was first mentioned in the Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis chronicle from the late 13th-early 14th century. The region became part of Bohemia under the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation and later passed to various German states. During World War II, the Germans established a subcamp of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp, whose prisoners were mainly Poles from Warsaw and Kraków.[2]
There is a historic church of Our Lady of the Rosary in Pępice.
References
- ^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). Select Miejscowości (SIMC) tab, select fragment (min. 3 znaki), enter town name in the field below, click WYSZUKAJ (Search)
- ^ "Subcamps of KL Gross- Rosen". Gross-Rosen Museum in Rogoźnica. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
External links
- Jewish Community in Pępice on Virtual Shtetl