Ruszów, Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Village in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ruszów [ˈruʂuf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Węgliniec, within Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] Ruszów is within the historic Upper Lusatia, homeland of Lusatian Sorbs. It lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) north of Węgliniec, 31 kilometres (19 mi) north-east of Zgorzelec, and 133 kilometres (83 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.
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Coordinates: 51°24′02″N 15°10′59″E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Lower Silesian |
County | Zgorzelec |
Gmina | Węgliniec |
Population (approx.) | 2,000 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Website | http://www.ruszow.pl ruszow.pl |
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During World War II the Germans established and operated a subcamp of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp in the village, whose prisoners were Jews.[2]
In the final stages of World War II, a temporary hospital of the Second Polish Army was located in the village.