Kaniów, Opole Voivodeship

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Kaniów
Village
Kaniów is located in Poland
Kaniów
Kaniów
Kaniów is located in Opole Voivodeship
Kaniów
Kaniów
Coordinates: 50°49′50″N 17°50′08″E / 50.83056°N 17.83556°E / 50.83056; 17.83556Coordinates: 50°49′50″N 17°50′08″E / 50.83056°N 17.83556°E / 50.83056; 17.83556
CountryPoland Poland
VoivodeshipOpole Voivodeship
CountyOpole County
GminaPopielów
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationOPO

Kaniów [ˈkaɲuf] (German: Hirschfelde) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Popielów, within Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1]

The village is traditionally inhabited by the Leśnioki ethnographic subgroup of the Polish people.

History

In the Middle Ages, the village was part of Piast-ruled Poland, and afterwards it was also part of Bohemia (Czechia), Prussia and Germany. During World War II, the Germans operated a forced labour camp for Jews[2] and the E608 forced labour subcamp of the Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner-of-war camp in the village.[3] The village was restored to Poland after the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II in 1945.

References

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ "Zwangsarbeitslager für Juden Hirschfelde". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Working Parties". Lamsdorf.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2021.