Marciszów

Marciszów
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Marciszów
Coordinates: 50°50′33″N 16°1′57″E / 50.84250°N 16.03250°E / 50.84250; 16.03250
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
County	Kamienna Góra
Gmina	Marciszów

Marciszów [marˈt͡ɕiʂuf] 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. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) north-west of Kamienna Góra and 78 km (48 mi) south-west of the regional capital Wrocław.

During World War II the village was within the borders of Germany and known as Merzdorf. From 1944 to 1945, in the textile factory Kramsta-Methner, Jewish women from various concentration camps (Terezin, Auschwitz, Gross-Rosen etc.) were imprisoned and used for forced labor.

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Coordinates: 50°50′33″N 16°01′57″E / 50.84250°N 16.03250°E / 50.84250; 16.03250

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