Rębiszów

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Rębiszów
Village
Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary
Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary
Rębiszów is located in Poland
Rębiszów
Rębiszów
Coordinates: 50°57′03″N 15°26′57″E / 50.95083°N 15.44917°E / 50.95083; 15.44917Coordinates: 50°57′03″N 15°26′57″E / 50.95083°N 15.44917°E / 50.95083; 15.44917
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLower Silesian
CountyLwówek Śląski
GminaMirsk
Population
 (2017[1])
703
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code(s)+48 75
Vehicle registrationDLW

Rębiszów [rɛmˈbiʂuf] (German: Rabishau) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mirsk, within Lwówek Śląski County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border.[2]

The village has a population of 700.

There are two historic churches in Rębiszów: the Church of the Visitation, which dates back to the 16th century and the Saint Barbara church from the 18th century. There is also a train station in the village.

History[]

Saint Barbara church

The name of the village comes from the Polish word rąbać ("chop"), referring to chopping trees.[3] Its oldest form was Rąbyn.[3] In the Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis from around 1300 the village was mentioned under the Latinized name Rabysow.

Before 1945 the village was German-settled and part of the German state of Prussia. During World War II, the Germans created a forced labour camp for English, Yugoslav and French prisoners of war in the village.[4] In the final stages of World War II, in January-February 1945, in the Rębiszów forest, the Germans carried out executions of forced laborers and prisoners of war, who were caught trying to escape from German labor camps.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Wieś Rębiszów (dolnośląskie)". Polska w liczbach (in Polish). Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Heinrich Adamy, Die Schlesischen Ortsnamen ihre Entstechung und Bedeutung. Breslau: Verlag von Priebotsch’s Buchhandlung, 1888, p. 41
  4. ^ Edward Basałygo, 900 lat Jeleniej Góry. Tędy przeszła historia. Kalendarium wydarzeń w Kotlinie Jeleniogórskiej i jej okolicach, Jelenia Góra, 2010, p. 255 (in Polish)
  5. ^ Basałygo, Op. cit., p. 265-266


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