Tyniec Mały

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Tyniec Mały
Village
Church of the Assumption in Tyniec Mały
Church of the Assumption in Tyniec Mały
Tyniec Mały is located in Poland
Tyniec Mały
Tyniec Mały
Coordinates: 51°2′N 16°55′E / 51.033°N 16.917°E / 51.033; 16.917
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLower Silesian
CountyWrocław County
GminaKobierzyce
Population
1,602
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Websitehttp://www.tyniec-maly.pl/

Tyniec Mały [ˈtɨɲet͡s ˈmawɨ] (German: Klein Tinz) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kobierzyce, within Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1]

It lies approximately 14 kilometres (9 mi) south-west of the regional capital Wrocław.

The village has a population of 1,602. (2008)

On January 24, 1945, 51 prisoners who were shot or died of exhaustion and cold during the "death march" from the subcamp in Miłoszyce to the Gross-Rosen concentration camp were buried in the village.[2] There is a memorial at the site.

Memorial at the mass grave of 51 victims of the "death march"

Sights and monuments[]

  • Gothic Church of the Assumption
  • Gothic wayside shrine[3]
  • Memorial at the site of a mass grave of 51 prisoners murdered by the Germans during the "death march" on January 24, 1945

References[]

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Magda Wieteska. "Marsz Śmierci". OtoWroclawPowiat.pl. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  3. ^ Późnogotycka kapliczka słupowa w Tyńcu Małym koło Wrocławia, Kapliczki, krzyże i figury przydrożne, (in Polish)

Coordinates: 51°2′N 16°55′E / 51.033°N 16.917°E / 51.033; 16.917

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