Ludwikowice Kłodzkie

Ludwikowice Kłodzkie
Village
Railway viaduct in Ludwikowice Kłodzkie
Railway viaduct in Ludwikowice Kłodzkie
Ludwikowice Kłodzkie is located in Poland
Ludwikowice Kłodzkie
Ludwikowice Kłodzkie
Coordinates: 50°37′04″N 16°28′42″E / 50.61778°N 16.47833°E / 50.61778; 16.47833
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLower Silesian
CountyKłodzko
GminaNowa Ruda
First mentioned1352
Highest elevation
650 m (2,130 ft)
Population
 • Total
2,540
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationDKL

Ludwikowice Kłodzkie [ludvikɔˈvit͡sɛ ˈkwɔt͡skʲɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowa Ruda, within Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.

It is situated on the Włodzica River. It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) north of Nowa Ruda, 24 kilometres (15 mi) north-west of Kłodzko, and 69 kilometres (43 mi) south-west of the regional capital Wrocław.

History

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The oldest known mention of the village comes from 1352, although it certainly existed earlier. Between 1871 and 1945, it was part of Germany. During World War II in 1942, the Germans established a forced labour camp for Jews in the village and a forced labour subcamp of the Nazi prison in Kłodzko.[1] A group of Polish forced laborers were sent to the Nazi prison in Kłodzko for making contact with Jewish forced laborers.[2] In 1944, it was transformed into a subcamp of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp, intended for Jewish women.[3] Of about 600 imprisoned women, up to 300 died.[3]

There is a historic Church of St. Michael the Archangel and a museum in the village.

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  • Church of St. Michael the Archangel
    Church of St. Michael the Archangel
  • Museum
    Museum
  • Pharmacy
    Pharmacy
  • Culture centre and library
    Culture centre and library

References

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  1. ^ Megargee, Geoffrey P.; Overmans, Rüdiger; Vogt, Wolfgang (2022). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume IV. Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. p. 670. ISBN 978-0-253-06089-1.
  2. ^ Konieczny, Alfred (1974). "Więzienie karne w Kłodzku w latach II wojny światowej". Śląski Kwartalnik Historyczny Sobótka (in Polish). XXIX (3). Wrocław: Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich, Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk: 380.
  3. ^ a b "Subcamps of KL Gross- Rosen". Gross-Rosen Museum in Rogoźnica. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
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