Góra Świętej Anny

Góra Świętej Anny
A church overlooking the village
A church overlooking the village
Góra Świętej Anny is located in Poland
Góra Świętej Anny
Góra Świętej Anny
Coordinates: 50°27′22″N 18°10′03″E / 50.45611°N 18.16750°E / 50.45611; 18.16750
Country Poland
VoivodeshipOpole
CountyStrzelce
GminaLeśnica
Population
 (2006)
 • Total
580
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
47-154
Area code+48 77
Car platesOST
Highways

Góra Świętej Anny (Polish: [ˈɡura ˈɕfʲɛntɛj ˈannɨ] meaning "Saint Anne's Mountain") is a village in the Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1]

The village is located on the hill from which its name derives. A popular sanctuary, with a statue of Saint Anne and a calvary, is located on its top.

The settlement lies within the protected area called Góra Świętej Anny Landscape Park. This is also one of the official Polish Historical Monuments (Pomnik historii).

History

Following World War I and the re-emergence of the sovereign Poland, while still part of the Weimar Republic, the hill was the site of the Battle of Annaberg in 1921 during the Silesian Uprisings. A museum dedicated to the uprising was opened in the village in 1961.[2]

In 1940, during World War II, Germans expelled the Franciscans from the village.[2] The Germans established and operated a forced labour camp for Poles, Jews and Soviet prisoners of war,[2] another forced labour camp for Jewish women,[3] and the E111 forced labour subcamp of the Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner-of-war camp in the village.[4] The village was eventually restored to Poland after the war in 1945.

Main sights

  • Silesian Uprisings monument
    Silesian Uprisings monument
  • Saint Anne church
    Saint Anne church
  • Monastery
    Monastery
  • Chapel of the Coronation of Mary
    Chapel of the Coronation of Mary
  • Chapel of St. Raphael
    Chapel of St. Raphael
  • Landscape
    Landscape

References

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ a b c "St. Annaberg (Männerlager)" (in German). Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  3. ^ "St. Annaberg (Frauenlager)" (in German). Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Working Parties". Lamsdorf.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2021.