Jaroszów, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

For other places with the same name, see Jaroszów.

Jaroszów
Village
Church of St. John the Baptist
Jaroszów
Coordinates: 50°59′17″N 16°25′01″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
County	Świdnica
Gmina	Strzegom
Population
• Total	2,150
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	DSW
Website	http://www.jaroszow.pl

Jaroszów [jaˈrɔʂuf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Strzegom, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1]

It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) north-east of Strzegom, 16 kilometres (10 mi) north of Świdnica, and 47 kilometres (29 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.

History

The village was founded by Slavic Lechitic tribes in the Early Middle Ages, and there is an archaeological site from that period in Jaroszów.[2] The territory became part of the emerging Polish state under the Piast dynasty in the 10th century. In 1193, the tithe from Jaroszów was granted to the Canons Regular Monastery in Wrocław.[3] The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the Polish given name Jarosz.[4]

During World War II, Nazi Germany operated two forced labour subcamps of the Stalag VIII-A prisoner-of-war camp for Allied POWs in the village.[5]

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. Atlas historyczny miast polskich. Tom IV: Śląsk. Zeszyt 6: Strzegom (in Polish and English). Wrocław: Instytut Archeologii i Etnologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 2015. pp. 5, 36. ISBN 978-83-63760-57-1.
3. Grünhagen, Colmar (1884). Codex Diplomaticus Silesiae (in German). Vol. 7. Josef Max & Comp. p. 56.
4. Damrot, Konstanty (1896). Die älteren Ortsnamen Schlesiens, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung. Mit einem Anhange über die schlesisch-polnischen Personennamen. Beiträge zur schlesischen Geschichte und Volkskunde (in German). Verlag von Felix Kasprzyk. p. 66.
5. "Jenieckie komanda robocze Stalagu VIII A Görlitz na terenie powiatu świdnickiego w latach 1940-1945" (in Polish). Retrieved 6 November 2024.