Wierzchowice, Milicz County

For other places with the same name, see Wierzchowice.

Wierzchowice
Village
Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in Wierzchowice
Wierzchowice
Coordinates: 51°29′N 17°20′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
County	Milicz
Gmina	Krośnice
Population	670
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Wierzchowice [vjɛʂxɔˈvit͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krośnice, within Milicz County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) north-west of Krośnice, 7 km (4 mi) south-east of Milicz, and 45 km (28 mi) north-east of the regional capital Wrocław.

During World War II the Germans established and operated a subcamp of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp in the village, whose prisoners were Jewish women transported from the Auschwitz concentration camp.[2]

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. "Subcamps of KL Gross- Rosen". Gross-Rosen Museum in Rogoźnica. Retrieved 18 April 2020.