Dobroszyce

Village in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

51°15′53″N 17°20′21″E / 51.26472°N 17.33917°E / 51.26472; 17.33917Country

PolandVoivodeshipLower SilesianCountyOleśnicaGminaDobroszycePopulation

2,376Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Vehicle registrationDOLVoivodeship roads

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Dobroszyce ([dɔbrɔˈʂɨt͡sɛ]) (German: Juliusburg) is a village in Oleśnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.^[1] It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Dobroszyce.

It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) north-west of Oleśnica, and 26 kilometres (16 mi) north-east of the regional capital Wrocław.

Between 1663 and 1928 it had town rights.

During World War II, from 1940 to 1942, the Germans operated the Oflag VIII-C prisoner-of-war camp for French, Belgian and Dutch officers and orderlies in the village.^[2] Some Dutch POWs managed to escape from the camp.^[2]

There is a railway station in Dobroszyce.

Sports

The local football club is Dąb Dobroszyce. It competes in the lower leagues.

References

^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
^ ^a ^b 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. pp. 256–257. ISBN 978-0-253-06089-1.