Kaniów, Opole Voivodeship

Village in Opole Voivodeship, Poland

50°49′50″N 17°50′08″E / 50.83056°N 17.83556°E / 50.83056; 17.83556Country

PolandVoivodeshipOpole VoivodeshipCountyOpole CountyGminaPopielówTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Vehicle registrationOPO

Kaniów [ˈkaɲuf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Popielów, within Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.^[1]

The village is traditionally inhabited by the Leśnioki ethnographic subgroup of the Polish people.

History

In the Middle Ages, the village was part of Piast-ruled Poland, and afterwards it was also part of Bohemia (Czechia), Prussia and Germany. During World War II, the Germans operated a forced labour camp for Jews^[2] and the E608 forced labour subcamp of the Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner-of-war camp in the village.^[3] The village was restored to Poland after the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II in 1945.

References

^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
^ "Zwangsarbeitslager für Juden Hirschfelde". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 3 April 2021.
^ "Working Parties". Lamsdorf.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2021.