Góra Świętej Anny
Góra Świętej Anny | |
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 A church overlooking the village | |
  Góra Świętej Anny | |
| Coordinates: 50°27′22″N 18°10′03″E / 50.45611°N 18.16750°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Opole |
| County | Strzelce County |
| Gmina | Gmina Leśnica |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 580 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 47-154 |
| Area code | +48 77 |
| Car plates | OST |
| 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[edit]
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[edit]
- 15th-century church dedicated to Saint Anne
- 17th-century Franciscan monastery and museum
- Calvary from the 17th and 18th centuries with 33 chapels
- Lourdes grotto and monument of John Paul II
- Amphitheatre (Thingspiele) built in the abandoned limestone quarry in 1934-1938
- Granite monument of the Silesian Uprisings by Xawery Dunikowski, 1955
- Lime kiln, middle of the 19th century
- Geological natural reserve in the abandoned nephelinite and limestone quarry
- Museum of the Silesian Uprisings
Gallery[edit]
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Silesian Uprisings monument -
Saint Anne church -
Monastery -
Chapel of the Coronation of Mary -
Chapel of St. Raphael -
Landscape
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References[edit]
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ a b c "St. Annaberg (Männerlager)" (in German). Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ^ "St. Annaberg (Frauenlager)" (in German). Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ^ "Working Parties". Lamsdorf.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
External links[edit]
- Jewish Community in Góra Świętej Anny on Virtual Shtetl
- Sanctuary of St. Anne
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