Jasień, Lubusz Voivodeship

Coordinates: 51°45′5″N 15°1′3″E / 51.75139°N 15.01750°E / 51.75139; 15.01750
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Jasień
Rynek (Market Square)
Rynek (Market Square)
Coat of arms of Jasień
Jasień is located in Poland
Jasień
Jasień
Coordinates: 51°45′5″N 15°1′3″E / 51.75139°N 15.01750°E / 51.75139; 15.01750
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLubusz
CountyŻary
GminaJasień
First mentioned1000
Town rights1660
Area
 • Total3.05 km2 (1.18 sq mi)
Population
 (2019-06-30[1])
 • Total4,309
 • Density1,400/km2 (3,700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
68-320
Vehicle registrationFZA
ClimateCfb
Voivodeship roads
Websitehttp://www.jasien.com.pl

Jasień [ˈjaɕɛɲ] (German: Gassen) is a town in western Poland, in Lubusz Voivodeship, in Żary County. It has 4,309 inhabitants (2019).

History[edit]

Memorial to the victims of the subcamp of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp

During World War II Jasień was the location of the Nazi German slave labour camp AL Gassen, one of nearly one hundred subcamps of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp.[2] Its prisoners, mostly Poles, Soviet prisoners of war, Czechs, Croats and Frenchmen, were making warplane parts for Focke-Wulf AG.[2] The camp, with around 700 acutely malnourished prisoners, operated from August 1944 until 13 February 1945, when the remaining workforce was sent on a death march to the Buchenwald concentration camp ahead of the Soviet advance.[2][3]

Demographics[edit]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
18902,755—    
19002,786+1.1%
19103,829+37.4%
19253,549−7.3%
YearPop.±%
19393,186−10.2%
19501,541−51.6%
19603,501+127.2%
20104,376+25.0%
Source: [4][5]

Sports[edit]

The local football club is Stal Jasień.[6] It competes in the lower leagues.

Twin towns – sister cities[edit]

See twin towns of Gmina Jasień.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial division in 2019. As of 30 June". stat.gov.pl. Statistics Poland. 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
  2. ^ a b c "Subcamps of KL Gross- Rosen". Gross-Rosen Museum in Rogoźnica. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  3. ^ Historia Miasta Jasień (Town History). Archived 2014-10-20 at the Wayback Machine Serwis gminy wiejsko-miejskiej JASIEŃ.(in Polish)
  4. ^ Dokumentacja Geograficzna (in Polish). Vol. 3/4. Warszawa: Instytut Geografii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 1967. p. 17.
  5. ^ Stan i struktura ludności oraz ruch naturalny w przekroju terytorialnym w 2010 r. (PDF) (in Polish). Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 2011. p. 61. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011.
  6. ^ "Strona internetowa klubu MKS Stal Jasień" (in Polish). Retrieved 30 October 2022.

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