Klimontów, Sosnowiec

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District of the city of Sosnowiec, Poland

District of Sosnowiec in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

50°16′33″N 19°11′41″E / 50.27583°N 19.19472°E / 50.27583; 19.19472Country

PolandVoivodeshipSilesianCounty/CitySosnowiecTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Vehicle registrationSO

Klimontów [kliˈmɔntuf] is a district of Sosnowiec in the Silesian Voivodeship of Poland,^[1] located in the central part of the city.

History

Historical population
Year	Pop.
1827	216
1921	5,237
Source: ^[2]^[3]

The Klimontów Coal Mine was built in 1908.

During the German invasion of Poland, which started World War II, in September 1939, the Germans carried out a massacre of nine Poles (eight men and one woman) in Klimontów (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).^[4] The German occupiers also established and operated two forced labour subcamps of the Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner-of-war camp for Allied POWs in Klimontów.^[5]

References

^ Rozporządzenie Ministra Administracji i Cyfryzacji z dnia 13 grudnia 2012 r. w sprawie wykazu urzędowych nazw miejscowości i ich części, Dz. U. z 2013 r. poz. 200
^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom IV (in Polish). Warszawa. 1883. p. 149.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (in Polish). Vol. III. Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1925. p. 10.
^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. p. 135.
^ "Working Parties". Lamsdorf.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2023.