Pępice, Opole Voivodeship

Pępice [pɛmˈpit͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Skarbimierz, within Brzeg County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) south-west of Skarbimierz, 9 km (6 mi) south-west of Brzeg, and 42 km (26 mi) north-west of the regional capital Opole.

See also: Pępice, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
Pępice
Village
Pępice is located in Poland
Pępice
Pępice
Coordinates: 50°49′N 17°24′E
CountryPoland Poland
VoivodeshipOpole
CountyBrzeg
GminaSkarbimierz
Population
360
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

The village dates back to the medieval Kingdom of Poland and was first mentioned in the Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis chronicle from the late 13th-early 14th century. Between 1871 and 1945 it was part of Germany. During World War II, the Germans established a subcamp of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp, whose prisoners were mainly Poles from Warsaw and Kraków.[2]

There is a historic church of Our Lady of the Rosary in Pępice.

References
  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. "Subcamps of KL Gross- Rosen". Gross-Rosen Museum in Rogoźnica. Retrieved 22 March 2020.



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