Tyniec Mały
Tyniec Mały [ˈtɨɲɛt͡s ˈmawɨ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kobierzyce, within Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1]
Tyniec Mały | |
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Village | |
 Church of the Assumption in Tyniec Mały | |
  Tyniec Mały | |
| Coordinates: 51°2′N 16°55′E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lower Silesian |
| County | Wrocław County |
| Gmina | Kobierzyce |
| Population | 1,602 (2,008) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | http://www.tyniec-maly.pl/ |
It lies approximately 14 kilometres (9 mi) south-west of the regional capital Wrocław.
On 24 January 1945, 51 prisoners who were shot or died of exhaustion and cold during the "death march" from the subcamp in Miłoszyce to the Gross-Rosen concentration camp were buried in the village.[2] There is a memorial at the site.
Memorial at the mass grave of 51 victims of the "death march"
Sights and monuments
- Gothic Church of the Assumption
- Gothic wayside shrine[3]
- Memorial at the site of a mass grave of 51 prisoners murdered by the Germans during the "death march" on 24 January 1945
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tyniec Mały.
- "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- Magda Wieteska. "Marsz Śmierci". OtoWroclawPowiat.pl. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- Późnogotycka kapliczka słupowa w Tyńcu Małym koło Wrocławia, Kapliczki, krzyże i figury przydrożne, (in Polish)
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