Wierzbie, Nysa County

Village in Opole Voivodeship, Poland

50°32′0″N 17°36′0″E / 50.53333°N 17.60000°E / 50.53333; 17.60000Country

PolandVoivodeshipOpoleCountyNysaGminaŁambinowiceElevation

200 m (700 ft)Population

639Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Vehicle registrationONYVoivodeship roads

Wierzbie [ˈvjɛʐbjɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Łambinowice, within Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) east of Łambinowice, 21 km (13 mi) east of Nysa, and 28 km (17 mi) south-west of the regional capital Opole.

History

In the 10th century the area became part of the emerging Polish state. According to linguist Heinrich Adamy the name is of Polish origin, and comes from the word wierzba, which means "willow". Later on, the village fell to Bohemia (Czechia), then Prussia, and Germany. In 1936, during a massive Nazi campaign of renaming of placenames, the village was renamed to Weidengut to erase traces of Polish origin. During World War II, the Germans operated the E475 forced labour subcamp of the nearby Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner-of-war camp in the village.^[2] Following the defeat of Germany in the war, in 1945, the village became again part of Poland and its historic name was restored.

References

^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
^ "Working Parties". Lamsdorf.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2021.