Leśnica, Wrocław
Leśnica | |
|---|---|
 General view | |
 Location of Leśnica within Wrocław | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lower Silesian |
| County/City | Wrocław |
| First mentioned | 1201 |
| Incorporated into the city | 1928 |
| Established the modern-day district | 1991 |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 31,971 |
| [1] | |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | +48 71 |
| Website | lesnica.org |
Leśnica (Polish pronunciation: [lɛɕˈɲit͡sa], German: Lissa[a], [ˈlɪsa]) is a district in Wrocław, Poland, located in the western part of the city. It was established in the territory of the former Fabryczna district.
Name
[edit]In a medieval document written in Latin and issued in Wrocław in 1266, which was signed by Silesian Duke Henry III the White, the village is listed under the name Lesnitz.[2]
Since the German name Lissa was also carried by Leszno, Leśnica was referred to as Deutsch Lissa as opposed to Polnisch Lissa.[3]
History
[edit]
Leśnica was first mentioned in 1201, when it was part of medieval Piast-ruled Poland, although it was founded earlier with a stronghold and castle of the Piast dukes built in the 12th century. Duke Bolesław I the Tall died in the castle in 1201. Leśnica was granted a town charter in 1261, which was degraded before 1700.[4]
The settlement was incorporated into Breslau (today's Wrocław) in 1928.[3]
During World War II, Nazi Germany operated a subcamp of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp in the district, in which mostly Poles were imprisoned, but also some Ukrainians, Russians, Germans, Frenchmen, Czechs, Yugoslavs,[5] and a forced labour subcamp of the city's juvenile prison.[6] The still living prisoners of the subcamp of Gross-Rosen were evacuated to the main camp in a death march in January 1945.[5]
In 1991, after reforms in the administrative division of Wrocław, Leśnica became one of the city's 48 districts.[7]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Also called Deutsch Lissa as opposed to Polnisch Lissa.
References
[edit]- ^ "Liczba mieszkańców zameldowanych we Wrocławiu w podziale na Osiedla – stan na 31 grudnia 2022 r."
- ^ Georg Korn, "Breslauer Urkundenbuch", Erster Theil, Breslau, Verlag von Wilhelm Gottlieb Korn 1870, s. 33.
- ^ a b "Leśnica tajemnicza jak Mona Lis(s)a (cz. I)". Wroclaw.pl (in Polish). 2024-01-03. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
- ^ Robert Krzysztofik, Lokacje miejskie na obszarze Polski. Dokumentacja geograficzno-historyczna, Katowice 2007, p. 46–47.
- ^ a b "Subcamps of KL Gross-Rosen". Gross-Rosen Museum in Rogoźnica. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ "Außenkommando des Straf- und Jugendgefängnisses Breslau in Breslau-Lissa". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ "UCHWAŁA NR XX/110/91 RADY MIEJSKIEJ WROCŁAWIA z dnia 20 marca 1991 roku w sprawie podziału Wrocławia na osiedla".
