Strachowice is a neighborhood in
Wrocław
Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...
,
Poland
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, located in the southwestern part of the city. Originally a
village
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, it was included within the city limits of Wrocław in 1973.
The
Copernicus Airport Wrocław
Copernicus Airport Wrocław ( pl, Port Lotniczy Wrocław im. Mikołaja Kopernika, Port lotniczy Wrocław- Strachowice) is an international civil-military airport in Wrocław in Lower Silesian Voivodeship in southwestern Poland. It is Poland’s ...
is located in Strachowice.
History and etymology
Strachowice dates back to
medieval
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Piast
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-ruled Poland. The oldest known mention of the village comes from a document from 1305.
[ Its name is of Polish origin, and comes from the Polish word ''strach'', which means "fear".
In the 18th century it was annexed by ]Prussia
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, and in 1871 it became part of Germany. In 1937, during a massive Nazi campaign of renaming of placenames, it was renamed to ''Schöngarten'' to erase traces of Polish origin. During World War II
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, the Germans operated the E182 forced labour
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subcamp of the Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner-of-war camp
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There are significant differences among POW camps, internment camps, and military prisons. P ...
in the settlement.[ Until 1990 it was a neighborhood ('']osiedle
Osiedle (Polish plural: ''osiedla'', from German ''Ansiedlung'' meaning ''settlement'') is a term used in Poland to denote a designated subdivision or neighbourhood of a city or its dzielnica, or of a town, with its own council and executive. Lik ...
'') in the south-western part of Wrocław, in the district
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of Fabryczna. Since 1990 part of the combined osiedle Jerzmanowo-Jarnołtów-Strachowice-Osiniec.
Climate
References
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Districts of Wrocław