Prusice, Złotoryja County

Prusice
Prusice
Village
	Prusice
	Coordinates: 51°6′N 15°59′E / 51.100°N 15.983°E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
County	Złotoryja
Gmina	Złotoryja
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	DZL

Prusice [pruˈɕit͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Złotoryja, within Złotoryja County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south-east of Złotoryja and 74 km (46 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.

History

In the final stages of World War II, on 1 February 1945, a German-organized death march of Allied prisoners of war from the Stalag Luft 7 POW camp stopped in the village, and the Germans locked the POWs in a barn for the night.^[2]

References

^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
^ Stanek, Piotr (2015). "Stalag Luft 7 Bankau i jego ewakuacja na Zachód w styczniu 1945 r.". Łambinowicki rocznik muzealny (in Polish). 38. Opole: 66. ISSN 0137-5199.

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[TERYT-1] "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.

[2] Stanek, Piotr (2015). "Stalag Luft 7 Bankau i jego ewakuacja na Zachód w styczniu 1945 r.". Łambinowicki rocznik muzealny (in Polish). 38. Opole: 66. ISSN 0137-5199.

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v t e Gmina Złotoryja
Villages	Brennik Ernestynów Gierałtowiec Jerzmanice-Zdrój Kopacz Kozów Łaźniki Leszczyna Lubiatów Nowa Wieś Złotoryjska Podolany Prusice Pyskowice Rokitnica Rzymówka Sępów Wilków Wyskok Wysocko
Seat (not part of the gmina)	Złotoryja