Place:Czechowice-Dziedzice, Ślaskie, Poland

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NameCzechowice-Dziedzice
Alt namesTschechowitz
Tsechowitz
Czechowice-Dźydźice
TypeTown
Coordinates49.91295°N 19.00631°E
Located inŚlaskie, Poland
Also located inKatowice, Poland    

Czechowice-Dziedzice - Silesian: Czechowice-Dźydźice

  • Deutsch Czechowitz-Dzieditz, also Czechowitz-Dziedzitz
  • 1943–1945: Tschechowitz - also Tsechowitz
  • 1951-1958 Czechowice merged Czechowic, Dziedzic, Lipowiec, Ochodza, Olszyna, Renardowice and Żebracz
  • 1958 the town was given the name of Czechowice-Dziedzice


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Czechowice-Dziedzice, previously known until 1958 as Czechowice, is a town in Bielsko County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland with 35,684 inhabitants as of December 2021.[1] It lies on the northeastern edge of the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. With four stations, it is a large rail junction, located at the intersection of two major lines – east-west (Trzebinia – Zebrzydowice), and north–south (Katowice – Bielsko-Biala).

After World War I|, fall of Austria-Hungary, Polish–Czechoslovak War and the division of Cieszyn Silesia in 1920, they became a part of Poland. They was then annexed by Nazi Germany at the beginning of World War II.

During the Oil Campaign of World War II, the oil refinery at "Czechowice" was bombed on August 20, 1944.
The Tschechowitz I & II subcamps of Auschwitz in Czechowice(-Dziedzice) provided forced labor for the SOCONY-Vacuum oil plant.[1]

Subcamps of Auschwitz[2][3]
  • Tschechowitz (Tsechowitz) I - Bombensucherkommando in Czechowice Dziedzice (August -September 1944). Removal of unexploded bombs from the refinery and surrounding areas, company: Vacuum Oil Company, approximately 100 prisoners.[4]
  • Tschechowitz (Tsechowitz) II - Vacuum in Czechowice Dziedzice (September 1944 - January 1945). Clearing rubble and maintaining the refinery, company: Vacuum Oil Company, 561 prisoners (January 17, 1945).[5]

After the war they were restored to Poland.

In 1951 Dziedzice were merged with Czechowice, concurrently the expanded gmina was given town rights.[6] However the name of the new town was Czechowice, which disappointed the citizens of Dziedzice. After complaints in 1958 the town was given the name of Czechowice-Dziedzice.[7]

From 1975 to 1998 it was located in the Katowice Voivodeship, and since 1999 in Silesian Voivodeship.

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  1. ↑ Sub-Camps of Auschwitz Concentration Camp, auschwitz.org.pl, retrieved 2009-05-21
  2. ↑ Sub-Camps of Auschwitz Concentration Camp
  3. ↑ Map Sub-Camps of Auschwitz Concentration Camp
  4. ↑ Tschechowitz-Bombensucherkommando TSCHECHOWITZ - BOMBENSUCHENKOMMANDO
  5. ↑ Tschechowitz-Vacuum TSCHECHOWITZ-VACUUM
  6. ↑ Rozporządzenie Prezesa Rady Ministrów z dnia 14 grudnia 1950 r. w sprawie zniesienia gminy Dziedzice, zmiany granic niektórych gmin oraz nadania ustroju miejskiego gminie Czechowice. year = 1950, volume = 57, number = 514
  7. ↑ Zarządzenie nr 231 Prezesa Rady Ministrów z dnia 13 listopada 1958 r. w sprawie zmiany nazw niektórych miejscowości w województwach katowickim, poznańskim, wrocławskim i lubelskim., gazette = MP, year = 1958, volume = 89, number = 496
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