Świętno, Greater Poland Voivodeship

See also: Świętno, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Świętno
Village
Świętno
Coordinates: 52°1′N 16°3′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Greater Poland
County	Wolsztyn
Gmina	Wolsztyn
Population
• Total	1,100
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	PWL

Świętno (Polish: [ˈɕfjɛntnɔ]) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wolsztyn, within Wolsztyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) south of Wolsztyn and 73 km (45 mi) south-west of the regional capital Poznań. The village was home to the Free State of Schwenten for seven months in 1919.

History

During the German evacuation from occupied Poland in the final stages of World War II, in January 1945, a German-perpetrated death march of Jewish women from a just dissolved subcamp of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp in Sława passed through the village.^[2]

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. Toczewski, Andrzej (2017). "Filie obozów koncentracyjnych na Środkowym Nadodrzu". Ziemia Lubuska (in Polish). 3. Zielona Góra: 126. ISSN 2450-3355.