Rożniątów
village of Poland
Rożniątów [rɔʐˈɲɔntuf] (German: Rosniontau) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Strzelce Opolskie, within Strzelce County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.
History
In the Upper Silesian plebiscite of March 20, 1921, 46 eligible voters voted to remain with Germany and 136 for Poland. On the Rosniontau estate, 27 people voted for Germany and 69 for Poland. Rosniontau remained part of the German Reich. In 1933, the village had 566 inhabitants. On July 3, 1936, the village was renamed Kurzbach. In 1939, the village had 744 inhabitants. Until 1945, the village was part of the Groß Strehlitz district.
A subcamp of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp was established in Kurzbach on October 22, 1944. A maximum of 1,000 prisoners were forced to work there for the Organisation Todt.
“Rożniątów” enters the record as village of Poland. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Rożniątów, village and Poland can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q742689. Authority coordinates are 50.510, 18.251. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1921, 1933, 1936 and 1939.
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