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Dziemiany
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Dziemiany is a village in Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Dziemiany. It was the location of the Nazi concentration camp Dzimianen - Sophienwalde, a subcamp of the concentration camp Stutthof. Here the SS-Truppenübungsplatz Westpreußen was located during the occupation of Poland in World War II.

Key facts

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Dziemiany
Settlement.settlement_type
Village
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Settlement.image_skyline
Dziemiany1.jpg
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Saint Anthony church in Dziemiany
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Country
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Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Pomeranian
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County
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Kościerzyna
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Gmina
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Dziemiany
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Poland
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right
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CET
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+1
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CEST
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+2

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  • History
  • World War II
  • Notable people
  • See also
  • References

Dziemiany is a village in Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Dziemiany. It was the location of the Nazi concentration camp Dzimianen - Sophienwalde, a subcamp of the concentration camp Stutthof. Here the SS-Truppenübungsplatz Westpreußen was located during the occupation of Poland in World War II.

==History== Dziemiany was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Tczew County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dziemiany” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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