Mokre (meaning "wet") is a village located in southern
Poland, in the
Opole Voivodeship,
Głubczyce County
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Głubczyce County ( pl, powiat głubczycki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Opole Voivodeship, south-western Poland, on the Czech border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the P ...
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Gmina Głubczyce
Gmina Głubczyce is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Głubczyce County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Głubczyce, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Opole.
The gmina c ...
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It lies approximately south-west of
Głubczyce and south of the regional capital
Opole
Opole (; german: Oppeln ; szl, Ôpole) ;
* Silesian:
** Silesian PLS alphabet: ''Ôpole''
** Steuer's Silesian alphabet: ''Uopole''
* Silesian German: ''Uppeln''
* Czech: ''Opolí''
* Latin: ''Oppelia'', ''Oppolia'', ''Opulia'' is a city loc ...
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History
During
World War II, the Germans operated the E316
forced labour
Forced labour, or unfree labour, is any work relation, especially in modern or early modern history, in which people are employed against their will with the threat of destitution, detention, violence including death, or other forms of ex ...
subcamp of the
Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner-of-war camp in the village.
Transport
The Polish
National road 38 runs nearby, south of the village.
References
Villages in Głubczyce County
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