Sowin (german: Sabine) is a
village in the administrative district of
Gmina Łambinowice, in
Nysa County,
Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland.
It lies approximately east of
Łambinowice, north-east of
Nysa
Nysa may refer to:
Greek Mythology
* Nysa (mythology) or Nyseion, the mountainous region or mount (various traditional locations), where nymphs raised the young god Dionysus
* Nysiads, nymphs of Mount Nysa who cared for and taught the infant ...
, and southwest 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 ...
.
The village has an approximate population of 400.
History
In the 10th century the area became part of the emerging
Polish state, and later on, it was part of Poland,
Bohemia (Czechia),
Prussia, and
Germany. In 1936, during a massive Nazi campaign of renaming of placenames, the village was renamed to ''Annahof'' to erase traces of Polish origin. During
World War II, the Germans operated the E574
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 nearby
Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner-of-war camp at a local joinery factory.
After Germany's defeat in the war, in 1945, the village became again part of Poland.
Transport
There is a train station in Sowin, and the
Voivodeship road 405 passes through the village.
Notable residents
*
Richard Thomalla
Richard Thomalla (; 23 October 1903 – 12 May 1945) was a war criminal and SS commander of Nazi Germany. A civil engineer by profession, he was head of the SS Central Building Administration at Lublin reservation in occupied Poland. Thomalla wa ...
(1903—1945), German Nazi SS officer and Holocaust perpetrator executed for war crimes
References
Sowin
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