Jasień [ˈjaɕɛɲ] (German: Gassen) is a town in western Poland, in Lubusz Voivodeship, in Żary County. It has 4,309 inhabitants (2019).
Jasień | |
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 Rynek (Market Square) | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Jasień | |
| Coordinates: 51°45′5″N 15°1′3″E / 51.75139°N 15.01750°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lubusz |
| County | Żary |
| Gmina | Jasień |
| First mentioned | 1000 |
| Town rights | 1660 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.05 km2 (1.18 sq mi) |
| Population (2019-06-30[1]) | |
| • Total | 4,309 |
| • Density | 1,400/km2 (3,700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 68-320 |
| Vehicle registration | FZA |
| Climate | Cfb |
| Voivodeship roads |   |
| Website | http://www.jasien.com.pl |
History edit
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During World War II Jasień was the location of the Nazi German slave labour camp AL Gassen, one of nearly one hundred subcamps of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp.[2] Its prisoners, mostly Poles, Soviet prisoners of war, Czechs, Croats and Frenchmen, were making warplane parts for Focke-Wulf AG.[2] The camp, with around 700 acutely malnourished prisoners, operated from August 1944 until 13 February 1945, when the remaining workforce was sent on a death march to the Buchenwald concentration camp ahead of the Soviet advance.[2][3]
Demographics edit
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Sports edit
The local football club is Stal Jasień.[6] It competes in the lower leagues.
Twin towns – sister cities edit
References edit
- ^ "Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial division in 2019. As of 30 June". stat.gov.pl. Statistics Poland. 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
- ^ a b c "Subcamps of KL Gross- Rosen". Gross-Rosen Museum in Rogoźnica. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
- ^ Historia Miasta Jasień (Town History). Archived 2014-10-20 at the Wayback Machine Serwis gminy wiejsko-miejskiej JASIEŃ.(in Polish)
- ^ Dokumentacja Geograficzna (in Polish). Vol. 3/4. Warszawa: Instytut Geografii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 1967. p. 17.
- ^ Stan i struktura ludności oraz ruch naturalny w przekroju terytorialnym w 2010 r. (PDF) (in Polish). Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 2011. p. 61. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011.
- ^ "Strona internetowa klubu MKS Stal Jasień" (in Polish). Retrieved 30 October 2022.