Sławięcice [swavjɛnˈt͡ɕit͡sɛ] is a district of Kędzierzyn-Koźle , Opole Voivodeship , Poland , located in the eastern part of the city.
5-409: The area became part of the emerging Polish state in the 10th century. Sławięcice was first mentioned in 1245. It was granted town rights before 1260, which however, were transferred by Duke Władysław Opolski to nearby Ujazd . The name of the district is of Polish origin and comes from the old Polish male name Sławota . The village was annexed by Prussia in 1742, and from 1871 it was also part of
10-649: The German Empire . During the Third Silesian Uprising , on May 4, 1921, Polish insurgents captured Sławięcice from the Germans. Sławięcice was an essential logistical hub for the insurgents for a month. The Poles organized a field hospital and the insurgents' headquarters was located at the local palace . During World War II , the Germans operated a forced labour "education" camp, the E6 and E207 forced labour subcamps of
15-544: The Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner of war camp for Allied POWs, and a subcamp of the Auschwitz concentration camp . In Sławięcice, there was also a crematorium for the victims of the camps, which is now a memorial. Sławięcice was included within the city limits of Kędzierzyn-Koźle as its district in 1975. Town rights Town privileges or borough rights were important features of European towns during most of
20-485: The second millennium. The city law customary in Central Europe probably dates back to Italian models, which in turn were oriented towards the traditions of the self-administration of Roman cities. Judicially, a borough (or burgh ) was distinguished from the countryside by means of a charter from the ruling monarch that defined its privileges and laws . Common privileges involved trade (marketplace,
25-464: The storing of goods, etc.) and the establishment of guilds . Some of these privileges were permanent and could imply that the town obtained the right to be called a borough , hence the term "borough rights" ( German : Stadtrecht ; Dutch : stadsrechten ). Some degree of self-government , representation by diet , and tax-relief could also be granted. Multiple tiers existed; for example, in Sweden ,
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