Ruszów, Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Ruszów | |
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Village | |
Renovated ruins of the Protestant church | |
Ruszów | |
| Coordinates: 51°24′02″N 15°10′59″E / 51.40056°N 15.18306°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lower Silesian |
| County | Zgorzelec |
| Gmina | Węgliniec |
| Population (approx.) | 2,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | http://www.ruszow.pl ruszow.pl |
Ruszów [ˈruʂuf] (Upper Sorbian: Ružow) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Węgliniec, within Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Ruszów is within the historic Upper Lusatia, homeland of Lusatian Sorbs.
During World War II the Germans established and operated a subcamp of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp in the village, whose prisoners were Jews.
In the final stages of World War II, a temporary hospital of the Second Polish Army was located in the village.