Ćwiklice

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Ćwiklice is a village in southern Poland. It lies in the Gmina Pszczyna, Pszczyna County, Silesian Voivodeship. The village has about 2,400 residents. In the Middle Ages the area belonged to the Vistulans, one of the Polish tribes, and it became part of the Polish state in the 10th century. The first written mention of Ćwiklice was in 1326, under the name Cviclicz, in church records of the Oświęcim deanery.

In September 1939 there was heavy fighting on the village’s outskirts, with Polish forces suffering losses against German tanks. In January 1945, during the Auschwitz death march, 42 prisoners passed through Ćwiklice and were buried there (26 women and 16 men).

Today, Voivodeship road 933 runs through the village, and National road 1 is nearby to the west.