Psie Pole

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Psie Pole, meaning Dog Field, is a part of Wrocław in Poland, located in the city’s north‑eastern area on the right bank of the Oder River. It was an independent town until 1928 and later became a district of Wrocław. On March 21, 1991, the City Office of Wrocław took over many administrative functions, and the name Psie Pole remains in use mainly for statistics.

Today, Psie Pole is one of Wrocław’s greenest neighborhoods and an important transport hub for connections to Warsaw, Łódź, and other central Polish destinations. The Polish General Tadeusz Kościuszko Military University of Land Forces is located there. Since 1991, the area has been divided into 11 districts.

It is traditionally linked with the 1109 Battle of Hundsfeld between Poles and Germans, though historians doubt the battle occurred there because the event is mentioned only later. The local parish church of Saints James and Christopher dates from the early 13th century, and the settlement appears in medieval documents as Pzepole and Psepole. During World War II, a female subcamp of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp was located in the district. In 2022 the population was 95,615.