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) | |
Coordinates: 51°45′5″N 15°1′3″E | |
Country | ![]() |
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 |
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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, but also Soviet prisoners of war, Czechs, Croats, Frenchmen, Romanians, Italians, Hungarians, Greeks, Serbs, Lithuanians, were making warplane parts for Focke-Wulf AG.[2][3] 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][4]
The local football club is Stal Jasień.[7] It competes in the lower leagues.
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