Zagan

Żagań

Żagań (zhäˈgänyə), Ger. Sagan, town (1991 est. pop. 27,800), Lubuskie prov., W Poland, on the Bóbr River. It has lignite mines, textile mills, and glassmaking industries. Founded in the 12th cent., Żagań was the capital of a principality that passed to the Hapsburgs in the 16th cent. and to Prussia in 1745. The town was incorporated into Poland after World War II.

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The influx of American troops effectively created a "little America" in the Polish-German border city of Zagan. The intent of this back-to-back rotational deployment is to enhance regional security by reinforcing the European Allies' eastern flank.

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Then it's onwards into Poland to Stalag Luft III camp at Zagan, where 80 Allied servicemen made the "Great Escape".

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They took the exact route taken by PoWs from Zagan to Spremberg, Poland to Germany during 1945 accompanied by five RAF veterans.

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He said the mining work of Chinarak, Karkar, Sabzak coal mines and Nuraba, Samti, Qara zagan gold mines had not begun so far.