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Ciechanowice

Coordinates: 50°53′28″N 15°59′18″E / 50.89111°N 15.98833°E / 50.89111; 15.98833
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Ciechanowice
Village
Ciechanowice is located in Poland
Ciechanowice
Ciechanowice
Coordinates: 50°53′28″N 15°59′18″E / 50.89111°N 15.98833°E / 50.89111; 15.98833
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLower Silesian
CountyKamienna Góra
GminaMarciszów
Population
1,100

Ciechanowice [t͡ɕɛxanɔˈvit͡sɛ] is a village (former mining town) in the administrative district of Gmina Marciszów, within Kamienna Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1]

It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north-west of Kamienna Góra, and 79 kilometres (49 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.

History

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After assumption of Polish rule in accordance with the Potsdam Agreement, the local populace was expelled by mid-1946, for new Polish settlers to take their place. [2]

References

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  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Die Vertreibung der deutschen Bevölkerung aus den Gebieten östlich der Oder-Neisse. Dokumentation der Vertreibung der Deutschen aus Ost-Mitteleuropa (in German). Vol. I/2. Deutscher Taschenbuchverlag. 1984. pp. 80–811.