Borów, Świdnica County

Borów
Village
Borów
Coordinates: 50°58′52″N 16°14′35″E / 50.98111°N 16.24306°E
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lower Silesian
County Świdnica
Gmina Dobromierz

Borów [ˈbɔruf] (German: Bohrauseifersdorf) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dobromierz, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) north of Dobromierz, 20 kilometres (12 mi) north-west of Świdnica, and 58 kilometres (36 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.

Prior to 1945 it was in Germany. After World War II the region was placed under Polish administration and ethnically cleansed according to the post-war Potsdam Agreement. The native German populace was expelled and replaced with Poles.

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Coordinates: 50°58′52″N 16°14′35″E / 50.98111°N 16.24306°E