Brzezina, Milicz County

Brzezina
Village
Brzezina
Coordinates: 51°37′05″N 17°16′50″E / 51.61806°N 17.28056°E
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lower Silesian
County Milicz
Gmina Cieszków

Brzezina [bʐɛˈʑina] (German: Grünweiler) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cieszków, within Milicz County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) west of Cieszków, 10 kilometres (6 mi) north of Milicz, and 58 kilometres (36 mi) north 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: 51°37′05″N 17°16′50″E / 51.61806°N 17.28056°E