Czerna, Bolesławiec County

Czerna
Village
Czerna
Coordinates: 51°13′24″N 15°21′17″E / 51.22333°N 15.35472°E
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Lower Silesian
County Bolesławiec
Gmina Nowogrodziec
Population 1,100

Czerna [ˈt͡ʂɛrna] (German: Tonhain; until 1937: Tschirne) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowogrodziec, within Bolesławiec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 4 km (2 mi) north-west of Nowogrodziec, 16 km (10 mi) west of Bolesławiec, and 119 km (74 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.

The village has a population of 1,100.

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Coordinates: 51°13′24″N 15°21′17″E / 51.22333°N 15.35472°E