Dziwiszów

Dziwiszów
Village
Dziwiszów

Location of Dziwiszów

Coordinates: 50°56′22″N 15°47′07″E / 50.93944°N 15.78528°ECoordinates: 50°56′22″N 15°47′07″E / 50.93944°N 15.78528°E
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lower Silesian
Powiat Jelenia Góra
Gmina Jeżów Sudecki
Population 1,000

Dziwiszów [d͡ʑiˈviʂuf] (German: Berbisdorf) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jeżów Sudecki, within Jelenia Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 4 km (2 mi) east of Jeżów Sudecki, 6 km (4 mi) north-east of Jelenia Góra, and 91 km (57 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 1,000.

Notable residents

Iris von Arnim

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