Zabłocie, Bolesławiec County

Zabłocie
Village
Zabłocie
Coordinates: 51°13′10″N 15°26′36″E / 51.21944°N 15.44333°ECoordinates: 51°13′10″N 15°26′36″E / 51.21944°N 15.44333°E
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lower Silesian
County Bolesławiec
Gmina Nowogrodziec
Elevation 170 m (560 ft)
Population 270

Zabłocie [zaˈbwɔt͡ɕe] (German: Thiergarten) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowogrodziec, within Bolesławiec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] Prior to 1945 it was in Germany. It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) north-east of Nowogrodziec, 11 km (7 mi) south-west of Bolesławiec, and 112 km (70 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.

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 270.

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