Biegoszów

Biegoszów
Village
Biegoszów
Coordinates: 51°03′53″N 15°54′12″E / 51.06472°N 15.90333°E / 51.06472; 15.90333
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
County	Złotoryja
Gmina	Świerzawa

Biegoszów [bjɛˈɡɔʂuf] (German: Hundorf) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świerzawa, within Złotoryja County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.^[1] 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.

It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) north of Świerzawa, 8 kilometres (5 mi) south of Złotoryja, and 80 kilometres (50 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.

References

↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.

Gmina Świerzawa

Town and seat	Świerzawa

Villages	Biegoszów Bronków Dobków Dynowice Gozdno Janochów Jurczyce Krzeniów Lubiechowa Nowy Kościół Podgórki Posępsko Różana Rząśnik Rzeszówek Sądrecko Sędziszowa Sokołowiec Stara Kraśnica Szczechów

Coordinates: 51°03′53″N 15°54′12″E / 51.06472°N 15.90333°E / 51.06472; 15.90333

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