Gniewków

Gniewków
Village
Gniewków
Coordinates: 50°59′45″N 16°13′12″E / 50.99583°N 16.22000°E / 50.99583; 16.22000
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
County	Świdnica
Gmina	Dobromierz

Gniewków [ˈɡɲefkuf] (German: Girlachsdorf) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dobromierz, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.^[1]It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north of Dobromierz, 23 kilometres (14 mi) north-west of Świdnica, and 60 kilometres (37 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.

Notable Residents

Katja Ebstein (born 1945), singer

References

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

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Gmina Dobromierz

Seat	Dobromierz

Other villages	Borów Bronów Czernica Dzierzków Gniewków Jaskulin Jugowa Kłaczyna Pietrzyków Roztoka Szymanów

Coordinates: 50°59′45″N 16°13′12″E / 50.99583°N 16.22000°E / 50.99583; 16.22000

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