Grodziszcze, Polkowice County

Grodziszcze
Village
Grodziszcze
Coordinates: 51°33′11″N 16°12′35″E / 51.55306°N 16.20972°E / 51.55306; 16.20972
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lower Silesian
County Polkowice
Gmina Grębocice
For other places with the same name, see Grodziszcze.

Grodziszcze [ɡrɔˈd͡ʑiʂt͡ʂɛ] (German: Burgdorf; until 1937: Groß Gräditz) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grębocice, within Polkowice County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south-east of Grębocice, 12 kilometres (7 mi) north-east of Polkowice, and 75 kilometres (47 mi) north-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.

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Coordinates: 51°33′11″N 16°12′35″E / 51.55306°N 16.20972°E / 51.55306; 16.20972

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