Kończyce, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

For other places with the same name, see Kończyce.

Kończyce
Village
Kończyce
Coordinates: 50°52′N 17°7′E / 50.867°N 17.117°E / 50.867; 17.117
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
County	Oława
Gmina	Domaniów

Kończyce [kɔɲˈt͡ʂɨt͡sɛ] (German: Kunzendorf) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Domaniów, within Oława County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in southwestern Poland.^[1] Prior to the post-World War II border changes in 1945, it was the village of Kunzendorf in Upper Silesia, Germany. The German population was expelled and has been replaced by Poles. Kończyce lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south of Domaniów, 15 km (9 mi) south-west of Oława, and 30 km (19 mi) south of the regional capital Wrocław.

Notable residents

Rudolf Abrahamczik (1920–1996), Luftwaffe pilot

References

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

Gmina Domaniów

Seat	Domaniów

Other villages	Brzezimierz Chwastnica Danielowice Domaniówek Gęsice Gostkowice Goszczyna Grodziszowice Janków Kończyce Kuchary Kuny Kurzątkowice Pełczyce Piskorzów Piskorzówek Polwica Radłowice Radoszkowice Skrzypnik Swojków Teodorów Wierzbno Wyszkowice

Coordinates: 50°52′00″N 17°07′00″E / 50.8667°N 17.1167°E / 50.8667; 17.1167

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