Stary Zawidów

Stary Zawidów
Village
Stary Zawidów
Coordinates: 51°1′N 15°5′E / 51.017°N 15.083°E / 51.017; 15.083
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
County	Zgorzelec
Gmina	Sulików

Stary Zawidów [ˈstarɨ zaˈviduf] (German: Alt Seidenberg) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sulików, within Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border.^[1] It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) south of Sulików, 16 kilometres (10 mi) south of Zgorzelec, and 138 kilometres (86 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.

Prior to 1945 it was part of the German Province of Silesia. Following World War II the native German populace was expelled and replaced by Poles.

Notable residents

Jakob Böhme (1575–1624), German Christian mystic and theologian

References

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

Gmina Sulików

Seat	Sulików

Other villages	Bierna Jabłoniec Ksawerów Łowin Mała Wieś Dolna Mała Wieś Górna Miedziana Mikułowa Nowoszyce Podgórze Radzimów Skrzydlice Stary Zawidów Studniska Dolne Studniska Górne Wielichów Wilka Wilka-Bory Wrociszów Dolny Wrociszów Górny

Coordinates: 51°1′N 15°5′E / 51.017°N 15.083°E / 51.017; 15.083

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