Łomnica, Jelenia Góra County

For other places with the same name, see Łomnica (disambiguation).
Łomnica
Village

Hotel Palace in Łomnica
Łomnica
Coordinates: 50°51′53″N 15°47′45″E / 50.86472°N 15.79583°E / 50.86472; 15.79583
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lower Silesian
Powiat Jelenia Góra
Gmina Mysłakowice
Population 2,000

Łomnica [wɔmˈnit͡sa] (German: Lomnitz) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mysłakowice, within Jelenia Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 2 kilometres (1 mi) north-east of Mysłakowice, 6 km (4 mi) south-east of Jelenia Góra, and 92 km (57 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.

The village has a population of 2,000.

References

Coordinates: 50°51′53″N 15°47′45″E / 50.86472°N 15.79583°E / 50.86472; 15.79583


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