Żmigródek

Żmigródek
Village
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lower Silesian
County Trzebnica
Gmina Żmigród

Żmigródek [ʐmiˈɡrudɛk] (German: Schmiegrode) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żmigród, within Trzebnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1]

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°29′16″N 16°55′02″E / 51.487761°N 16.917194°E / 51.487761; 16.917194

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