Bielice, Sulęcin County

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

Bielice
Village
Bielice
Coordinates: 52°21′N 14°57′E / 52.350°N 14.950°E / 52.350; 14.950
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lubusz
County	Sulęcin
Gmina	Torzym

Bielice [bjɛˈlit͡sɛ] (German: Beelitz) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Torzym, within Sulęcin County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north-west of Torzym, 16 km (10 mi) south-west of Sulęcin, 48 km (30 mi) south-west of Gorzów Wielkopolski, and 60 km (37 mi) north-west of Zielona Góra.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (see Territorial changes of Poland after World War II). 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 by Poles.

References

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

Gmina Torzym

Town and seat	Torzym

Villages	Bargów Bielice Bobrówko Boczów Debrznica Drzewce Drzewce-Kolonia Gądków Mały Gądków Wielki Garbicz Grabów Jelenie Pole Koryta Kownaty Lubin Lubów Mierczany Pniów Prześlice Rojek Rożnówka Tarnawa Rzepińska Walewice Wystok

Coordinates: 52°21′00″N 14°57′00″E / 52.3500°N 14.9500°E / 52.3500; 14.9500

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, March 18, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.