Bieniowice

Bieniowice
Village
Bieniowice
Coordinates: 51°16′N 16°15′E / 51.267°N 16.250°E / 51.267; 16.250Coordinates: 51°16′N 16°15′E / 51.267°N 16.250°E / 51.267; 16.250
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
Powiat	Legnica County
Gmina	Kunice

Bieniowice [bjɛɲɔˈvit͡sɛ] (German: Bienau: until 1937: Bienowitz) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kunice, within Legnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) north-east of Legnica, and 58 kilometres (36 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.

References

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

Gmina Kunice

Seat	Kunice

Other villages	Bieniowice Golanka Górna Grzybiany Jaśkowice Legnickie Miłogostowice Pątnów Legnicki Piotrówek Rosochata Spalona Szczytniki Małe Szczytniki nad Kaczawą Ziemnice

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