Borów, Trzebnica County

For other places with the same name, see Borów (disambiguation).
Borów
Village
Borów
Coordinates: 51°22′2″N 16°50′56″E / 51.36722°N 16.84889°E / 51.36722; 16.84889
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lower Silesian
County Trzebnica
Gmina Prusice

Borów [ˈbɔruf] (German: Krumpach) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Prusice, within Trzebnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) west of Prusice, 17 kilometres (11 mi) north-west of Trzebnica, and 30 kilometres (19 mi) north-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.

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Coordinates: 51°22′2″N 16°50′56″E / 51.36722°N 16.84889°E / 51.36722; 16.84889


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