Brochocin, Ząbkowice Śląskie County

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

Brochocin
Village
Brochocin
Coordinates: 50°41′53″N 16°53′35″E / 50.69806°N 16.89306°E / 50.69806; 16.89306
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
County	Ząbkowice Śląskie
Gmina	Ciepłowody

Brochocin [brɔˈxɔt͡ɕin] (German: Dürrbrockuth) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ciepłowody, within Ząbkowice Śląskie County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) north of Ciepłowody, 14 kilometres (9 mi) north-east of Ząbkowice Śląskie, and 49 kilometres (30 mi) south 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 Ciepłowody

Seat	Ciepłowody

Other villages	Baldwinowice Brochocin Cienkowice Czesławice Dobrzenice Jakubów Janówka Karczowice Kobyla Głowa Muszkowice Piotrowice Polskie Stary Henryków Targowica Tomice Wilamowice

Coordinates: 50°41′53″N 16°53′35″E / 50.69806°N 16.89306°E / 50.69806; 16.89306

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