Chwałów, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

For other places with the same name, see Chwałów (disambiguation).
Chwałów
Village
Chwałów
Coordinates: 50°56′12″N 16°37′08″E / 50.93667°N 16.61889°E / 50.93667; 16.61889
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lower Silesian
County Wrocław County
Gmina Mietków

Chwałów [ˈxfawuf] (German: Quallwitz) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mietków, within Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 37 kilometres (23 mi) south-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: 50°56′12″N 16°37′08″E / 50.93667°N 16.61889°E / 50.93667; 16.61889


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