Chwaliszów

Chwaliszów
Village
Chwaliszów
Coordinates: 50°51′55″N 16°13′32″E / 50.86528°N 16.22556°E / 50.86528; 16.22556
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lower Silesian
County Wałbrzych
Gmina Stare Bogaczowice
Population 427

Chwaliszów [xfaˈliʂuf] (German: Quolsdorf) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stare Bogaczowice, within Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] 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.

It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) east of Stare Bogaczowice, 10 kilometres (6 mi) north-west of Wałbrzych, and 64 kilometres (40 mi) south-west of the regional capital Wrocław.

The village has a population of 427.

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Coordinates: 50°51′55″N 16°13′32″E / 50.86528°N 16.22556°E / 50.86528; 16.22556


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