Czernica, Świdnica County

For other places with the same name, see Czernica (disambiguation).
Czernica
Village
Czernica
Coordinates: 51°00′44″N 16°12′33″E / 51.01222°N 16.20917°E / 51.01222; 16.20917
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lower Silesian
County Świdnica
Gmina Dobromierz

Czernica [t͡ʂɛrˈnit͡sa] (German: Dornberg, until 1937: Tschirnitz) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dobromierz, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) north of Dobromierz, 24 kilometres (15 mi) north-west of Świdnica, and 60 kilometres (37 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

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

Coordinates: 51°00′44″N 16°12′33″E / 51.01222°N 16.20917°E / 51.01222; 16.20917


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