Góry, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

For other places with the same name, see Gory.

Góry
Village
Góry
Coordinates: 51°35′59″N 17°21′22″E / 51.59972°N 17.35611°E / 51.59972; 17.35611
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
County	Milicz
Gmina	Cieszków

Góry [ˈɡurɨ] (German: Konradshöh; until 1936: Guhre) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cieszków, within Milicz County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south of Cieszków, 9 kilometres (6 mi) north-east of Milicz, and 57 kilometres (35 mi) north-east 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 Cieszków

Seat	Cieszków

Other villages	Biadaszka Brzezina Dziadkowo Góry Grzebielin Guzowice Jankowa Jawor Nowy Folwark Pakosławsko Pustków Rakłowice Sędraszyce Słabocin Trzebicko Trzebicko Dolne Trzebicko-Piaski Ujazd Wężowice Zwierzyniec Zymanów

Coordinates: 51°35′59″N 17°21′22″E / 51.59972°N 17.35611°E / 51.59972; 17.35611

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