Gostków, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Gostków
Village
Gostków
Coordinates: 50°50′40″N 16°06′02″E / 50.84444°N 16.10056°E / 50.84444; 16.10056
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
County	Wałbrzych
Gmina	Stare Bogaczowice

For other places with the same name, see Gostków.

Gostków [ˈɡɔstkuf] (German Gießmannsdorf) 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) west of Stare Bogaczowice, 15 kilometres (9 mi) north-west of Wałbrzych, and 73 kilometres (45 mi) south-west of the regional capital Wrocław.

References

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

Gmina Stare Bogaczowice

Seat	Stare Bogaczowice

Other villages	Chwaliszów Cieszów Cisów Gostków Jabłów Lubomin Nowe Bogaczowice Podgórna Struga Wrony

Coordinates: 50°50′40″N 16°06′02″E / 50.84444°N 16.10056°E / 50.84444; 16.10056

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