Grodziszcze, Polkowice County

Grodziszcze
Village
Grodziszcze
Coordinates: 51°33′11″N 16°12′35″E / 51.55306°N 16.20972°E / 51.55306; 16.20972
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
County	Polkowice
Gmina	Grębocice

For other places with the same name, see Grodziszcze.

Grodziszcze [ɡrɔˈd͡ʑiʂt͡ʂɛ] (German: Burgdorf; until 1937: Groß Gräditz) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grębocice, within Polkowice County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south-east of Grębocice, 12 kilometres (7 mi) north-east of Polkowice, and 75 kilometres (47 mi) north-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

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

Gmina Grębocice

Seat	Grębocice

Other villages	Bucze Duża Wólka Grodowiec Grodziszcze Krzydłowice Kwielice Obiszów Ogorzelec Proszyce Retków Rzeczyca Stara Rzeka Szymocin Trzęsów Wilczyn Żabice

Coordinates: 51°33′11″N 16°12′35″E / 51.55306°N 16.20972°E / 51.55306; 16.20972

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