Gwizdanów

Gwizdanów
Village
Gwizdanów
Coordinates: 51°31′51″N 16°17′18″E / 51.53083°N 16.28833°E / 51.53083; 16.28833Coordinates: 51°31′51″N 16°17′18″E / 51.53083°N 16.28833°E / 51.53083; 16.28833
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
County	Lubin
Gmina	Rudna

Gwizdanów [ɡvizˈdanuf] (German: Queissen) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rudna, within Lubin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.^[1] Prior to 1945 it was in Germany. Following World War II the native German populace was expelled and replaced by Poles.

It lies approximately 16 kilometres (10 mi) north-east of Lubin, and 69 kilometres (43 mi) north-west of the regional capital Wrocław.

Notable residents

Richard Linke (1909–1995), Luftwaffe pilot

References

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

Gmina Rudna

Seat	Rudna

Other villages	Brodów Brodowice Bytków Chełm Chobienia Ciechłowice Gawronki Gawrony Górzyn Gwizdanów Juszowice Kębłów Kliszów Koźlice Miłogoszcz Mleczno Naroczyce Nieszczyce Olszany Orsk Radomiłów Radoszyce Rudna-Leśna Rynarcice Stara Rudna Studzionki Toszowice Wądroże Wysokie

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