Janczowice

Janczowice
Village
Janczowice

Location of Janczowice

Coordinates: 50°47′10″N 16°44′37″E / 50.78611°N 16.74361°E / 50.78611; 16.74361Coordinates: 50°47′10″N 16°44′37″E / 50.78611°N 16.74361°E / 50.78611; 16.74361
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lower Silesian
County Dzierżoniów
Gmina Łagiewniki

Janczowice [jant͡ʂɔˈvit͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Łagiewniki, within Dzierżoniów County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 16 km (10 mi) north-east of Dzierżoniów, and 44 km (27 mi) south-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.

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