Janice, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Janice
Village
Janice
Coordinates: 50°57′19″N 15°31′57″E / 50.95528°N 15.53250°E / 50.95528; 15.53250
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lower Silesian
County Lwówek Śląski
Gmina Lubomierz
For other places with the same name, see Janice.

Janice [jaˈnit͡sɛ] (German: Johnsdorf) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lubomierz, within Lwówek Śląski County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) south of Lubomierz, 19 kilometres (12 mi) south of Lwówek Śląski, and 108 kilometres (67 mi) 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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Coordinates: 50°57′19″N 15°31′57″E / 50.95528°N 15.53250°E / 50.95528; 15.53250

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