Janochów

Janochów
Village
Janochów
Coordinates: 50°58′41″N 15°52′30″E / 50.97806°N 15.87500°E / 50.97806; 15.87500
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lower Silesian
County Złotoryja
Gmina Świerzawa

Janochów [jaˈnɔxuf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świerzawa, within Złotoryja 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) south of Świerzawa, 18 kilometres (11 mi) south of Złotoryja, and 84 kilometres (52 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.

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Coordinates: 50°58′41″N 15°52′30″E / 50.97806°N 15.87500°E / 50.97806; 15.87500


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