Janowice Duże

Janowice Duże
Village
Janowice Duże
Coordinates: 51°08′27″N 16°05′59″E / 51.14083°N 16.09972°E / 51.14083; 16.09972Coordinates: 51°08′27″N 16°05′59″E / 51.14083°N 16.09972°E / 51.14083; 16.09972
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
County	Legnica County
Gmina	Krotoszyce

Janowice Duże [janɔˈvit͡sɛ ˈduʐɛ] (German: Groß Jänowitz) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krotoszyce, within Legnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) south-west of Legnica, and 66 kilometres (41 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.

References

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

Gmina Krotoszyce

Seat	Krotoszyce

Other villages	Babin Czerwony Kościół Dunino Janowice Duże Kościelec Kozice Krajów Prostynia Szymanowice Tyńczyk Legnicki Warmątowice Sienkiewiczowskie Wilczyce Winnica Złotniki

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