Jasna Góra, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Jasna Góra
Village
Jasna Góra
Coordinates: 50°52′24″N 14°57′35″E / 50.87333°N 14.95972°E / 50.87333; 14.95972
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
County	Zgorzelec
Gmina	Bogatynia

For other places with the same name, see Jasna Góra (disambiguation).

Jasna Góra [ˈjasna ˈɡura] (German: Lichtenberg) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bogatynia, within Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech and German borders.^[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 5 kilometres (3 mi) south of Bogatynia, 31 kilometres (19 mi) south of Zgorzelec, and 149 kilometres (93 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.

References

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

Gmina Bogatynia

Town and seat	Bogatynia

Villages	Białopole Bratków Działoszyn Jasna Góra Kopaczów Krzewina Lutogniewice Opolno-Zdrój Porajów Posada Rybarzowice Sieniawka Wolanów Wyszków

Coordinates: 50°52′24″N 14°57′35″E / 50.87333°N 14.95972°E / 50.87333; 14.95972

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