Lipka, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Lipka
Village
Lipka
Coordinates: 51°12′N 17°38′E / 51.200°N 17.633°E / 51.200; 17.633
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lower Silesian
County Oleśnica
Gmina Dziadowa Kłoda
For other places with the same name, see Lipka.

Lipka [ˈlipka] (German: Schönau) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dziadowa Kłoda, within Oleśnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) south-west of Dziadowa Kłoda, 18 kilometres (11 mi) east of Oleśnica, and 43 kilometres (27 mi) east 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: 51°12′N 17°38′E / 51.200°N 17.633°E / 51.200; 17.633

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