Lubiechowa

Lubiechowa
Village
Lubiechowa
Coordinates: 51°0′N 15°51′E / 51.000°N 15.850°E / 51.000; 15.850
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lower Silesian
County Złotoryja
Gmina Świerzawa
Population 640

Lubiechowa [lubjɛˈxɔva] (German: Hohenliebenthal) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świerzawa, within Złotoryja County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in southwestern 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 4 kilometres (2 mi) south-west of Świerzawa, 16 km (10 mi) south of Złotoryja, and 85 km (53 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.

The village has a population of 640

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Coordinates: 51°00′N 15°51′E / 51.000°N 15.850°E / 51.000; 15.850


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