Maniów, Głogów County

Maniów
Village
Maniów
Coordinates: 51°36′20″N 16°1′30″E / 51.60556°N 16.02500°E / 51.60556; 16.02500
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lower Silesian
Powiat Głogów
Gmina Jerzmanowa

Maniów [ˈmaɲuf] (German: Mahnau) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jerzmanowa, within Głogów County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 2 kilometres (1 mi) west of Jerzmanowa, 8 km (5 mi) south-west of Głogów, and 89 km (55 mi) north-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.

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Coordinates: 51°36′20″N 16°01′30″E / 51.60556°N 16.02500°E / 51.60556; 16.02500


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