Piotroniowice

Piotroniowice
Village
Piotroniowice
Coordinates: 51°19′N 16°39′E / 51.317°N 16.650°E / 51.317; 16.650
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lower Silesian
County Wołów
Gmina Wołów
Population 161

Piotroniowice [pjɔtrɔɲɔˈvit͡sɛ] (German: Petranowitz) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wołów, within Wołów County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] The earliest mention concerning Piotroniowice dates from 13th century. It was burned by the Hussites in 1431. It was also damaged during the Thirty Years' War several times. Piotroniowice in 1939 had a population of 250. by Prior to 1945 it was in Germany.

It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south-east of Wołów, and 35 kilometres (22 mi) north-west of the regional capital Wrocław.

The village has a population of 161.

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Coordinates: 51°19′N 16°39′E / 51.317°N 16.650°E / 51.317; 16.650


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