Proszówka

Proszówka
Village
Proszówka
Coordinates: 51°00′28″N 15°25′30″E / 51.00778°N 15.42500°E / 51.00778; 15.42500Coordinates: 51°00′28″N 15°25′30″E / 51.00778°N 15.42500°E / 51.00778; 15.42500
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lower Silesian
County Lwówek Śląski
Gmina Gryfów Śląski

Proszówka [prɔˈʂufka] (German: Gräflich Neundorf) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gryfów ÅšlÄ…ski, within Lwówek ÅšlÄ…ski County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) south of Gryfów ÅšlÄ…ski, 17 kilometres (11 mi) south-west of Lwówek ÅšlÄ…ski, and 114 kilometres (71 mi) west of the regional capital WrocÅ‚aw.

Before 1945 the area was part of 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.

References

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


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