Snowidza

Snowidza
Village
Snowidza Location of Snowidza
Coordinates: 51°5′N 16°15′E / 51.083°N 16.250°E / 51.083; 16.250Coordinates: 51°5′N 16°15′E / 51.083°N 16.250°E / 51.083; 16.250
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
Powiat	Jawor
Gmina	Mściwojów

Snowidza [snɔˈvid͡za] (German: Hertwigswaldau) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mściwojów, within Jawor County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 5 km (3 mi) north of Mściwojów, 6 km (4 mi) north-east of Jawor, and 56 km (35 mi) 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.

References

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

Gmina Mściwojów

Seat	Mściwojów

Other villages	Barycz Drzymałowice Godziszowa Grzegorzów Luboradz Marcinowice Niedaszów Siekierzyce Snowidza Targoszyn Zimnik

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