Suchy Bór

Suchy Bór/Derschau
Village
Suchy Bór/Derschau
Coordinates: 50°39′N 18°2′E / 50.650°N 18.033°E / 50.650; 18.033
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Opole Voivodeship
County Opole County
Gmina Chrząstowice

Suchy Bór [ˈsuxɨ ˈbur] (German: Derschau)is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chrząstowice, within Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 8 km (5 mi) east of the regional capital Opole.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (see Territorial changes of Poland after World War II). The village is officially bilingual in Polish and German; its German name remains Derschau.

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Coordinates: 50°39′N 18°2′E / 50.650°N 18.033°E / 50.650; 18.033


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