Szczechów

Szczechów [ˈʂt͡ʂɛxuf] (or Szczechowo) is a village in Gmina Świerzawa, Złotoryja County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.^[1]

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

↑ GEOnet Names Server (GNS)

Gmina Świerzawa

Town and seat	Świerzawa

Villages	Biegoszów Bronków Dobków Dynowice Gozdno Janochów Jurczyce Krzeniów Lubiechowa Nowy Kościół Podgórki Posępsko Różana Rząśnik Rzeszówek Sądrecko Sędziszowa Sokołowiec Stara Kraśnica Szczechów

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