Szczepanów, Kamienna Góra County

For other places with the same name, see Szczepanów (disambiguation).
Szczepanów
Village
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lower Silesian
County Kamienna Góra
Gmina Lubawka

Szczepanów [ʂt͡ʂɛˈpanuf] (German: Tschöpsdorf) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lubawka, within Kamienna Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, near the border with the Czech Republic.[1]

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.

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Coordinates: 50°41′50″N 15°56′36″E / 50.6972222222°N 15.9433333333°E / 50.6972222222; 15.9433333333


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