Tomaszów Bolesławiecki

Tomaszów Bolesławiecki
Village
Tomaszów Bolesławiecki
Coordinates: 51°15′48″N 15°41′03″E / 51.26333°N 15.68417°E / 51.26333; 15.68417Coordinates: 51°15′48″N 15°41′03″E / 51.26333°N 15.68417°E / 51.26333; 15.68417
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lower Silesian
County Bolesławiec
Gmina Warta Bolesławiecka
Population 1,700

Tomaszów Bolesławiecki [tɔˈmaʂuf bɔlɛswaˈvjɛt͡ski] (German: Thomaswaldau) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Warta Bolesławiecka, within Bolesławiec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6 km (4 mi) north of Warta Bolesławiecka, 9 km (6 mi) east of Bolesławiec, and 96 km (60 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.

The village has a population of 1,700.

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