Wieściszowice

Wieściszowice
Village
Wieściszowice
Coordinates: 50°50′12″N 15°57′51″E / 50.83667°N 15.96417°E / 50.83667; 15.96417Coordinates: 50°50′12″N 15°57′51″E / 50.83667°N 15.96417°E / 50.83667; 15.96417
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lower Silesian
County Kamienna Góra
Gmina Marciszów
Population
  Total 400

Wieściszowice [vjɛɕt͡ɕiʂɔˈvit͡sɛ] (German: Rohnau) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Marciszów, within Kamienna Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) west of Kamienna Góra, and 82 kilometres (51 mi) south-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 400.

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