Wiechlice

Wiechlice
Village
Wiechlice
Coordinates: 51°34′7″N 15°36′5″E / 51.56861°N 15.60139°E / 51.56861; 15.60139
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lubusz
County	Żagań
Gmina	Szprotawa

Wiechlice [vjɛˈxlit͡sɛ] (German: Neumannswaldau) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szprotawa, within Żagań County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) east of Szprotawa, 21 km (13 mi) east of Żagań, and 42 km (26 mi) south of Zielona Góra.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (see Territorial changes of Poland after World War II). 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.

Notable residents

Arthur Hoffmann (resistance fighter) (1900-1945), German resistance fighter

References

↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.

Gmina Szprotawa

Town and seat	Szprotawa

Villages	Biernatów Bobrowice Borowina Buczek Cieciszów Długie Dziećmiarowice Dzikowice Henryków Kartowice Leszno Dolne Leszno Górne Nowa Kopernia Pasterzowice Siecieborzyce Sieraków Wiechlice Witków

Coordinates: 51°34′7″N 15°36′5″E / 51.56861°N 15.60139°E / 51.56861; 15.60139

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