Zawada, Prudnik County

For other places with the same name, see Zawada (disambiguation).
Zawada
Zowade
Village
Zawada
Zowade
Coordinates: 50°23′58″N 17°49′2″E / 50.39944°N 17.81722°E / 50.39944; 17.81722
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Opole
County Prudnik
Gmina Głogówek

Zawada [zaˈvada], German Zowade, is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Głogówek, within Prudnik County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border.[1] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) north-west of Głogówek, 20 km (12 mi) north-east of Prudnik, and 31 km (19 mi) south of the regional capital Opole.

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

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Coordinates: 50°23′58″N 17°49′2″E / 50.39944°N 17.81722°E / 50.39944; 17.81722

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