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Village in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gorzeszów [ɡɔˈʐɛʂuf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kamienna Góra, within Kamienna Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1]
Gorzeszów | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 50°42′18″N 16°06′45″E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Lower Silesian |
County | Kamienna Góra |
Gmina | Kamienna Góra |
Population | |
• Total | 260 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Vehicle registration | DKA |
It lies approximately 14 kilometres (9 mi) south of Kamienna Góra, and 81 kilometres (50 mi) south-west of the regional capital Wrocław. It is situated in the Kamienna Góra Valley in the Central Sudetes.
The Nature reserve Głazy Krasnoludków ("Dwarf Boulders") is located near the village.
The village was founded before 1289 within fragmented Piast-ruled Poland. After World War II, in 1945–1947, Poles expelled from Wiśniowce in pre-war south-eastern Poland annexed by the Soviet Union settled in Gorzeszów.[2] An agricultural cooperative was founded in the village in 1951.[3]
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