Olszyny, Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Village in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Olszyny [ɔlˈʂɨnɨ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kamienna Góra, within Kamienna Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) south of Kamienna Góra and 85 km (53 mi) south-west of the regional capital Wrocław.
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Olszyny | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 50°41′N 16°4′E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Lower Silesian |
County | Kamienna Góra |
Gmina | Kamienna Góra |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Vehicle registration | DKA |
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After World War II, in 1945–1947, Poles expelled from Łanczyn in pre-war south-eastern Poland annexed by the Soviet Union settled in Olszyny.[2] An agricultural cooperative was founded in the village in 1951.[3]