Olszyny, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

For other places with the same name, see Olszyny (disambiguation).

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.

Olszyny
Village
Chapel in Olszyny
Olszyny
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

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]

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. Pawlikowska, Karolina (2016). "Rolnicze spółdzielnie produkcyjne powiatu kamiennogórskiego w latach 1950-1957, cz. 1 – organizacja i uwarunkowania działalności". Rocznik Jeleniogórski (in Polish). Vol. XLVIII. Jelenia Góra. p. 90. ISSN 0080-3480.
3. Pawlikowska, p. 96